Normal Gossip

Normal Gossip
Presentation
Hosted byKelsey McKinney
GenreConversation
LanguageEnglish
Length~1 hour
Country of originUnited States
Production
ProductionDefector Media
Radiotopia (since 2023)
No. of seasons6
Publication
Original releaseJanuary 5, 2022

Normal Gossip is a podcast produced by Defector Media and Radiotopia.[1] Created by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin, the program features listener-contributed gossip stories that are anonymized and narrated alongside a guest, usually a comedian or journalist.

Named one of the best podcasts of 2022 by Vulture, Time, The Atlantic and Here and Now,[2][3][4][5] Normal Gossip has released six seasons and garnered more than 10 million listens.[6]

  1. ^ "All The Gossip About Normal Gossip's New Partner". Defector Media. February 27, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  2. ^ Quah, Nicholas (December 6, 2022). "The Best Podcasts of 2022". Vulture. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Dockterman, Eliana (November 14, 2022). "The 10 Best Podcasts of 2022". Time. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  4. ^ McQuade, Eric; Standley, Laura Jane (December 30, 2022). "The 35 Best Podcasts of 2022". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "The best podcasts of 2022: 'Mother Country Radicals,' 'Normal Gossip' and more". Here and Now. WBUR. December 29, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  6. ^ Greenberg, Zoe (May 30, 2023). "Kelsey McKinney is building a (socialist) gossip empire from Queen Village". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 24, 2023.