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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.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 8 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

    Karamo Brown

    Karamo Brown

    This week we are blown away by Karamo Brown (Queer Eye, Karamo Show), whose life consists of a series of plot twists almost too-incredible to believe. Karamo opens up about living authentically at school while hiding himself at home, how a one-time encounter with his best friend turned into the greatest plot twist of his adult life, why life after MTV's The Real World was almost unbearable, and how he managed to land his role on Queer Eye even though he missed every round of casting but the last.

     

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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Cut For Time: Karamo Brown

    Cut For Time: Karamo Brown

    Karamo talks about his experience starring in his syndicated television talk show "Karamo", and the spirit of respect and love that he tries to infuse every episode with.

    Elisabeth Moss

    Elisabeth Moss

    The inimitable, outrageously talented Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, Handmaid's Tale) is here and we're NOT OK! Elisabeth shares about her years training as a ballet dancer, the tough lessons she learned from early adolescent manipulation, why she wished she'd been cast on Gossip Girl, and why she refuses to ever go method. We get into all things Handmaid's Tale and her exciting new project, The Veil. Tune in to find out how Penn made Elisabeth blush...by comparing her to a baby? 

     

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    • 56 min
    Cut For Time: Elisabeth Moss

    Cut For Time: Elisabeth Moss

    Elisabeth Moss goes deep on directing, collaboration, and the incredible advice she once got from fellow actor / director Ben Stiller.

    Jake Johnson

    Jake Johnson

    We couldn't be more excited to kick things off in Season 3 with the one and only Jake Johnson (New Girl, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)! Jake reflects on the trauma of being called "little boy!" in front of his crush, how his mother's intuition saved him from going to juvie, and why you should always listen to your gut, even when you're wrong sometimes. He also reminisces about his time on New Girl and what excites him most about switching things up behind the camera. 

     

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    Cut For Time: Jake Johnson

    Cut For Time: Jake Johnson

    Jake goes in-depth on his experience working on "Into The Spiderverse", and shares his philosophy on filmmaking that shaped "Self Reliance", his debut self-written, self-directed film.

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

Shamli24790 ,

Hilarious, thought-provoking and tear-jerking. An all-in-one package

Got to know about the podcast from Penn Badgley’s Instagram page (Am just a normal follower, not a Joe Goldberg level follower😂). Once I got started on the first episode, I found myself waiting to hear the next episode. I was listening religiously each week, but sometimes I just couldn’t… And at those times, the episodes kept piling up and I would listen to 3-4 episodes back-to-back. When this marathon listening happens, one episode gets me laughing until I tear up while the next would get me all weepy. Some episodes are so intense and deep (they even got Deep to feature in one of their earlier episodes😅)

Nava and Sophie are a blast and Nava has even responded to me a few times on Instagram (how sweet of her❤️!!!). Penn is such a goofball and a live-wire with the guests. Annnnd like other listeners, I too like the way he gets roasted by Nava and Sophie in almost every episode😂. Their camaraderie is amazing.

UpasnaBassi ,

Started for Penn, continued for content

Loveeeeeeeee thissssss podcassttttttttt!
I was googling for podcast to listen, and ran into Penn’s post about his podcast. I obviously started to listen more of his voice, but Oh my god! This is one of the most interesting podcast I’ve listened to. The conversations you have with the guests have made me reflect on some of my middle school experiences. I am yet to catch up half the episodes, but my love needed to be expressed in the review or I would too much of it.

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