Hello, my beautiful little gossip birds. Before we start today's show, I want to shout out another member of the Radiotopia family, Radio Diaries.

For almost three whole decades, Radio Diaries has been helping people document their own lives and histories.

And now they're back with a new series called Orson Wells and the Blind Soldier about a small town crime

that sparked the desegregation of the U.S. military. In 1946, a black World War II veteran

named Isaac Woodard was blinded by a white police officer. Nobody knew who the officer was or

where the attack happened. But when famed director Orston Wells found out about the attack, he pledged to not only broadcast it, but solve it on the radio week by week.

Wash your hands, officer, X, wash them well, scrub and scour, you won't blot out the blood of a blinded war veteran. You're going to be uncovered.

We will blast out your name. And I will find means to remove from you all refuge, Officer X.

You can't get rid of me. This series is a riveting true crime investigation told by descendants,

activists, and the last known witness to the attack.

Listen to Orson Wells and the Blind Soldier out now wherever you get your podcast or at

Radiotopia.fm.

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.

Hello, y'all.

I know this is a bit of a surprise.

I know we said we wouldn't be back until summer.

And that is technically true.

We will not be back with a full regular gossip story until the summer. We are working on our

production calendar right now for season 10 All-Stars, and I am so excited for y'all to hear.

But in the meantime, I did feel just a tiny bit guilty for not

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