Oct 9, 2026 · 57 min · 22 segments
Step back in time to the golden era of broadcast holiday specials, with a cozy, vintage twist on modern culture! On this festive broadcast of *OTR Christmas Shows*, we welcome cultural writer Hunter…
Rachel HamptonHost
Hunter HarrisGuest
Peyton DixGuest
[laughs] I'm wondering if you could tell me about, like, what you feel like your relationship is to gossip, both individually and as a pair.
... like you share or talk about gossip differently with each other than you do just, like, by yourself?
I mean, sometimes it's contractually our job to gossip about celebrities- Yeah ... on our pod- on a hot mic.
But I do think gossip is actually so cathartic and so good for, like, processing through an emotion.
And sometimes you kind of gotta get, like- The nasty stuff out first so that you can come to that person with like, "Okay, here's like the real point." And I do think we're both good at that, of being like, "I'm gonna like rattle off.
You don't, don't press record, and don't write this down, and don't tell my mom that I'm speaking like this."
I think what we talk about a lot, too, is like that first moment when you like lock in with a friend-
[laughs] I'm wondering if you could tell me about, like, what you feel like your relationship is to gossip, both individually and as a pair.
... like you share or talk about gossip differently with each other than you do just, like, by yourself?
I mean, sometimes it's contractually our job to gossip about celebrities- Yeah ... on our pod- on a hot mic.
But I do think gossip is actually so cathartic and so good for, like, processing through an emotion.
And sometimes you kind of gotta get, like- The nasty stuff out first so that you can come to that person with like, "Okay, here's like the real point." And I do think we're both good at that, of being like, "I'm gonna like rattle off.
You don't, don't press record, and don't write this down, and don't tell my mom that I'm speaking like this."
I think what we talk about a lot, too, is like that first moment when you like lock in with a friend-
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