Normal Gossip

Normal Gossip

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

Episodes

February 16, 2024 51 mins

Alex and Jae spent the last month trying to find the source of a tale we first heard back in season two. Is the poop story gossip? An urban legend? Guerilla marketing perpetrated on us all by Big Toilet? All of the above?

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Popping into your feeds for a cute lil announcement — we are going on a mini tour this spring! Come see us in Dallas, Atlanta, Durham, and D.C.

Get your tickets: https://www.normalgossiplive.com/

If you want us to come to your city, fill out our zip code survey!

And we'll see you for our new season in April!

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December 20, 2023 73 mins

Defector editor David Roth joins us for our SEASON FINALE! We're about to dive into the stupidest election drama you've ever heard.

If you love Roth, check out his podcast, The Distraction!

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Support Radiotopia's fall fundraiser!

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Survivor 41 winner Erika Casupanan joins us this week for a story about the perils of gossiping at work.

Listen to Erika's podcast, Happy to See Me!

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December 6, 2023 70 mins

Hayes Brown joins us to learn just how deranged the world of upscale dog grooming can be.

Follow Hayes on Twitter @HayesBrown.

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Our Defector colleague Maitreyi Anantharaman joins us for a story about private school moms taking a theater performance — and "urban dance" classes — too seriously.

Follow Maitreyi on Twitter @maitreyiaa.

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November 22, 2023 78 mins

This week, our pal Zakiya Gibbons joins us for a story about a Thanksgiving home rental gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Zakiya is the host and editor of Hang Up, a new reality dating podcast from Radiotopia! We are obsessed. Check it out!

Speaking of Radiotopia....support Radiotopia's fall fundraiser!

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We're going abroad for a long-awaited au pair adventure with writer and podcast host Amanda Montell!

Follow Amanda on Instagram @amanda_montell and make sure to pre-order her book, The Age of Magical Overthinking.

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TV writer and showrunner Sarah-Violet Bliss joins us for an evening of moral quandaries and infinite amounts of ceviche.

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Comedian Jasmine Ellis joins us for a tale about an absurdly large bachelorette party involving sardines, adult jocks, and an empathetic queen.

Follow Jasmine on Instagram at @jasmineelliscomedy.

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October 25, 2023 69 mins

What happens when you send a manic pixie dream girl to CSI summer camp? Journalist, writer, law school graduate, and podcast host Josie Duffy Rice joins us to find out 👀

Check out Josie's podcast: Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children.

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October 18, 2023 71 mins

We are BACK for our fifth season! Get ready for 10 episodes of drama, scandal, and pettiness. This week, sports journalist Katie Barnes joins us for a story that brings us back to our high school days.

Buy Katie's book, Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, and follow them on Twitter @katie_barnes3.

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We're releasing an episode from our secret feed vault to give you a taste of what you can get each month as a Friend or Friend-of-a-Friend subscriber. Our guest, Brydie Lee-Kennedy, is a Friend-level subscriber who joined Kelsey on the secret feed last November to tell a harrowing story about a game of sexy hide-and-seek gone wrong.

If you loved Brydie's story, make sure to check out her novel, Go Lightly!

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July 14, 2023 59 mins

Happy summer! We’re popping in with a little summer surprise: the recording from our December 2022 live show in Washington, D.C., with Brittany Luse!

This is a different story than the one we’re telling on our tour this summer. If you want to get tickets to the tour, there are still seats available!

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Friend of the show and fellow Defector comrade Patrick Redford is on the public feed for the first time! This week, we're talking about ~intentional living communities and their alternative sources of protein.

Follow Patrick on IG @patrickredford

PSA: This is the season four FINALE! We're going to take a quick break to tour around the country (see you there?!) and then we'll be back for season 5.

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Sally Tamarkin and Caroline Moss get extremely triggered in this episode about a chill bride and her blissfully oblivious wedding weekend.

PSA: This is the ninth of ten episodes this season! Get ready babes!!!!

Follow Sally on Twitter @sallyt and follow Caroline on IG @geethanksjustboughtitpod

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Mariah Smith joins us for a true crime adventure.

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

Get your tickets to the Normal Gossip live tour here.

Follow Mariah on IG @mariahmariahmariah

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May 17, 2023 67 mins

The esteemed Hannah Giorgis returns for a tale about what happens when your cousin is too rich for your own good.

Many of you will remember Hannah from our D.C. live shows last winter! Follow Hannah on IG @hannahgiorgis

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

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Jasmine Guillory joins us for a tough lesson in bro friendships.

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

Get your tickets to the Normal Gossip live tour here.

Follow Jasmine on IG @jasminepics

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B.A. Parker takes a trip back in time to a community pool in the South that has some major logistical issues.

Parker is a freelance writer and the host of NPR's Code Switch podcast! Follow Parker on Twitter @aparkusfarce.

PSA: This is the FIFTH of ten episodes this season! We're halfway, baby!

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