Paranormal Activity with Amber Singletary
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This is Ira Glass. On This American Life, one thing we like is a good mystery. Sometimes about really big things, things you hear in the news. But most times, the little mysteries are the best.
Our lost and found is currently filled with pants. I don't know, I've never seen this happen. I've got skirts, I've got shorts. Wait, this is true?
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What? Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton, and in each episode of this podcast, we are going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. Welcome back to season 10, y'all. If this is the first episode you're tuning into, this is our 10th season of Normal Gossip, which means that we are doing All Stars. We're bringing back some of your favorite guests, and we have got some incredible new guests that some of y'all have been requesting for eons. And this season, we're doing something special. We're doing video. Yes, y'all, we are finally joining the modern world. So if you want to watch this episode, head on over to our YouTube page. Just search Defector Media, and it should pop up.
And of course, we'll be linking the video in the show notes. All right, that is enough housekeeping for today. Without further ado, I want to introduce today's all-star guest, the illustrious, the hilarious, the very talented Amber Singletary. Amber Singletary is a comedian, writer, actor, and host of the Judgy series by NowThis Media. Most recently, she was a writer on the HBO Emmy Award-winning series, A Black Lady's Sketch Show. She is an internet favorite of mine, and I have a feeling that by the end of this episode, she'll be your new fave too. Hello, Amber. Thank you so much for joining me. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. I'm so excited you're here. I love this. I love gossip. Same. Well, that's actually a perfect segue into the question that we ask everyone, which is, what is your relationship to gossip?
I hate to say this, but I love gossip.
Don't hate to say it.
I love gossip. I think it's the best. I think it builds relationships. It builds friendships. Like, I love gossip about people I don't know. Like, when my friends have, like, third-party friend gossip, I'm like, what? Okay, tell me. Tell me about her man. Tell me about her wedding. Tell me about everything, the trip, whatever, whatever. I just love it because I think people are really themselves when they're gossiping. You can see what people care about. You can see people's, like – Ideologies, like you see what people judge people for and you just learn so much in gossip. Gossip more, everybody, please.
And you're right. I feel like the further away you are from the gossip, the better it is. Yes. You have to know, I think, at least one person relatively well in the story. But other than that, it's like, I don't know. A stranger is perfect.
A stranger is perfect because then I can just say just an unfiltered opinion and be like, I think this. Exactly. But when you're too close to the gossip, the gossip might be about you. No, exactly. It's like, is this play about me?
Is this play about us?
No, that is. I hope I've been the topic of gossip. I really hope so. Same.
That would be great. Same. I don't think I have. No one ever tells you if you're the subject of gossip. And it's really irritating. I left a job I had been at for six years. And I was like, there's no way. There's no gossip about me leaving. But every time I see someone from my old job, they're like, you're so beloved. We miss you. We're so proud of you.
You lying ass bitch. Say something about me eating salmon in Vegas.
Who is Amber Singletary and why is she the episode's guest?
office say something treat me like a regular person gossip about me pretend i'm not here and tell me what you would say about me dude you know what i miss i miss the trap phone calls i miss putting somebody on three-way you got a secret caller they're like oh so what do you think about this and then the person is just getting all the gossip with them like that we bring it back
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:52
2
Who is Amber Singletary and why is she the episode's guest?
3:52–5:23
3
How does Amber describe her relationship to gossip and why does she love it?
5:23–30:35
4
What was Haley’s family situation and why did their Victorian farmhouse feel spooky?
30:35–41:12
5
Who is Lisa and why did her behavior create tension in the blended household?
41:12–46:45