Gaten Matarazzo

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The gang sits down with Gaten Matarazzo — the quick-witted Broadway kid who became a global sensation as Dustin Henderson on Stranger Things. Gaten takes us all the way back — from hustling backstage at Les Mis, to the chaotic on-stage disaster he’ll never live down, to the moment the beloved Steve-and-Dustin duo was born. We also dig into who Gaten is off-set — the music he’s making, the life he’s building, and what comes next now that Hawkins is in the rear-view. Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at https://skims.com/podcrushed. #skimspartner Head to https://prettytasty.com and use code PODCRUSHED at checkout for your first subscription order FREE (up to a $49 value), plus 15% off every subscription order after that. Podcrushed listeners can grab Rosetta Stone’s LIFETIME Membership for 50% OFF at https://rosettastone.com/podcrushed.That’s unlimited access to 25 language courses, for life! Go to https://airalo.com and use code PODCRUSHED for 15% off your first eSIM. Terms apply. 🎧 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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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:05.7	I was doing this weird breathing thing that I heard on a YouTube video to help me get into it.
0:12.1	And then I realized I almost missed my cue.
0:14.7	And so I just run out really quickly because I hadn't been focused.
0:18.5	And then I didn't sing my lines.
0:21.6	I didn't sing them.
0:22.6	So for a whole verse, I just did all the choreo, which is just me singing outwardly to the audience,
0:28.4	yelling at them.
0:30.0	And so much exposition, by the way.
0:32.1	This is like the worst time to do it because I hop out and basically just tell you about
0:36.3	the current events of the time in 1830s, France. And I wasn't selling them that. Were you just, did your mind blank? Like, why didn't you? I didn't even move my mouth. Oh, man. So hold on. So you were doing the choreography. The fact that you were still doing the choreography is amazing.
0:56.4	Welcome to Pod Crushed.
0:57.1	We're hosts.
0:58.0	I'm Penn.
0:59.7	I'm Nava and I'm Sophie.
1:00.9	And I think we would have been your middle school besties.
1:02.1	Forgetting our lines
1:02.9	for a big
1:04.0	choreography number
1:05.3	in our hit Broadway musical.
1:07.1	Boo, you've never been on Broadway.
1:09.0	Stone cold.
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