<p>We are back and pettier than ever with season 6! We're joined by our Radiotopia colleague and host of <a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/weight-for-it"><strong>Weight for It </strong></a>Ronald Young Jr. for a story about the ridiculous things we do when we fall in love with familiar strangers. </p><p>Follow Ronald on all social media at @ohitsbigron (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ohitsbigron/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ohitsbigron"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@ohitsbigron"><strong>Threads</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ohitsbigron"><strong>TikTok</strong></a>)</p><p><em>One thing to clarify from episode 1 of season 6: CMV does not cause mono, herpes or chickenpox, but is in the same family of viruses that causes those illnesses.</em></p><p><a href="https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/8b2832e4-8d63-11ee-a318-ba05e8f402f5"><strong>Subscribe to our new newsletter for writing from Kelsey and Alex, blog recommendations, and bonus secrets! </strong></a></p><p>You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying <a href="https://defectorstore.com/collections/normal-gossip"><strong>merch</strong></a> or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at <a href="https://defector.com/products/normalgossip"><strong>supportnormalgossip.com</strong></a>.</p><p>Our merch shop is run by Dan McQuade. You can also find all kinds of info about us and how to submit gossip on our Komi page: <a href="https://normalgossip.komi.io/"><strong>https://normalgossip.komi.io/</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSbeeZ9hJEgD0q-sjwY1FO4_H47Weqp4dNbJ5BbJxyc/edit?usp=sharing"><strong>Episode transcript here.</strong></a></p><p>Follow the show on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/normalgossip/"><strong>@normalgossip</strong></a>, and if you have gossip, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.</p><p>Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mckinneykelsey/"><strong>@mckinneykelsey</strong></a>) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexlaughs/"><strong>@alexlaughs</strong></a>) and Ozzy Llinas Goodman. Jae Towle Vieira (<a href="https://instagram.com/jaetowlevieira?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=="><strong>@jaetowlevieira</strong></a>) is our associate producer. Abigail Segel (<a href="https://twitter.com/AbigailSegel"><strong>@AbigailSegel</strong></a>) is our intern. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor.</p><p>Show art by Tara Jacoby.</p><p>Normal Gossip is a proud member of <a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/"><strong>Radiotopia</strong></a>.</p>
