The Couch and the Fuckboy with Scaachi Koul

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Welcome to season EIGHT of Normal Gossip! We're kicking off the season with Scaachi Koul and a story about the lengths you would go for a coveted couch. Order Scaachi’s book, Sucker Punch, here and follow her on Instagram here.

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0:00.0	One of our fellow Radiotopia shows is the award-winning music podcast Song Exploder, where musicians tell the story of how they created one of their songs.
0:09.7	This year, Song Exploder has introduced a new series in their feed called Key Change.
0:15.2	It's not about songs that people made. It's about the songs that made people who they are.
0:20.5	The host, Rishi Kesheirwe talks to
0:22.8	guests about a piece of music that was transformative for them. So far, there are episodes with
0:27.8	actress Sophie Thatcher on Elliott Smith, with author and poet Haneep Abdurikib on The Clash,
0:34.9	and with comedian James Acaster on Outcast. The conversations are intimate and a
0:40.8	wonderful peek into how music can change the way we see the world and ourselves. Key Change comes out
0:46.9	once a month on the Song Exploder feed, so check it out by searching for Song Exploder on your
0:52.3	podcast app or go to songexploder.net slash keychange. That's songexploder.
0:59.1	Dot net slash key change. Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton.
1:12.5	And in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world.
1:19.2	Y'all, we're back.
1:21.7	You're listening to the very first episode of season eight.
1:25.3	And I might be biased, but I feel like this season is shaping up to be
1:30.8	pretty damn good. If you haven't tuned in in a while, you might be thinking, this bitch doesn't
1:35.5	sound like Kelsey, and you would be right. I am very much not Kelsey. At the end of season seven,
1:41.8	normal gossip underwent a peaceful transition of power. And well, I'm the captain now. If you'd like more details on the transition and our feelings around them, go listen to the finale of season seven. I'm going to be so briefly vulnerable here since I know a lot of you skip this part. And I'm going to say that stepping into the host chair of normal gossip is literally a dream come true for me.
2:04.4	I'm not going to lie.
2:06.0	I'm a little bit nervous.
2:08.1	I've been a fan of this show since it launched, which means I know I have got some big and very cute shoes to fill.
2:14.8	I am eternally grateful not just to Kelsey and Alex and the whole normal
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