{"podcast":{"title":"Normal Gossip","slug":"normal-gossip-4531128","podcast_index_feed_id":4531128,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/3492/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"http://defector.com","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/3492/images/534a2935-3bd7-4bc3-ad26-dcf167d661dc/2025_NormalGossip_Logo_RT1__2__copy.jpg","author":"Normal Gossip (info@defector.com)","episode_count":107,"summary":"Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Rachelle Hampton discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers. The second-hand truth really is stranger than fiction. Produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks and Jae Towle Vieira. Created by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin. Show art by Tara Jacoby. https://normalgossip.komi.io/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T16:17:31.975551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/normal-gossip-4531128"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Episode: Try Hard with Erika Casupanan","slug":"bonus-episode-try-hard-with-erika-casupanan","published_at":"2025-09-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/normal-gossip-4531128/bonus-episode-try-hard-with-erika-casupanan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/normal-gossip-4531128","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_3492_83ea37d3-42ee-4d62-b637-93c823d79264&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F3492%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/3492/83ea37d3-42ee-4d62-b637-93c823d79264/13_ng_septemberbonus_20250917_SSRV1.mp3","summary":"Today, we’re bringing you an episode of Try Hard ,a new podcast hosted and produced by one of our very own dowager queens of gossip, Alex Sujong Laughlin. This episode is the second episode of the season, and it features a familiar face, Erika Casupanan, the winner of the 41st season of Survivor , and a guest from the fifth season of Normal Gossip. Erika spent her life being the person she thought she \"should\" be. It turns out that doing her own thing doesn't rock the world the way she thinks it will. It's actually pretty cool. Check out Erika's podcast, Happy to See Me . Episode transcript here . Send me voice memos about the things YOU'RE trying at podcasts@defector.com , or you can message me or tag me on Instagram @ alexlaughs . Try Hard is hosted and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin. Editorial and production support from Audrey Mardavich, Tom Ley, and Jae Towle Vieira. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Mixing by Samantha Gattsek. Our show art is by Lille Allen and our theme song is \"Photo Booth\" by Avery Friedman. Try Hard is a proud member of Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Today, we’re bringing you an episode of Try Hard ,a new podcast hosted and produced by one of our very own dowager queens of gossip, Alex Sujong Laughlin.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2304,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/normal-gossip-4531128/episodes/bonus-episode-try-hard-with-erika-casupanan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/normal-gossip-4531128/bonus-episode-try-hard-with-erika-casupanan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}