Penn Badgley

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  1. [Rerun] Maya Hawke

    Sep 16

    [Rerun] Maya Hawke

    [Original air date: June 24, 2024] Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Inside Out 2) drops by the pod and shares why conventional schooling wasn’t for her, and how growing up immersed in art shaped her. She reflects on how it felt to be the new kid on Stranger Things, and talks about the inspiration behind her new album "Chaos Angel." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Penn Badgley

    01/02/2023

    Penn Badgley

    Actor Penn Badgley feels the dull echo of imposter syndrome about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Penn sits down with Conan to discuss his journey to Hollywood as a child actor, the value of educating yourself, and THAT scene from his Netflix series YOU. Conan shares his love of Gossip Girl and pitches an alternate version as a sketch. Stick around for the end, where Conan and the team try on Tracy Morgan's favorite cologne. Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/conan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  3. [Rerun] Matthew McConaughey

    Aug 19

    [Rerun] Matthew McConaughey

    [Original air date: September 20, 2023] If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Who is the most charming man alive?” and come up with Matthew McConaughey, you are correct. This week, the hosts bask in the light of Matthew’s infectious spirit as he regales them with stories from his adolescence in Texas, important lessons on love and patience, why a little bullshitting is vital, and shares the inspiration behind his new children’s book, Just Because. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. [Rerun] Ziwe

    Sep 2

    [Rerun] Ziwe

    [Original air date: December 20, 2023] In our Season 2 finale the one and only Ziwe stops by! Her legendary sharp wit and inimitable comedic voice are on display as she showers us with stories of adolescence and coming of age. She shares why being completely herself has been critical to her career, an update on her future foray into pop stardom, and why the keys to success are within our own reach.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. [Rerun] Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Jul 22

    [Rerun] Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    [Original air date: June 6, 2023] Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Veep) proves why she’s such a national treasure. Authentic, charismatic, and thoughtful — Julia shares about standing up to a major studio when they wanted to sue her as a young actress, how fighting breast cancer was a lot like surviving a shark in open waters, and why she stays open to life’s great mysteries.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. [Rerun] Adam Brody

    Jul 8

    [Rerun] Adam Brody

    [Original air date: April 11, 2023] 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. [Rerun] Taylor Momsen

    Aug 5

    [Rerun] Taylor Momsen

    [Original air date: September 6, 2023] Our guest this week is none other than Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless, Gossip Girl). She and Penn reunite for the first time since filming the season finale of Gossip Girl in 2012. Taylor shares what it was like being the youngest actor on set, her impressions of working with Penn, and why it was important for her to give her all to pursuing a career in music. Taylor lets us in on her creative muses, how she's drawn inspiration from the darkest moments of her life, and how she's learned to pick herself up after facing heartbreaking losses.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Ariana Grande (Part 1)

    06/12/2024

    Ariana Grande (Part 1)

    In Part 1 of this two-part conversation with the extraordinarily prolific Ariana Grande, the crew has a wide-ranging conversation on childhood, her Broadway origins, and getting to act alongside her best friends. Ariana shares thoughtful reflections on her time at Nickelodeon and why therapy should be mandatory for all child actors.   For more on music, Eternal Sunshine, BTS on The Boy is Mine MV, and Wicked, check out Part 2.   Follow Podcrushed on socials: TikTok Instagram X See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  9. Penn Badgley: Seriously Unserious

    11/11/2025

    Penn Badgley: Seriously Unserious

    Actor, podcaster, Scorpio king and now dad of four (including newborn twins!) Penn Badgley is here! We talk You, Gossip Girl, fatherhood, turning 39, and why he’s way more than the internet’s zaddy. He opens up about being a child actor, having complicated relationships with his roles and his real feelings about a gossip girl reboot & astrology. This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode. Find Saie at sephora.com and every Sephora store across the US and Canada at saiehello.com Head to Columbia.com to get your hands on an Amaze Puff jacket - they're tough on cold, soft on you. Visit CleanSimpleEats.com - https://glnk.io/73q00/NOTSKINNY20 - and use code NOTSKINNY10 at checkout for 10% off your FIRST order PLUS free shipping. Do what I did, order Magnetic Me today to make changing time easier for you and your little one. And these make a great gift for friends or family with babies, too! New customers get 15% off your first order when you go to MagneticMe.com. Get an extra $100 site credit when you sell for the first time on therealreal.com/notskinny Go to ritual.com/notskinny for 40% off your first month subscription and early access to their Black Friday sale! Produced by Dear Media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  10. Leighton Meester Returns (Series Finale)

    Feb 18

    Leighton Meester Returns (Series Finale)

    Well folks... this is it. The final episode of Podcrushed. As a final parting gift, the gang called the only person befitting of the 'final guest' title: Leighton Meester. Leighton is not only the very first guest we ever had on Podcrushed, or Penn's co-star from the iconic series Gossip Girl, or the actor you know and love from projects like The Roommate and Nobody Wants This... but is also the most requested return guest of all time on Podcrushed. Be sure to stick around to the end to hear final thoughts from the hosts after three seasons and well over 100 episodes of Podcrushed.    David is offering our listeners a special deal: buy 4 cartons and get the 5th free when you go to https://www.davidprotein.com/PODCRUSHED.     To learn more about therapy with NOCD, go to https://www.nocd.com and schedule a free 15-minute call with their team.   🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  11. Paul Wesley

    09/10/2025

    Paul Wesley

    Paul Wesley (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Vampire Diaries, Tell Me A Story) joins the pod for an engaging convo about his journey from Marlboro Township, New Jersey to the silver screen. He shares memories from his time alongside co-stars like Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev, his approach to playing the iconic Captain Kirk, and opens up about the anxiety he faced during his days as a struggling actor. He also reflects on his comedy aspirations and the important life lessons he's learned along the way.   Look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop jlab.com and use code PODCRUSHED for 15% off your order today.   Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visit https://www.ollie.com/podcrushed for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem    Cymbiotika is hosting their biggest giveaway ever this summer. Head to Cymbiotika.com/summersweepstakes to learn more.   Preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993      Want more from Podcrushed? Follow our social channels here:   Insta: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedInsta TikTok: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedTikTok  X: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedTwitter   You can follow Penn, Sophie and Nava here:   Insta: https://www.instagram.com/pennbadgley/  https://www.instagram.com/scribbledbysophie/ https://www.instagram.com/nnnava/   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iampennbadgley  https://www.tiktok.com/@scribbledbysophie  https://www.tiktok.com/@nkavelin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  12. Leighton Meester

    05/18/2022

    Leighton Meester

    Penn invites his old pal Leighton Meester to help kick things off. They reminisce about the first project they ever worked on together (spoiler - it's not Gossip Girl). The gang chats about fake heart attacks, unfair beauty standards, and whether it's time for Leighton to play Timothee Chalamet's mom. Follow Podcrushed on socials: @podcrushed Want to submit a middle school story? Go to www.podcrushed.com and give us *every* detail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  13. Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’

    05/04/2025

    Penn Badgley: Here’s Looking at ‘You’

    Television, perhaps more than movies, has a way of etching its stars in stone. And few actors seem to be able to break the mold more than once. Which is what makes Penn Badgley’s career—first on Gossip Girl then You—special.  We sit this week around the fifth and final season of You (7:00) to unpack its shocking series finale [spoiler] (9:13) and the political climate in which the show is coming to a close (12:10). Then, Penn opens up about the solitude of his west coast upbringing (19:50), his years as a child actor (23:19), and his beloved portrayal of Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl (33:12). On the back-half, Badgley’s transformative trip to South America in 2012 (39:46), his spiritual journey into the Bahá'í Faith (42:38), and how these experiences led him to his wife, Domino (44:30). To close, he describes the intense physical experience of filming the You finale [spoiler] (51:36), what the ‘fantasy of Joe Goldberg’ reveals about masculinity today (55:55), and a fitting Dave Eggers passage from the prologue of The Executioner’s Song (1:03:22). We’re now on YouTube! Drop us a line at mail@talkeasypod.com. This episode was recorded at Spotify Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  14. Jesse Metcalfe

    Feb 4

    Jesse Metcalfe

    Jesse Metcalfe comes on Podcrushed and opens up about being bullied for being “too pretty,” carrying a chip on his shoulder into Hollywood, and how the peaks and valleys of his incredible career introduced him to spirituality. He revisits John Tucker Must Die with Penn for the first time in decades, including JTMD moments from behind the scenes, and a dinner moment involving edamame that still haunts Penn to this day. There’s soap-opera hell portals, pilot-season pressure cookers, and a brutally honest reckoning with fame and identity. Funny, uncomfortable, and unexpectedly deep — this one's a banger.   David is offering our listeners a special deal: buy 4 cartons and get the 5th free when you go to https://davidprotein.com/PODCRUSHED   Right now, new customers can get 15% off sitewide at https://magneticme.com.    🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  15. Meghann Fahy

    Jan 28

    Meghann Fahy

    This week, the effortlessly talented actor Meghann Fahy stops by for a candid look at her journey from shy, gap-toothed singer to Emmy-nominated star. Meghann reflects on her "two-line" Gossip Girl debut, her whirlwind days on Broadway, and subverting expectations as Daphne on the smash series The White Lotus. Plus, Penn and Meghann discuss their upcoming rom-com, You Deserve Each Other, and the social media feud that nearly broke the internet.   To learn more about therapy with NOCD, go to https://www.nocd.com and schedule a free 15-minute call with their team.   🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  16. 209 - I Never Promised You An Olive Garden (w/ Penn Badgley)

    01/04/2024

    209 - I Never Promised You An Olive Garden (w/ Penn Badgley)

    This week on Just Jack & Will, it’s all voiceovers and hangovers as Sean & Eric dip their bottomless breadsticks into 209, “I Never Promised You An Olive Garden.” They discuss picking a word for the year, school bullies, Elvis Costello, and the intricate timing and blocking of a farce sequence. Then, they welcome You and Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley to discuss his first on-screen appearance ever, as Boy #1 in this very episode of Will & Grace! Why are you screaming at me? Have a question about Will & Grace, especially Season 2? We want to hear them! Email us at JustJackAndWill@gmail.com, call or text to 818-308-4012, maybe the guys will answer your question on the show! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Just Jack & Will ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

  17. Penn Badgley: How We Get Stuck (And How To Break Free)

    12/02/2025

    Penn Badgley: How We Get Stuck (And How To Break Free)

    Penn Badgley has spent most of his life being watched — the star of two of the more successful TV shows in recent history: Gossip Girl and You. And in these last five years, You became a cultural phenomenon. People fell in love with Joe Goldberg, and before that, Dan Humphrey. But what few knew what was happening in Penn’s real life while all of this was going on. Behind the scenes, he was going through an existential crisis that forced him to step back and look at his life in a completely different way. And that shift touched everything: his relationships, how he thought about love, how he understood himself. The more we chatted with Penn in the week’s episode of the Mighty Pursuit Podcast, the more we realized that this wasn’t just his story— it was actually a mirror for our own. The questions driving his crisis are the ones that define all of our lives. Over the course of two hours, we go everywhere — relationships, body image, childhood wounds, Joe Goldberg and the spiritual questions that have been forming underneath it all. What struck us most is Penn’s depth — the honesty and emotional intelligence he brings to each part of this story. You’ll quickly realize that this is one of his most-in depth conversations yet. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - The Stairs Incident 21:49 - Relationship Patterns & Ideas About Love 48:59 - Struggles with Self-Criticism 59:46 - The Existential Crisis 1:37:22 - Being at War with Joe Goldberg Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Penn Badgley Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pennbadgley/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iampennbadgley Crushmore (new book): https://amzn.to/48sGBjk For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

  18. Caleb McLaughlin

    12/31/2025

    Caleb McLaughlin

    Caleb McLaughlin, best known for his role as Lucas Sinclair in Stranger Things, reminisces about his experiences growing up on screen, from Broadway beginnings to international fame. Caleb shares his insights on the positive dynamics of the Stranger Things set, the impact of faith and family on his life, and his new projects, including the animated film 'GOAT' produced by Steph Curry. Tune in for an engaging discussion on childhood crushes, career milestones, and the journey of a young actor navigating the complexities of fame and personal growth.   Make changing time easier for you and your little one… order Magnetic Me today! New customers get 15% off your first order when you go to https://www.MagneticMe.com    00:00 Introduction 03:31 Caleb McLaughlin’s Broadway Beginnings 05:40 Life as a Young Performer 14:49 Family Dynamics and Sibling Rivalry 18:55 Navigating Crushes and Relationships 26:14 Faith and Grounding 34:57 Reflecting on Stranger Things Journey 35:37 The Audition Process 36:26 Meeting the Cast 38:10 Broadway Connections 39:30 Favorite Characters and Deaths 41:24 Lucas and Max’s Relationship 45:43 Reflecting on Stranger Things 53:52 New Projects: GOAT and Shooting Stars 01:02:52 Voice Acting and Animation 01:05:07 Concrete Cowboy and Personal Growth 01:07:57 Final Thoughts and Farewell   🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  19. Adam Brody

    04/12/2023

    Adam Brody

    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.   Follow Podcrushed on socials!  Twitter TikTok Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  20. Aly & AJ

    Jan 7

    Aly & AJ

    Pop-rock sisters Aly & AJ Michalka join us for a deeply nostalgic, laugh-out-loud, and unexpectedly tender conversation about growing up in the spotlight — together. From childhood auditions and Disney Channel chaos to first crushes, sibling telepathy, and writing their earliest songs on bedroom floors, Aly & AJ reflect on the moments that shaped their bond and their artistry. They open up about navigating fame as kids, protecting their sisterhood at all costs, and why choosing each other has been the throughline of their entire career. It feels less like an interview and more like hanging out in the kitchen with old friends — and you won’t want to leave.   Make changing time easier for you and your little one… order Magnetic Me today! New customers get 15% off your first order when you go to https://www.MagneticMe.com    Check out our new book CRUSHMORE, out now! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993   🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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