Love Is Blind with Malala Yousafzai

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Welcome to season NINE of Normal Gossip! We're kicking off the season with Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and a story about four college students on a star-crossed Eurotrip.

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Normal Gossip is hosted by Rachelle Hampton (@heyydnae) and produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks (@seera_sharae) and Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira). Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs) is our Supervising Producer. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Rachel from Normal Gossip and I just want to say thank you. Thank you for spending time with me this year. As y'all know, this year has been a big one for normal gossip. Our peaceful transition of power started at the beginning of this year. And, you know, not to brag, but I do feel like it's going pretty well. And that's down to y'all, our listeners,
0:23.5	that's down to our incredible guest. It is so hard for me to pick a favorite, but I truly cannot get
0:30.1	over how good the episode with Shea Kulay was, episode 10 of season eight. As you can imagine,
0:36.7	there's a ton of work that goes on behind the scenes with normal
0:39.7	gossip to get episodes and guests like Che Koulet out to y'all.
0:44.0	And it's not just like the nitty gritty audio stuff.
0:46.5	There's the marketing.
0:47.7	There's finding sponsors.
0:49.1	There's dealing with the actual podcast technology and so on.
0:52.3	And being a part of Radiotopia from PRX means
0:55.1	that we hear normal gossip get a ton of help with all that so that we can focus on bringing
1:01.3	these unforgettable episodes to you. There are very few podcasts out there right now that champion
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1:11.6	you know that it is a tough time for public media. As a co-owner defector, it is very important to me
1:17.6	that I work with companies that I feel like I align with. And with Radiotopia, I have the freedom
1:23.1	to make the business decisions that are right for normal gossip. Our annual Radiotopia Fundraiser just launched and we're trying to reach 1,500 donors before the end of the year.
1:32.2	That is 1,500 listeners across the network who will hear our message and think, you know what,
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1:49.0	It means that newer shows like Try Hard and only if you get caught can continue to grow their audience, while more Sable shows can just keep doing their thing.
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