Heartbreak Glitch Loop with Brandy Jensen

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Our editor Brandy Jensen joins us for a good old fashioned neighborly feud.

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0:00.0	I've got some news for one of our fellow Radiotopia shows.
0:03.7	Ear Hustle, the show about daily life inside prison, is wrapping up a season that took us from the true crime story of a bank robber named Spark Plug to the dues and don'ts of getting your haircut in prison.
0:17.6	And now the show is gearing up for something big in all new 11 city tour.
0:25.2	Ear Hustle host Nigel Ann Arlon, along with special guests and performers, will kick
0:30.4	things off in Nashville on August 4th. And then they're hitting the road. They are stopping in
0:37.1	Atlanta, Durham, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Paul, Iowa City, Lawrence, Kansas, and Dallas before wrapping it all up in Austin on August 21st. It's going to be a wild ride with live music, storytelling, and never-before-seen visuals.
0:58.6	Fabulous outfits?
1:00.2	Check.
1:01.2	Dance breaks?
1:02.4	Double check.
1:04.0	Oh, and Erlan's got a birthday to celebrate along the way, too.
1:07.9	Join Nigel, Erlon, and the Ear Hustle team live. Go to Ear HustleSq.com
1:15.2	slash tour for details and tickets. That is Ear HustleSQ.com slash tour.
1:31.8	Hello and welcome to normal gossip.
1:40.8	I'm your host, Rachel Hampton, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. Y'all, somehow we only have one more episode of season eight after this week. I don't know how
1:50.7	this happened. I do know how this happened. I'm very tired. However, I can't believe how fast this is
1:56.9	gone. I know that strikes fear into the hearts of so many of you, but don't worry.
2:04.6	If you've been listening to the past few episodes or following us on Instagram, then you know
2:08.8	there is a way for you to get more normal gossip in your life. Because this September,
2:14.4	Sierra and I are bringing normal gossip to nine different cities. We are stopping in New York,
2:21.5	Boston, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Denver, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Tickets went on sale
2:30.4	to the public on Friday, May 9th. So that means if you are listening right now
	...

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