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Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton, and in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. Welcome to episode seven, y'all. We've only got three more episodes of season eight after this week, if you can believe it.
But have no fear, if you want more Normal Gossip in your life, then I have got some incredibly exciting news. This September, Ciara and I are bringing Normal Gossip to nine different cities. We are stopping in New York. Boston, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Denver, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Tickets went on sale to the public on Friday, May 9th.
Chapter 2: What exciting news does Rachelle share about Normal Gossip?
So that means if you are listening right now and live in any of those cities, you can go buy a ticket immediately at normalgossiplive.com. Every show has exclusive VIP tickets that include a meet and greet with Sierra and I, so I hope you're all planning what delicious little morsels of gossip you're going to be bringing us. That is all the housekeeping for today's show. Now, on to the gossip.
Today, I am so excited to have none other than Sam Sanders joining me for the First repeat performance of this season. Sam was on the very first season of Normal Gossip in an episode called Digmatize. Sam is a multi-hyphenate. You might know him from any of the many shows he has created and hosted. Currently, though, you can hear him on Vibe Check with Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford.
And also, you can, of course, hear Sam Sanders on the Sam Sanders Show on KRCW. Hi, Sam. Thank you so much for joining me and welcome back.
It is so good to be here. I remember being on an episode in season one and I had so much fun because I remember it being about a straight male bartender who was messy. And I remember saying, aren't all straight male bartenders messy? Yes.
You did. You did. You said the red flag was that he was tall, that he was cute, and that he was a bartender. And ever since then, whenever I see a tall, cute bartender, I say, I shouldn't.
Molly, you in danger, girl.
Exactly. We, me and you, are part of a very exclusive group, which is the people who were guests on the very first season of Normal Gossip. We were on the train before everyone else. How does it feel to be a Normal Gossip hipster?
Listen, what do I feel like knowing that I was an OG?
Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What is Sam Sanders' relationship to gossip?
You know what? Actually, I fucking love it. It brings the people together.
It does. Drew takes karaoke extremely seriously, but not in the annoying way. Not in the annoying way. Not in the Bohemian Rhapsody way. Exactly.
That song is too goddamn long. Don't do it. And you can't hit the notes. No. My go-to karaoke song, Salt-N-Pepa's Push It. It's probably like 18 words long.
And everyone knows them. That's a great choice. Drew also has some staple songs. So he immediately sings with arms wide open by Creed with the Canadians.
Honestly, I have done Creed's higher at karaoke. It works.
Yes. So they've just finished singing with arms wide open.
I take it back. I love this story now.
They sing with arms wide open. But then into the bar walks none other than Oliver. Girl. The Canadians had been too friendly and had apparently posted about their karaoke night on the Hostel World app. This is a problem. Drew's like, I have been betrayed by my one true love, the Hostel World app.
Yeah. Also, gosh, talk about an agent of chaos, the Hostel World app.
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Chapter 4: How has Sam's perspective on gossip changed since 2022?
Vocal rest, baby. Vocal rest.
Drew's like, karaoke is a sacred space where no one can be excluded. So he's like, yeah, sure, fine. He perhaps makes another mistake by letting Oliver pick the song.
See? We already know Oliver doesn't make great decisions. Doesn't think before he leaps.
So Drew joins Oliver on stage and the opening notes of Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers start playing.
Wow. Is that a lot? You know, I know the song and the melody never dug into the lyrics. Let's see. Is it like a love song?
Well, I do have some choice lyrics for us. There are, baby, when I met you, there was a peace unknown. Oh. And then there's, the message is clear. This could be the year for the real thing. Oh. And we cannot forget, all this love we feel needs no conversation.
Oh, no. I follow the lyrics now. There's another line that says, I set out to get you with a fine-tooth comb. What? I can't live without you if the love was gone. Oh, but that won't happen to us. And we got no doubt too deep in love and we got no way out.
Oliver is the human embodiment of the hard eyes emoji after this performance. But the thing is, Drew can't even deny that they crushed their performance. They have incredible chemistry.
Drew, Drew, Drew, Drew. How are you already that lost in the sauce?
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