154. How Gossip Girl Changed Pop Culture ft. Lindsay Denninger
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week Kelli is joined by writer Lindsay Denninger to discuss her book You Know You Love Me: How Gossip Girl Changed Pop Culture. The two dive into everything from the rabid online fandom and the rise of gossip culture to the show's influence on fashion, celebrity culture, and social media as we know it today. They also discuss toxic relationships, the “Go piss girl” meme, why fan forums were better than modern social media, and whether a show like Gossip Girl could even survive in today’s streaming era. XOXO.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys |
| 0:01.5 | You guys |
| 0:02.4 | You guys, |
| 0:02.5 | You guys, come on get up, |
| 0:04.8 | put a time to feel a Talking nostalgia |
| 0:07.2 | Now, big it's been in the crowd |
| 0:08.3 | I'm here to be a bunch. |
| 0:11.0 | You guys, welcome to another episode of nostalgia. |
| 0:16.9 | And now, as always, it's your host, Kelly Williams, |
| 0:19.1 | and today I am joined by someone You guys, welcome to another episode of nostalgia. And now, as always, it's your host, Kelly Williams. |
| 0:21.4 | And today I am joined by someone she's on Substack. |
| 0:21.6 | She just recently released. |
| 0:26.0 | You know you love me how Gossip Girl changed pop culture. |
| 0:27.6 | She's also been on Jeopardy. |
| 0:30.8 | Lindsay Deninger, thank you so much for joining. |
| 0:32.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:35.7 | I'm really excited to chat with you here today. |
| 0:36.3 | Listen, Gossip Girl was my senior thesis in college. So when I got my hands on your book, I like flew through it. It is written so well. It is so fun. |
| 0:38.8 | Thank you. Anyone who's a fan will love this book and I'll make sure to link it in our show notes. |
| 0:48.0 | Everybody who loves Gossip Girls should check it out, teen TV should check it out, |
| 0:53.8 | millennial nostalgia, really anybody who is alive between 2007- 2012, we'll love this book. |
| 0:57.2 | Absolutely, especially if you were a teenager during those times. |
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