Rachelle Hampton

If you haven't tuned in in a while, you might be thinking, this bitch doesn't sound like Kelsey. And you would be right. I am very much not Kelsey. At the end of season seven, normal gossip underwent a peaceful transition of power. And well, I'm the captain now. If you'd like more details on the transition and our feelings around them, go listen to the finale of season seven.

If you haven't tuned in in a while, you might be thinking, this bitch doesn't sound like Kelsey. And you would be right. I am very much not Kelsey. At the end of season seven, normal gossip underwent a peaceful transition of power. And well, I'm the captain now. If you'd like more details on the transition and our feelings around them, go listen to the finale of season seven.

I'm going to be so briefly vulnerable here since I know a lot of you skipped this part. And I'm going to say that stepping into the host chair of Normal Gossip is literally a dream come true for me. I'm not going to lie. I'm a little bit nervous. I've been a fan of this show since it launched, which means I know I have got some big and very cute shoes to fill.

I'm going to be so briefly vulnerable here since I know a lot of you skipped this part. And I'm going to say that stepping into the host chair of Normal Gossip is literally a dream come true for me. I'm not going to lie. I'm a little bit nervous. I've been a fan of this show since it launched, which means I know I have got some big and very cute shoes to fill.

I am eternally grateful, not just to Kelsey and Alex and the whole Normal Gossip team for being giving me this opportunity. I'm also so, so grateful to y'all, the audience, for giving me a chance. I have a feeling we're going to have a good time together. If you want to have an even better time together, we have a newsletter and subscriber episodes.

I am eternally grateful, not just to Kelsey and Alex and the whole Normal Gossip team for being giving me this opportunity. I'm also so, so grateful to y'all, the audience, for giving me a chance. I have a feeling we're going to have a good time together. If you want to have an even better time together, we have a newsletter and subscriber episodes.

If you upgrade your subscription to friend or friend of a friend, in the subscriber episodes, you get exclusive bits of gossip. They're all pretty good. Now, if you've been tuning in and are now thinking, I know all of this already, give me the gossip. Well, you're in luck because I'm done with my little spiel and I'm now ready to introduce the very first guest of season eight of Normal Gossip.

If you upgrade your subscription to friend or friend of a friend, in the subscriber episodes, you get exclusive bits of gossip. They're all pretty good. Now, if you've been tuning in and are now thinking, I know all of this already, give me the gossip. Well, you're in luck because I'm done with my little spiel and I'm now ready to introduce the very first guest of season eight of Normal Gossip.

I am so thrilled to be joined by none other than Saatchi Cole. Saatchi is a senior writer at Slate and the author of two books. Her most recent book, Sucker Punch, just came out in March and it is a beautiful collection of essays. Sachi also produced the documentary Girls Gone Wild, The Untold Story, and she is a co-host of the Scamfluencers podcast. Sachi, welcome.

I am so thrilled to be joined by none other than Saatchi Cole. Saatchi is a senior writer at Slate and the author of two books. Her most recent book, Sucker Punch, just came out in March and it is a beautiful collection of essays. Sachi also produced the documentary Girls Gone Wild, The Untold Story, and she is a co-host of the Scamfluencers podcast. Sachi, welcome.

My first question is, do you consider yourself a gossip?

My first question is, do you consider yourself a gossip?

It is.

It is.

It's very revealing. This is the same way I feel about reality television, where people say because it's produced that it doesn't say anything real. And I'm like, no, the invisible hand of the production and what they think we want to see is actually very, very instructive.

It's very revealing. This is the same way I feel about reality television, where people say because it's produced that it doesn't say anything real. And I'm like, no, the invisible hand of the production and what they think we want to see is actually very, very instructive.

I mean, I have to ask now that we're here, Sachi, what is your relationship to gossip?

I mean, I have to ask now that we're here, Sachi, what is your relationship to gossip?

What the fuck?

What the fuck?