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Normal Gossip

Family Lore Drop with Hrishikesh Hirway

Normal Gossip

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Gossip skeptic Hrishikesh Hirway joins us for a deep dive into the history of a (close) family full of secrets, lies, and prophecies.

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Hello, it's Kelsey McKinney from Normal Gossip, and as you may have already heard, it is time for

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1:04.2

much. Hi and welcome to normal gossip. I'm Kelsey McKinney, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. I am so excited to welcome to the show, friend of the podcast, Rishi Kesh Hereway.

1:26.4

Rishi is a singer and songwriter and the host of

1:29.2

Song Exploder, which is an award-winning podcast and Netflix series where he interviews other musicians

1:34.1

about how they created one of their songs. Rishi co-hosted the award-winning podcast Home

1:38.7

Cooking with chef and previous normal gossip guests, Amin Nosrat, and he hosts the podcast

1:43.8

The West Wing Weekly.

1:45.5

Rishi has also composed original scores for film and TV, including the Netflix series Everything

1:50.5

Sucks, and the video game The Red Lantern, and the upcoming sci-fi thriller companion,

1:55.2

which comes out in theaters in January. It's a little rude for him to be this talented.

1:58.9

Rishi, welcome to the show.

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