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Why gossip is good for you with Normal Gossip host Kelsey McKinney

"Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet."
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Podcast Playlist53:55FLASHBACK: Normal Gossip host Kelsey McKinney on how gossip brings us all closer together

This week we're airing one of our favourite episodes from June 2023.

This week on the show: Gossip. 

Whether you've been a part of spreading it or have been at the centre of it, we've all had experience with gossip in one form or another.

Some may argue that dishing the dirt can ruin lives, but it also has a unique ability to bring people together. The podcast Normal Gossip has shot to fame within the past few years all thanks to the unifying power of gossip. 

On the pod, host Kelsey McKinney shares listener-submitted gossip from the lives of everyday people. From weird neighbours, to sorority wedding drama, to secret workplace romances, each story is equally trivial, hilarious and unbelievable.

Kelsey joins Leah to talk about why we love to gossip and looks at how it can actually keep us safe. Then, she'll share her favourite podcasts. We dive into scammers, Taylor Swift, the fashion legacy of blue jeans, and more!

Podcast logos for featured shows: Normal Gossip, ICYMI, Articles of Interest, Scam Goddess.
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Normal Gossip: "Gender Reveal host and producer Tuck Woodstock joins us for an epic love story from another time .... the early aughts."

ICYMI: "Rachelle is joined by Alex Sujong Laughlin, a supervising producer and co-owner of Defector Media where she makes the podcast, Normal Gossip. Alex and Rachelle dive deep into the age-old debate over concert spoilers, a debate that's been turbo-charged by TikTok where over 80 million people watched the first two nights of Taylor Swift's Eras tour."

Articles of Interest: "For the most part, we tend to keep our clothes relatively clean and avoid spills and rips and tears. But denim is so hard-wearing and hard-working that it just kind of amasses more and more signs of wear. So you can learn a lot from observing an old pair of blue jeans. Hosted by Avery Trufelman, Articles of Interest is a podcast about the things we wear."

Scam Goddess: "Shea Couleé joins the show to discuss P.T. Barnum. Known as "the Greatest Showman," he popularized the circus, was the master of hoaxes and often exploited others."

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