Kelsey McKinney

I will not be getting on a cruise anytime soon.

I will not be getting on a cruise anytime soon.

Hi, and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm Kelsey McKinney, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. I am so excited to welcome to the show friend of the podcast, Rishi Keish-Hirwe.

Hi, and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm Kelsey McKinney, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. I am so excited to welcome to the show friend of the podcast, Rishi Keish-Hirwe.

Rishi is a singer and songwriter and the host of Song Exploder, which is an award-winning podcast and Netflix series where he interviews other musicians about how they created one of their songs. Rishi co-hosted the award-winning podcast Home Cooking with chef and previous Normal Gossip guest Samin Nosrat, and he hosts the podcast The West Wing Weekly.

Rishi is a singer and songwriter and the host of Song Exploder, which is an award-winning podcast and Netflix series where he interviews other musicians about how they created one of their songs. Rishi co-hosted the award-winning podcast Home Cooking with chef and previous Normal Gossip guest Samin Nosrat, and he hosts the podcast The West Wing Weekly.

Rishi has also composed original scores for film and TV, including the Netflix series Everything Sucks and the video game The Red Lantern and the upcoming sci-fi thriller Companion, which comes out in theaters in January. It's a little rude for him to be this talented. Rishi, welcome to the show.

Rishi has also composed original scores for film and TV, including the Netflix series Everything Sucks and the video game The Red Lantern and the upcoming sci-fi thriller Companion, which comes out in theaters in January. It's a little rude for him to be this talented. Rishi, welcome to the show.

I'm so excited you're here. How are you feeling?

I'm so excited you're here. How are you feeling?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Well, let's talk about it. Tell me what your relationship with gossip is. Why are you feeling stressed about it?

Okay. Well, let's talk about it. Tell me what your relationship with gossip is. Why are you feeling stressed about it?

Okay, this is so funny because I feel like I was raised in a really similar way. Like my father was a pastor. I was very aware of like the way that I was perceived in the world and the way I needed to behave to like make sure that no one thought I was either bad or too good, right? Like I feel the same about that. But how did gossip play into that? Like were you told not to gossip?

Okay, this is so funny because I feel like I was raised in a really similar way. Like my father was a pastor. I was very aware of like the way that I was perceived in the world and the way I needed to behave to like make sure that no one thought I was either bad or too good, right? Like I feel the same about that. But how did gossip play into that? Like were you told not to gossip?

I was going to say that's something that I imagine is hard if that is a feeling you had as a child that has continued in your profession where you are now public and people are like aware of your existence.

I was going to say that's something that I imagine is hard if that is a feeling you had as a child that has continued in your profession where you are now public and people are like aware of your existence.

Oh, she. So there is a difference, right, in people gossiping about you and the fear of gossip at large as something that could affect you and gossiping as an individual, right? Like doing the gossip creation. Do you gossip? Yes.

Oh, she. So there is a difference, right, in people gossiping about you and the fear of gossip at large as something that could affect you and gossiping as an individual, right? Like doing the gossip creation. Do you gossip? Yes.