Podcrushed

Podcrushed

Podcrushed — the podcast where Penn Badgley reads your middle school story -- explores the heartbreak, anxiety and self-discovery of being a teenager. Hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, and Sophie Ansari bring you stories and conversations about middle school - from childhood crushes, to battles with body hair, to schoolyard scuffles. The results are sometimes awkward, sometimes heartwarming, and always relatable. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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July 16, 2025 66 mins

In this engaging and nostalgic episode, Rachel Bilson chats with the hosts about her upbringing, the unique insights from her podcast 'Broad Ideas', and fun behind-the-scenes stories from her time on 'The OC'. They also delve into high school memories, people pleasing, and personal growth through challenges.


And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077...

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Naomi Ackie (I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Blink Twice, The End Of The F***ing World) swings by the pod to spit some heckin' righteous Bible raps from her days as an 11 year old auditioning for the school play, and gives the BTS scoop on her intriguing new project, A24's Sorry, Baby.
And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993  

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July 2, 2025 80 mins

Podcrushed superfan and acclaimed actor Allison Williams (Get OutGirlsM3GAN) delights the hosts with tales from her AOL Instant Messenger days, sharing everything from her seven-way celebrity crush to memories of her first cigarette.

 

And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993   

 

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June 25, 2025 62 mins

Candice King (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Juno, Deadgirl) joins the pod today to share about her early days in a girl group, what it was like growing up as the creative kid in a household with an engineer mom and a doctor dad, and her favorite memories from the set of The Vampire Diaries.


And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993  &n...

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June 18, 2025 61 mins

Today we’re joined by Bryce Dallas Howard, the acclaimed actor and director known for blockbuster films like Jurassic World: Dominion, Argyle, and Deep Cover, as well as standout roles in series like Black Mirror. Bryce shares a range of hilarious and heartfelt stories — from hanging out with Colin Hanks on her father Ron Howard’s film sets as a kid, to lightly stalking her now-husband Seth Gabel in her early twen...

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June 11, 2025 52 mins

Today’s guest is the wildly talented Karen Gillan, the actor you know from major franchises like Guardians of the GalaxyAvengers: Endgame, and Jumanji, as well as her breakout role as Amy Pond on Doctor Who. Karen talks about her early days growing up in Inverness, Scotland, and how her relentless teenage ambition landed her an agent (spoiler alert: she cold-called every casting director and agent i...

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June 4, 2025 46 mins

Kevin Smith, the acclaimed film director whose comedic films and franchises include ClerksMallratsChasing Amy and Jay & Silent Bob, swings by the pod to talk about the freedom of his (mostly) unsupervised childhood, his near-religious experience watching Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time with his father, and his iconic cult-classic film Dogma, which is celebrating i...

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May 28, 2025 50 mins

Our guest today is Ashley Flowers, New York Times bestselling author and host of Crime Junkie, one of the biggest true crime podcasts ever, with over a billion downloads since its 2017 debut. She talks about her early life in the church, her late-night-grind to get Crime Junkie off the ground, and her theories on why crime is so fascinating. 

 

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May 21, 2025 43 mins

Susan Sarandon, the actor whose five decade career has earned her six Primetime Emmy nominations and an Academy Award for Best Actress, joins the pod to talk about her early days as a God-fearing Catholic kid in New Jersey. She details the unexpected and serendipitous path that led her to acting, and talks about her new film Nonnas, about a man who risks everything to honor his late mother by opening an Italian ...

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May 14, 2025 75 mins

Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood) comes by to help us wrap up our YOU extravaganza. She talks severe childhood bullying and a sweet adult comeuppance, slinging drugs in jorts for the school play… as a six year old, and the moment while fully naked and exposed in Equus that almost made her break. We get into all things YOU as she unpacks her show-stealing performance as Reagan AND Maddie Lockwood.


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Our YOU Season 5 celebration continues! This is part two of our YOU Season 5 finale rewatch episode with director Lee Toland Krieger. And if you want to see clips from the show, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zp7H_9NxJso

 

And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Nava-Kavelin/9781668077993

 

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Our YOU Season 5 celebration continues! Today we're launching a two part reaction episode to the YOU S5 Finale, featuring director Lee Toland Krieger. Keep an eye out for Part 2, out tomorrow! And if you want to see clips from the show, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L4UZsjbCOIE  


And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Nava-Kavelin/9...

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April 30, 2025 84 mins

YOU week continues! Madeline Brewer (Handmaids Tale, Orange is the New Black) is Joe’s Final Girl and she’s here to talk about it. She shares about her days as an adolescent in Pittman, NJ and the pivotal moment she crossed the river into New York to pursue acting. And of course, she and Penn reminisce on their time working on the set of YOU together.


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April 28, 2025 81 mins

[SPOILERS AHEAD] In this series finale actors roundtable (I’m not crying, you’re crying!), the incredible women of YOU come together for a conversation to discuss that epic finale, intuition and erasure, and how they worked together to seal Joe’s fate. Featuring Madeline Brewer, Tati Gabrielle, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Charlotte Ritchie, and Anna Camp. [Watch the episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/qAr3KFeejO4]

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To kick off our celebration of the release of YOU Season 5, we're doing a two part reaction episode to the YOU S1 Pilot, featuring director Lee Toland Krieger.

 

And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Nava-Kavelin/9781668077993

 

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To kick off our celebration of the release of YOU Season 5, we're doing a two part reaction episode to the YOU S1 Pilot, featuring director Lee Toland Krieger. Keep an eye out for part two, coming out tomorrow! And if you want to see clips from the show, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VSa1oMAA0Q0

And preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Nava-Kavelin/9781...

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April 16, 2025 54 mins

Michelle Buteau -- the actor and comedian you know from Babes, A Buteau-ful Mind, and Survival of the Thickest -- regales the hosts with stories about her adolescent crush ("he looked like a young Leonardo DiCaprio, but Puerto Rican"), her journey into standup comedy, and the incredible intuition that she taps into through her dreams.

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On April 21st, the we will be doing our very first live speaking event at the renowned 92nd Street Y in New York City. We’ll be joined by one of our favorite podcasters and storytellers of all time, Anna Martin (from the hit New York Times podcast Modern Love). You can get your tickets a 92NY.org/events/podcrushed. Can’t wait to see you there! 

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April 2, 2025 67 mins

This week Adam Brody (Fleishman is in Trouble, Shazam!, The O.C.) stops by and wins the group over with his endless trove of middle school stories. Adam gets passionate explaining his take on marriage, and shares why he’s the happiest he’s ever been.


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March 26, 2025 55 mins

Eiza González (3 Body Problem, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Baby Driver) sits down to talk about her early life riding motorcycles, the overnight fame she experienced on an Argentinian soap opera, and the realities of navigating her teen years in the shadow of her beloved father's passing. The light, the dark, and the in-between... Eiza goes there. You can catch her new film "Ash" -- a space-based horror thriller d...

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