Minder, the Finder, and the Grinder with Elise Hu
Normal Gossip
Normal Gossip
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Elise Hu joins us for a tale of startup bros and the hermit crabs that come between them.
Buy Elise's book, Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that Radiotopia has a reality dating podcast? |
| 0:05.0 | It's called Hang Up and it's like a queer cross between The Bachelor and Love is Blind. |
| 0:11.0 | Hang Up is hosted by the amazing Z Zakia Gibbons, who was on our last season of normal gossip. |
| 0:18.3 | And it's a blast. |
| 0:20.3 | Hangup's tagline is no rings attached. |
| 0:23.0 | It's a refreshing focus on dating and connection rather than marriage. |
| 0:27.0 | On Hangup, you don't just get to eavesdrop on dates. |
| 0:30.0 | There's also a series of eliminations. |
| 0:32.0 | And in the end, there's a series of eliminations and in the end there's a twist. |
| 0:35.0 | Will the last caller standing choose the star and go on an all-expenses paid vacation together? |
| 0:41.0 | Or will they choose a cash prize instead? |
| 0:44.7 | The new season is out now, so stay on the line. |
| 0:48.2 | Subscribe to hang up today on your favorite podcast platform. Hi and in each episode of this |
| 0:54.0 | and |
| 0:59.0 | Hi and welcome to normal gossip. I'm Kelsey McKinney and in each episode of this |
| 1:04.1 | podcast we're gonna bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. |
| 1:08.2 | I am so excited to have with me today, Elise Hugh. |
| 1:13.0 | Elise is the host of TED Talks Daily and at host at large at NPR, |
| 1:17.0 | as well as the author of Flawless, Lessons in Looks and Culture |
| 1:21.0 | from the Kay Beauty Capital, which is based on her years as a foreign |
| 1:24.1 | correspondent in Seoul, South Korea. Previously, Elise helped found the Texas Tribune a |
| 1:29.2 | nonprofit digital startup. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri Columbia |
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