Weedsgiving with Zakiya Gibbons

Normal Gossip

Comedy

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

This week, our pal Zakiya Gibbons joins us for a story about a Thanksgiving home rental gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Zakiya is the host and editor of Hang Up, a new reality dating podcast from Radiotopia! We are obsessed. Check it out!

Speaking of Radiotopia....support Radiotopia's fall fundraiser!

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Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs). Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira) is our associate producer. Abigail Segel (@AbigailSegel) is our intern. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor.

Credits read by Vicki Bolf.

Show art by Tara Jacoby.

Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there it's Alex Sujang Oflin and Kelsey Me Guinea from normal gossip.
0:03.8	Thank you so much to everyone who's already donated to Radiotopia's fall fundraiser.
0:09.5	If you haven't donated to the network before you might wonder where exactly to my dollars go. The short
0:15.8	answer is your donation goes to normal gossip and all the shows in our network so we can
0:21.9	keep making the shows that you love
0:23.3	listening to. The podcast that are a part of Radiotopia are independent and
0:27.3	listener supported meaning we all retain full ownership of our stuff and get to make
0:31.6	the creative and business choices that are right for
0:33.7	us.
0:34.7	The longer answer is that it takes nine weeks to produce a normal gossip episode from beginning
0:42.3	to end.
0:42.8	Nine weeks.
0:43.4	And guess what? We have shortened that.
0:45.4	For each episode we have to read through gossip submissions, pick a story, anonymize it,
0:49.9	write the script, choose a guest, record the story,
0:52.5	and then edit it all the way through.
0:55.1	Radiotopia makes it possible for us
0:57.1	to make this show exactly the way we want to.
1:00.2	With every weird sound effect, special recorder orchestra, and all the deranged bits.
1:06.0	Truly the best part is that Radiotopia trust creators so much that we don't even have to send them
1:11.0	cuts of episodes before we publish. It's wild.
1:16.0	Your donations make all of this possible.
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