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 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.
Follow Normal Gossip’s TikTok account @normalgossip.
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Kelsey McKinney, host and co-creator, is a reporter and writer who lives in Philadelphia. She is a co-owner and staff writer at Defector.com. Her first novel, “God Spare The Girls,” was published in the summer of 2021 and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, and GQ Magazine, among others. Follow Kelsey on Twitter at twitter.com/mckinneykelsey
Alex Sujong Laughlin, producer and co-creator, Alex has created podcasts for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Defector Media, BuzzFeed, NBC, and Spotify. Her writing has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, Catapult, Zora, Study Hall, Literary Hub, and more. She lives in New Haven, CT with her spouse and her trash cat, Pong.
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