Until recently, every episode of “Normal Gossip” — the hit podcast created by culture writer Kelsey McKinney in 2022 — began the same way. McKinney would ask her guest about their ...

Gossip entertains, and it also sustains. In Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion,” the sober heroine, Anne Elliot, pays a visit to ...

When two junior employees bump into each other in the corridor and start chatting about their manager’s overbearing manner, ...

Kelsey McKinney bookends her new collection of essays on gossip with a word from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” As the co-creator of the runaway hit podcast Normal Gossip, ...

SUMMERS: McKinney has studied gossip and made a whole career out of it. She's co-creator of the podcast, "Normal Gossip." Each episode serves up some anonymous tea and guests react to all of the ...

It’s fair to say that there are a lot of negative events to navigate right now. What with ongoing Covid concerns, the rising cost of living and a looming recession, the intensity of the news ...

This year’s Podcast of the Year nominees include “Normal Gossip,” “Three,” “Giggly Squad,” “Call Her […] Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu ...

This year’s Podcast of the Year nominees include “Normal Gossip,” “Three,” “Giggly Squad,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,” “Hysterical ...

As the co-creator of the runaway hit podcast “Normal Gossip," McKinney was well aware of gossip's need for a PR makeover. But what started as a project to liberate the act from its designation ...