Anne Royall, Common Scold (1826) w/ Kelsey and Alex from Normal Gossip
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We’re doing a couple episodes on moments of historical gossip with our new Radiotopia pals from the show Normal Gossip.
Today, we discuss Anne Royall, who in 1826 began publishing books and articles based on her travels around the country talking to everyday folks about their everyday lives. She was able to gather stories and map society in a new way — and also recieved a lot of pushback for it.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin of Normal Gossip to discuss Royall’s work and legacy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jody Abergen. |
| 0:10.0 | This day 1826, a woman by the name of Ann Royal publishes her book |
| 0:15.5 | Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States. It was the result of |
| 0:20.8 | her travels around the United States reporting on the relatively new country, |
| 0:25.2 | but hers is a particular kind of journalism talking less to politicians or elites or others |
| 0:29.8 | in power and more to regular folks, farmers and housewives and others about their everyday lives. |
| 0:36.2 | This was quite a radical kind of storytelling to talk to normal people about, I don't know, |
| 0:41.6 | gossip. Normal, gossip, normal gossip. |
| 0:44.0 | That's a very interesting topic and that's my incredibly subtle segue to point out the fact that |
| 0:48.5 | today's guests are the two hosts of the podcast, Normal Gossip. |
| 0:51.6 | It's a show where each episode is based around one |
| 0:54.2 | gossipy story but no celebrities no huge scandal just the little dramas that |
| 0:58.4 | really define our days and define us and it is the newest show to join Radiotopia. We're really excited so we decided to do a |
| 1:06.3 | couple episodes together about some interesting stories of gossip and rumor in American history which is how we came |
| 1:11.3 | across the life and work of Anne Royal. |
| 1:14.5 | So here for two episodes are the folks behind Normal Gossip, Kelsey McKinney and Alex, |
| 1:18.6 | and Alex, and Alex, welcome to the show and welcome to Radiotiotopia and thank you for making such a great show etc but this is this is great to have you. |
| 1:27.5 | Thank you for having us. We're so excited to be here. I know. |
| 1:33.0 | And then of course here as always are |
| 1:35.0 | Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wesley. |
| 1:38.0 | Hello there. |
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