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Publisher |: Defector

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Comedy,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Comedy

Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Kelsey McKinney discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers. The second-hand truth really is stranger than fiction. Produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin. Show art by Tara Jacoby. https://linktr.ee/normalgossip

People |: Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs),; Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: New Haven, CT
Premiere Date |: 2021-11-17
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: Yes

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33 Available Episodes (33 Total) / Average duration: 00:58:33

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33 Available Episodes (33 Total)Average duration: 00:58:33

Apr 19, 2023

01:19:06

One of you monsters made Dr. Eve L. Ewing cry by sending us a curséd PowerPoint presentation from a dog Facebook group.

PSA: This is the third of ten episodes this season!

Get your tickets to the Normal Gossip live tour here.

Follow Eve on IG @eve.ewing. This is the New Yorker article we talked about by Rachel Aviv.

You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com. Our merch shop is run by Dan McQuade. You can also find all kinds of info about us and how to submit gossip on our Komi page: https://normalgossip.komi.io/

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Diana Moskovitz is our story editor. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Jae Towle Vieira is our production assistant. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

Credits recorded by Steven Sandberg.

Apr 12, 2023

01:05:31

Blythe Roberson joins us for a story about how wrong a group text can go at Disney World.

Blythe's new book America the Beautiful? is out next week!

This is the second of ten episodes this season, which will release every Wednesday for the next nine weeks!

Follow Blythe on IG @blythelikehappy.

Get your tickets to the Normal Gossip live tour here.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Diana Moskovitz is our story editor. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Jae Towle Vieira is our production assistant. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

Credits recorded by Taylor Soucy.

Apr 05, 2023

01:16:21

We are back for season 4! Samin Nosrat (author of Salt Fat Acid Heat and host of Home Cooking) joins us for a tale about fruit, #vanlife, and forbidden love.

This is the first of ten episodes this season, which will release every Wednesday for the next nine weeks!

Follow Samin on IG @ciaosamin.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Diana Moskovitz is our story editor. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Jae Towle Vieira is our production assistant. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

Credits recorded by Marielle Cabe.

Feb 26, 2023

00:35:02

We're back with some big announcements and answers to your questions, like:

Where have you been?
Who is your new partner?
What does it mean that you have a new partner?
What will change about the podcast?
Will you please have a live show in my city pleasseee?
WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK

You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com. Episode transcript here. Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP. Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Oct 26, 2022

01:21:39

Gender Reveal host and producer Tuck Woodstock joins us for an epic love story from another time .... the early aughts.

Follow Tuck on Twitter @tuckwoodstock.

Get your tickets to our live show in D.C. at Sixth & I here!

You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Credits recorded by Theodore Sidell.

Oct 19, 2022

01:23:06

Dr. Eshin Jolly joins us this week to teach us about the science of gossiping!!! Eshin is a post-doctoral researcher in the Computational Social Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at Dartmouth College.

Follow Eshin on Twitter @Eshjolly.

You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Credits recorded by Ben Sattinger.

Oct 12, 2022

01:01:46

Comedian and host of Feeling Asian and Hairy Butthole Youngmi Mayer joins us to get to the bottom of a decades-old crime haunting one family: WHO flushed the hot dog down the toilet?

Follow Youngmi on Instagram @ymmayer.

You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Law & Order sound effect created by Mike Post.

Credits read by Jessie Xiao.

Oct 05, 2022

01:14:06

Comedian, writer, and host of Unhappy Hour Matt Bellassai joins us for sojourn into the messy world of queer kickball leagues!

Follow Matt on Instagram @mattbellassai.

You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here. Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Thanks to Georgie Du for reading the credits.

Sep 28, 2022

01:02:09

We're thrilled to welcome everyone’s favorite guide to infectious diseases, Laurel Bristow. She's the program director for Emory’s TB Research Advancement Center and she's the first Laurel to be on the show!

Follow Laurel on Instagram @laurel__bristow.

You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here. Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Credits recorded by Jenn Pritchard.

Sep 21, 2022

01:16:51

Defector staff writer and creature correspondent Sabrina Imbler joins us for a story about the lives we lead on the other sides of extremely thin apartment walls.

Follow Sabrina on Twitter @aznfusion and pre-order their book, How Far the Light Reaches! You can support Normal Gossip directly bybuying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.

Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Credits recorded by Emma Waldner.

Apr 19 | 01:19:06

I Love All Corgis with Dr. Eve L. Ewing

Apr 12 | 01:05:31

The Only Single Girl at Disney with Blythe Roberson

Apr 05 | 01:16:21

Every Peach is a Miracle with Samin Nosrat

Feb 26 | 00:35:02

S3 Ep9: Big Business Announcement Episode (new partner and new season!!!)

Oct 26 | 01:21:39

S3 Ep8: Steampunk-Ass Murder Mystery with Tuck Woodstock

Oct 19 | 01:23:06

S3 Ep7: The Science Behind Gossip with Eshin Jolly

Oct 12 | 01:01:46

S3 Ep6: In Defense of Children with Youngmi Mayer

Oct 05 | 01:14:06

S3 Ep5: You Can't Fight with Heiress Tongue with Matt Bellassai

Sep 28 | 01:02:09

S3 Ep4: Christmas is Cancelled with Laurel Bristow

Sep 21 | 01:16:51

S3 Ep3: Loud Cats and Thin Walls with Sabrina Imbler

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