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How To!

How To Gossip for Good

How To!

Slate Magazine

Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Psssst. You didn’t hear this from me, but gossiping—can be good for you! Our series on embracing your inner antihero wraps—for now—with a guilty pleasure: gossiping. Normal Gossip host (and beloved former Slatester) Rachelle Hampton sits down with How To!’s Carvell Wallace to dish on the right way to gossip, the link between whisper networks and safety, and the importance of leaving no receipts.  This conversation concludes—for now!—our miniseries on embracing your inner antihero. Check out our episodes on How To Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge and How To Be an Ethical Hater.  Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Our technical director is Merritt Jacob and our supervising producer is Joel Meyer. This episode was produced by Sophie Summergrad. Get more of How To! with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of How To! and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the How To! show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus for access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Banta makes it quick, easy, and scalable. And I'm not to say that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. Have you ever had someone get mad at you for sharing a piece of gossip? Has it ever gotten back to you that it came from you? I've had my mom get mad at me for sharing a piece of gossip. Yes. Yeah, there it is. My parents also are always telling me, they're like, Rachel can't hold water.

1:16.0

Like, don't tell her anything.

1:17.6

And they tell me everything anyway.

1:20.0

Yeah, right.

1:21.3

Because they're gossip. See, this is what people don't understand.

1:23.6

They want to hear what I have to say about it.

1:28.3

Welcome to how to. I'm Carveau Wallace. You know, there's this one piece of incredibly juicy Hollywood gossip that I've held onto for years, maybe even a decade. I'm talking super juicy.

1:41.5

It involves mega A-list celebrities, illicit sexual encounters,

1:46.0

a cult or two, secret agents. It's like pure drama, scalding hot tea. And I love that piece of gossip.

1:54.0

It's like having money in the bank. It's like a verbal 401k. It's like a delicious frozen,

2:00.0

homemade lasagna that I can heat up for comfort when the

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