Prank Sinatra with Jenée Desmond-Harris and Joel Anderson

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We're BACK for season TEN and more than ready to be petty! We brought Jenée Desmond Harris back, along with her husband Joel Anderson, for some gossip about a mom who just can't quit pranks.

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0:00.0	Try Hard is back with a new season featuring conversations with Ingrid Nielsen, Anna Sale, Rishi Kesheirway, Alexander Chee, and so many more guests.
0:10.4	This season, host Alex Sujong Lothlin, is diving into guest tryhard moments, the big decisions, the pivots, and the leaps of faith that came to define their lives.
0:20.4	Alex will be talking to an
0:21.6	OG lifestyle influencer who decided to leave her YouTube career behind her, an author who chose to
0:26.7	write the book he wanted to write instead of the one editors wanted, and a fancy-pants business
0:31.3	consultant who stepped off the career treadmill to do something radically different. Each of these
0:35.7	episodes digs into the powerful stories we tell about ourselves.
0:39.1	And what every guest has in comment is that they've asked themselves the same question.
0:43.1	What if I told a different story?
0:45.0	Listen to Try Hard from Defector Media wherever you get your podcast.
0:51.7	Oh my God.
0:52.7	Oh, my God.
0:53.3	What? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, wow. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What?
0:54.5	Oh, my God.
0:55.1	Oh, my God.
0:55.6	Oh, my God.
0:56.5	Oh, my God.
0:57.9	Oh, my God.
0:58.8	What?
0:59.1	Oh, my gosh.
1:00.7	What?
1:01.8	Hello, and welcome to season 10 of normal gossip.
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