Rachelle Hampton

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Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. If you tuned in last week or to the finale of Season 7, I'm sorry because you're about to hear me repeat myself.

Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. If you tuned in last week or to the finale of Season 7, I'm sorry because you're about to hear me repeat myself.

Like I said at the top of the premiere of this season, if you haven't tuned in in a while, you might be thinking... That's not Kelsey's voice. You're correct. Your ears work. I'm still not Kelsey. And that will remain true for the foreseeable future unless they end up creating that face-off machine. At the end of season seven, normal gossip underwent a peaceful transition of power.

Like I said at the top of the premiere of this season, if you haven't tuned in in a while, you might be thinking... That's not Kelsey's voice. You're correct. Your ears work. I'm still not Kelsey. And that will remain true for the foreseeable future unless they end up creating that face-off machine. At the end of season seven, normal gossip underwent a peaceful transition of power.

And 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 7. If you've already done that, welcome. I'm so excited you're here, and I am even more excited to introduce our second guest of Season 8.

And 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 7. If you've already done that, welcome. I'm so excited you're here, and I am even more excited to introduce our second guest of Season 8.

Today, I am joined by Yoé Shaw, the host and producer of Proxy, a podcast that answers niche emotional questions through conversations with experts and strangers with shared experiences. Yoe self-describes as an emotional investigative journalist, which is one of my favorite job titles I've ever heard.

Today, I am joined by Yoé Shaw, the host and producer of Proxy, a podcast that answers niche emotional questions through conversations with experts and strangers with shared experiences. Yoe self-describes as an emotional investigative journalist, which is one of my favorite job titles I've ever heard.

Oh my God, we're here. We're on the podium. We're going to distribute some medals. I guess this is the post-game interview because I need to know, what's your relationship to gossip? I love it.

Oh my God, we're here. We're on the podium. We're going to distribute some medals. I guess this is the post-game interview because I need to know, what's your relationship to gossip? I love it.

Your friend just went from so high in my ranking of other people's friends. To so low, so quickly. How do you go from the iconicness of the first rule of Boot Brothers is don't talk about Boot Brothers to I try to live without gossip. Why would you do that? Why would you deprive yourself?

Your friend just went from so high in my ranking of other people's friends. To so low, so quickly. How do you go from the iconicness of the first rule of Boot Brothers is don't talk about Boot Brothers to I try to live without gossip. Why would you do that? Why would you deprive yourself?

Yes, 100%. Kelsey calls it possip, positive gossip, which is very cute. And I feel like that situation lends itself so well to positive gossip. Like, did you wear the boots on a date? Did the date go well? Did the date go badly? Did the date notice the boots? Who's complimented you on the boots in public? What were they wearing? What are you wearing the boots with?

Yes, 100%. Kelsey calls it possip, positive gossip, which is very cute. And I feel like that situation lends itself so well to positive gossip. Like, did you wear the boots on a date? Did the date go well? Did the date go badly? Did the date notice the boots? Who's complimented you on the boots in public? What were they wearing? What are you wearing the boots with?

He needs to expand his mind. I need him to consider that he contains multitudes. I could talk about this for hours. But speaking of wanting to know gossip, I heard you have some gossip for me that I want to know.

He needs to expand his mind. I need him to consider that he contains multitudes. I could talk about this for hours. But speaking of wanting to know gossip, I heard you have some gossip for me that I want to know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's about what I expect from this milieu of man that you were describing.