Bonus Episode: Try Hard with Erika Casupanan

Today, we’re bringing you an episode of Try Hard ,a new podcast hosted and produced by one of our very own dowager queens of gossip, Alex Sujong Laughlin. This episode is the second episode of the season, and it features a familiar face, Erika Casupanan, the winner of the 41st season of Survivor , and a guest from the fifth season of Normal Gossip. Erika spent her life being the person she thought she "should" be. It turns out that doing her own thing doesn't rock the world the way she thinks it will. It's actually pretty cool. Check out Erika's podcast, Happy to See Me . Episode transcript here . Send me voice memos about the things YOU'RE trying at podcasts@defector.com , or you can message me or tag me on Instagram @ alexlaughs . Try Hard is hosted and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin. Editorial and production support from Audrey Mardavich, Tom Ley, and Jae Towle Vieira. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Mixing by Samantha Gattsek. Our show art is by Lille Allen and our theme song is "Photo Booth" by Avery Friedman. Try Hard is a proud member of Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Bonus Episode: Try Hard with Erika Casupanan is an episode from Normal Gossip by Normal Gossip.

This episode is 38:24 long.

This episode was published on Sep 17, 2025.

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