Paul Wesley

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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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

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:05.7	I remember during my chemistry, I totally forgot my line and I go,
0:09.7	line. I don't know what.
0:12.0	I was like, line.
0:13.5	Like, I've seen that.
0:14.2	I've seen that on TV.
0:15.1	And the showrunner guy was like, gave me the line.
0:18.2	I was like, boom.
0:19.0	I don't even know why I do that because I don't think
0:20.9	I'd ever even seen anyone do that,
0:22.6	but I think they were impressed
0:23.6	that I had the,
0:24.9	you know,
0:25.6	professionalism via line.
0:27.1	Anyway,
0:27.4	welcome to podcrushed.
0:30.6	We're hosts.
0:31.4	I'm Penn.
0:32.2	I'm Nava and I'm Sophie.
0:34.0	And I think we would have been your middle school besties. Losing touch in high school and never reconnecting as adults.
0:40.9	Hello and welcome to Podcrush.
0:42.9	Yes, you have indeed caught us mid-laugh because me and my co-host, Sophie and Sarin Navakavan,
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