Podcrushed
Hosted by Penn Badgley and Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari · Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, Sophie Ansari
4.8from 5,027 ratings
- 202
- Episodes
- 103
- Transcribed
- 5,027
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 42M
- YouTube views
About 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/
- Publisher
- Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, Sophie Ansari
- Category
- comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 25 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
103 of 202 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
[Rerun] Riley Keough
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
[Rerun] Chase Stokes
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
[Rerun] Maya Hawke
Inside a recent episode
[Rerun] Riley Keough
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I don't know why. And he was like, none of this is boring to people. And I think that it's really hard for me to have that perspective. Sure, yeah. Obviously, I have an awareness that it's unique and totally crazy to people, but it just felt very normal. I could imagine if you came into fame... actually might be more difficult because it could feel uh really intense but from my sort of earliest memories it was that sort of intense kind of life of security and the media and like that kind of uh experience so it's kind of all that i knew so i didn't feel i mean i'm sure it had um effects on me as a child, but I don't remember ever feeling negative feelings towards it, actually. […]
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- Riley Keough
- Chase Stokes
- Maya Hawke
- Ziwe
- Taylor Momsen
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 41,585,338
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,028 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 3,999 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about Podcrushed
Who hosts Podcrushed?
Penn Badgley and Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari host the show. Published by Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, Sophie Ansari.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Podcrushed take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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