5 new podcasts to listen to this week These are our top podcast picks. The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025
‘My adolescence in Hollywood is a running joke’ – Penn Badgley on teen crushes and terrifying low self-esteem The millennial pin-up made his name as Gossip Girl’s ‘lonely boy’ and a book-selling serial killer in You – but in his first podcast, Podcrushed, he’s proving he’s as full of self-doubt as the rest of us The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022
Penn Badgley co-creates podcast on adolescence Penn Badgley, who rose to fame as an introverted teen on The CW's “Gossip Girl,” is revisiting the angst and awkwardness of adolescence by co-creating a podcast called “Podcrushed." The Independent UK · May 4, 2022