Rachelle Hampton, host of Normal Gossip, on her podcast and her shift away from constant online life

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Rachelle Hampton is a writer, co-owner of Defector Media, and host of the podcast Normal Gossip, which features anonymous listener-submitted stories about everyday drama. The show's tales range from a knitting circle's lies about luxury wool to an HOA president's impeachment and a wedding COVID outbreak involving 25 bridesmaids. Hampton previously co-hosted Slate's In Case You Missed It, a job that demanded she stay constantly online. She now says she is enjoying a more unplugged lifestyle. The article's excerpt is truncated, so further details about her work and her answer on the Twilight question are not available here.

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