"Gossip" feels like a TV show sometimes more than a podcast, mainly because Raskin originally started in TV. Raskin explains, "the big secret is that scripted podcasts exist and are one of the oldest forms of entertainment in a lot of ways, in the form of radio plays." Raskin continued, "it used to be a very prominent type of ’s still big in England but for whatever reason it fell off the radar in America." Later, she says, " It's exciting to be a part of the rise." "Gossip” is a comedy, which separates it from other scripted podcasts which are usually, either non-fiction or, as Raskin described, "mystery, supernatural, a genre with some big reveal.” “Gossip” is rooted in melodrama explicitly and stays away from mystery. The kind of soaps that have a comedic twist to them."
Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids, Jane the Virgin. There really aren't any podcasts quite like "Gossip," so she was "inspired by what saw on TV. My producer was like 'Okay, Allison.’ But I gave myself that deadline I had to do it." She simply says for the month that she turned the outlines (that she had crafted in a writers room for two weeks) into fully fledged scripts, "I didn't leave my house much during that time." When asked about her writing process for "Gossip," she says, "I wrote a script every three days.
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Raskin is quick to crack jokes as you speak to her. "I am always interested in scripted, always interested in narrative and really carefully crafting a story," Raskin explains, "so when I decided to move into the podcast space that is what made the most sense for me and what I was interested in." From stories of gay Brits cooking meth in the local AirBnb, to Mia’s boss’s newly open marriage, to a fight breaking out at a charity event, the friends jump in between rumors and personal lives and a story on why Bethany hasn’t seen Breaking Bad. As the women tell their stories, the audio cuts to the voices of the townspeople and listens into their salacious or private conversations. Raskin jokes that it was a stretch since she looks Jewish.
Raskin plays Bethany, a young Christian mom. The friends, Bethany, Mia and Valerie, span ages from early twenties to middle age. "Gossip" focuses on three fictional female friends at their weekly coffee meetup as they tell rumors and stories about their small town and the people who live in it. "Gossip" is 100% scripted with a cast of 32 voice actors telling a fully fictionalized and meticulously planned out story. It has already been featured in Elle, Entertainment Tonight and Deadline. "Gossip," released this June, is a weekly scripted, comedy podcast about the rumors that circulate in a small town in New York State with a 12 episode run.
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