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://normalgossip.komi.io/
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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://normalgossip.komi.io/
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MFAs and Other Mistakes with Brittany Luse
It is the season 6 FINALE and we've got the amazing Brittany Luse here for a story about A-list authors, ill-advised MFAs, and pets in places where they shouldn't be.
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Episode • 19 June 2024 • 1h, 2m and 31s
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We are joined this week by our gayest Bachelorette, Gabby Windey, for a story about queer love, polyamory, and a pair of *very* special tie-dyed overalls.
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Episode 9 • 12 June 2024 • 55m and 59s
Romancing the Stoned with Jenée Desmond-Harris
Jeneé Desmond-Harris joins us for a tale of patriotism, fire drills, and accidentally getting too stoned at the wrong time.
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Episode 8 • 5 June 2024 • 58m and 49s
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Episode 7 • 29 May 2024 • 57m and 21s
Minder, the Finder, and the Grinder with Elise Hu
Elise Hu joins us for a tale of startup bros and the hermit crabs that come between them.
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Episode 6 • 22 May 2024 • 1h, 51s
Sexy Mushrooms with Avery Trufelman
Avery Trufelman of Articles of Interest joins us for a story about mushroom foraging, cultbrain, and greige athleisure.
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Episode 5 • 15 May 2024 • 57m and 39s
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Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays join us for a story where the protagonists find themselves, in the words of our submitter, "stuck in an inescapable Samuel Beckett style loop of scandal gossip, rumor and orthotic shoes."
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Episode 4 • 8 May 2024 • 58m and 39s
The Joy of Being a Hater with Justin Ellis
The editor becomes the edited this week because our editor Justin Ellis is joining us for a story about indoor children's playgrounds and the Facebook groups that bind them.
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Episode 3 • 1 May 2024 • 1h, 55s
All the World is Rollerblades with Marlena Rodriguez
This week's episode features daddy issues, rollerblades, and comedian Marlena Rodriguez! Some of you will remember her from our Los Angeles live show. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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Episode 2 • 24 April 2024 • 58m and 53s
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