Normal Gossip

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  • Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Rachelle Hampton 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 Se'era Spragley Ricks and Jae Towle Vieira. Created by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin. Show art by Tara Jacoby. https://normalgossip.komi.io/
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  • LARP Camp with Rebecca Jennings

    LARP Camp with Rebecca Jennings
    May 7 2025

    Rebecca Jennings accompanies us to LARP Camp for a tale of dice, ghosts, and forbidden love.

    Pre-order Rebecca's book Be The Bombshell: What Love Island Teaches Us About Dating here and follow her on Instagram here.


    Get your tickets for the Normal Gossip Live tour here!


    Subscribe to our newsletter for writing from Rachelle, Se'era, Jae, Alex, and Kelsey, plus blog recommendations and secrets!

    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.

    Order Kelsey's book, You Didn’t Hear This From Me, 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 Rachelle Hampton (@heyydnae) and produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks (@seera_sharae) and Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira). Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs) is our Supervising Producer. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

    Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

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    49 mins
  • The Most Ominous Bird with Alanna Bennett

    The Most Ominous Bird with Alanna Bennett
    Apr 30 2025

    Alanna Bennett joins us to explore what happens to you—physically and metaphysically—when you get into a fight with a magician.

    Subscribe to our newsletter for writing from Rachelle, Se'era, Jae, Alex, and Kelsey, plus blog recommendations and secrets!

    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.

    Order Kelsey's book, You Didn’t Hear This From Me, 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 Rachelle Hampton (@heyydnae) and produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks (@seera_sharae) and Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira). Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs) is our Supervising Producer. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

    Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

    Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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    43 mins
  • Reverse Heist with Jonquilyn Hill

    Reverse Heist with Jonquilyn Hill
    Apr 23 2025

    Jonquilyn Hill hates pranks, which made her the perfect guest for today's tale of a townhouse torn apart by a prank gone wrong. Follow Jonquilyn on Instagram here and check out Jonquilyn's podcast Explain It to Me here.

    Subscribe to our newsletter for writing from Rachelle, Se'era, Jae, Alex, and Kelsey, plus blog recommendations and secrets!

    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.

    Order Kelsey's book, You Didn’t Hear This From Me, 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 Rachelle Hampton (@heyydnae) and produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks (@seera_sharae) and Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira). Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs) is our Supervising Producer. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

    Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

    Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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    48 mins
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Love this for us!

This podcast truly satisfies the need to collect entertaining stories. Listening along makes me feel like I'm in the room taking part in theseI can't love or recommend it more!

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Such a good podcast!

I love the stories and they are told well. It's very interesting and like talking with friends during a night out. It's perfect for an easy listen that is engaging, funny and so good!

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fun to listen to

love their voices also
feels like you are listening to friends. Enjoying the stories a lot

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telephone game is great!

I will continue on to the next episodes and won't let me submit without 15 words

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