Bonus Episode: Rat Kings and Emotional Support Eggs with Sabrina Imbler

Today's treat: an episode from our secret feed vault. If you'd like to get in on these monthly extra episodes, subscribe as a Friend or a Friend-of-a-Friend . Our guest this time is Sabrina Imbler! After catching up on Sabs' latest project—a series of interviews with federal workers fired by the Trump administration—Rachelle and Sabs partake in a batch of gossipy voice memos from our inbox. Sign up to watch SPLITSVILLE with Rachelle on August 16th here . You can find Sabs' interview with fired CDC Health Communications Manager Sarah Boim here . You can find the rest of the interviews in this series here . You can subscribe to Sabs' newsletter Creatures NYC here .  Get your tickets for the Normal Gossip Live tour here ! Subscribe to our newsletter for writing from Rachelle, Se'era, Jae, Alex, and Kelsey, plus blog recommendations and secrets! You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com . 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: https://normalgossip.komi.io/ Episode transcript here . Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip , and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP. Normal Gossip is hosted by Rachelle Hampton ( @heyydnae ) and produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks ( @seera_sharae ) and Jae Towle Vieira ( @jaetowlevieira ). Alex Sujong Laughlin ( @alexlaughs ) is our Supervising Producer. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Show art by Tara Jacoby. Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices