ICYMI - We Have Some Gossip For You
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Everybody loves to gossip, especially when it comes to celebrities. On the show today, Rachelle is joined by Normal Gossip host Kelsey McKinney to talk about the state of internet gossip. They discuss the early days of online gossip from Gawker, Perez Hilton, and Reality Steve, how social media changed the gossip landscape, and why those changes have made it so we all have the chance to be the subject of online gossip.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | Try to get across that slice it just wider the post. |
| 0:05.0 | Have they done enough? |
| 0:07.0 | Can they pull it out the back? |
| 0:09.0 | Does the ref have a clue? |
| 0:11.0 | When you're shouting at the screen, blow your whistle! |
| 0:16.0 | There's no feeling like live TV. |
| 0:19.0 | However you watch, a TV licence is your must-have pass to over 400 live TV channels |
| 0:25.0 | and it also funds the BBC, such TV licence. |
| 0:30.0 | My name is X. My celebrity relative is who would you like to know? |
| 0:43.0 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Kelsey McKenney, and you're listening to ICYMINE. |
| 0:47.0 | In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:51.0 | And today we are here with none of it, Ben. |
| 0:54.0 | You heard it, Kelsey McKenney, my close personal friend. |
| 0:58.0 | And the host of the incredible podcast, Normal Gossip, Kelsey! |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome! |
| 1:04.0 | Rachel, thank you for having me. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm so excited to be here on one of my favourite pods. |
| 1:09.0 | What a treat! |
| 1:10.0 | Oh my god, everyone says that. |
| 1:12.0 | It's because it's true. |
| 1:19.0 | Well, luckily you also host one of my favourite podcasts, Normal Gossip. |
| 1:24.0 | And for our listeners who haven't had the joy yet of listening, which I'm jealous of, |
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