Podcrushed - Introducing Podcrushed

Episode Date: April 25, 2022

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey, it's Lena Waith. Legacy Talk is my love letter to black storytellers. artists who've changed the game and paved the way for so many of us. This season, I'm sitting down with icons like Felicia Rashad, Loretta Vine, Ava DuVernay, and more. We're talking about their journeys, their creative process, and the legacies they're building every single day. Come be a part of the conversation.

Season two drops July 29th. Listen to Legacy Talk wherever you get your podcast, or watch us on YouTube. I'm Penn. I'm a middle school dropout. I'm Sophie, and I'm a former fifth grade teacher. And I'm Nava. I hate this one. Oh, there we go. I'm Nava. I'm a former middle school director.

And we have a podcast where Penn Badgley reads your middle school story. Yes, I do. I read your middle school story. And just like middle school, the stories are all over the place. Some are hilarious. I had tweezed the hair all the way to the middle of both eyes. I could fit my entire hand in between my brows. Some are heartbreaking. When the doctor's broken news to my stunned family that my mother had one to two years left to live.

And some are truly shocking. The butterflies in my stomach are turning to, I don't know, I don't know, it's something I feel hot and wet. No, no, no, no, no, am I peeing? They're all mega listenable because the guests we bring along, they're mostly my friends. Let's be real. These are two teachers from nowhere. They're famous people. Don't you want to hear another celebrity podcast interviewing other celebrities?

No, no, no, no, no, no, but wait, don't turn it off. This podcast is different because you're going to hear stories you've never heard before. We talk to people like, Tati Gabrielle. She was upset that, like, I would even go for him. I was in love with him, obviously, at 12 years old. Rain Wilson. That was such a regular part of life of, like, like, seeing teeth fly out of people's mouths and blood on lockers. Layton Meester.

I'm like, I'm old enough to play Timothy Chalameh's mom. Oh, okay. And that's the point we've reached. That's not a joke. Victoria Padretti? I feel ugly. I felt ugly for like a really long time. Evan Rachel Wood.

And I found all of my old journals. And I started reading through it and I was like, I don't know if I can read this. And so many others. He pissed on my doorstep. What? We had an incal. Like an animal. I don't know.

So for me, it was just safer to chill in the bathroom with my sandwich. So we stand up. I'm just like bawling with a stranger. Oh my gosh. I'm crying too. Because I think people out there in the internet think that I'm shorter than I am. I mean, look, I'm diminutive. That's fair.

I seem smaller than I am. But people tweet at me stuff like Short King all the time. And look, I'm old enough. I'm fine with you. Wait, this is actually personal. Are we recording? We are. Wait, are you recording?

Hold on. All right. This is Podcrust. The podcast. That's where Penn Badgley reads your middle school stories, and I've brought along two of my friends, Nava and Sophie. Hi. Hi.

Brought all the teachers along. But these NARCs give a really good interview. Let me tell you what. Welcome to Podcrushed. Podcrushed premieres May 18th. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcast.