110 episodes

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.

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Podcrushed Lemonada

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 939 Ratings

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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/

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    Saweetie

    Saweetie

    Your favorite icy grl, rapper extraordinaire, Saweetie joins us in-person for an intimate conversation on childhood, yearning for parental closeness, friendships born out of tests, and the early glimmerings of massive talent. Saweetie shares how giving herself a one year timeline to live austerely led to her current success, and what her fans can expect from her soon.
     
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    • 55 min
    Cut For Time: Saweetie

    Cut For Time: Saweetie

    Saweetie talks about adjusting to life in the spotlight -- from how it has affected her usage of social media, to how her perspective on making mistakes has changed.

    Host AMA: Love

    Host AMA: Love

    Our second themed-AMA of the season is all about LOVE. The hosts tackle your questions on how to get over heartbreak, recognize “the one”, reconcile religious differences, and keep things playful. They weave their non-expert (repeat: totally subjective, possibly unhelpful!) opinions with personal stories that will make you laugh, and (if you’re a Nava or a Sophie) possibly tear up.
     
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    • 52 min
    Joe Manganiello

    Joe Manganiello

    Joe Manganiello (True Blood, Deal or No Deal Island) is a renowned heartthrob— but did you know he’s also a certified, almost-skipped-two-grades, dungeons&dragons master, nerd? Joe regales us with stories of his almost unbelievable tween years juggling his academic gifts with his athletic prowess and a burgeoning passion for the arts. He opens up about why honoring a family legacy of survival is so important to him, and why becoming a dad could be his most exciting role yet. 
     
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    • 1 hr 11 min
    Tyler James Williams

    Tyler James Williams

    Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary, Dear White People, Everybody Hates Chris) tells stories of jumping over tables to impress his middle school crush, recalls memories of how he quelled his own internalized feelings of rejection from his years playing a reject on television, and offers his philosophy on how film sets with both adult and child actors should run. 
     
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Cut For Time: Tyler James Williams

    Cut For Time: Tyler James Williams

    Tyler and Penn -- both D'Angelo superfans -- go deep into the lore, legend, and discography of the elusive and iconic artist.

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
939 Ratings

939 Ratings

todale ,

Amazing

clicked for Penn, stayed for Nava, Sophie, the amazing conversations and how obviously kind and good-hearted all three hosts are! I love the genuine conversations and the moments when everybody breaks out into laughter. They have a good time, I have a good time. I also appreciate them making people that seem out of reach seem so unbelievably human and approachable. All in all, great podcast!

usahozierfan2019 ,

Love this on lemonada

Makes sense and I am so happy it’s back

Noelleabella125 ,

Hosts

I absolutely love the host episodes! The interviews are really great too, but I love when I get to hear the back and forth between the hosts + everyone’s got really great to listen to pod voices.

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