[Rerun] Nina Dobrev

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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[Original air date: July 19, 2023] Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries) stops by the pod to share recollections from her early adolescence, including her time as a substitute on the national Canadian gymnastics team, navigating Canadian culture under a strict Bulgarian upbringing, and recognizing how recreating family-seeking patterns in romantic relationships was preventing her from finding real love. 🎧 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	Today's episode of Podcrushed was recorded weeks prior to the SAG strike, Nina Doberrave is an actor.
0:06.8	I am an actor. We stand in solidarity with our union and our fellow actors and with the Writers Guild.
0:14.4	We mention a few projects. Not in promotion. We're not promoting them. We're reflecting.
0:21.5	So anything that you hear is in, is to be taken in that context.
0:26.3	There's artistic gymnastics, which is like a group sort of like synchronized gymnastics with those same things.
0:32.5	And so I was like a substitute on the Canadian National.
0:37.4	That's pretty serious, Nina. That's huge. And you made it seem like it was on the Canadian National. What?
0:38.9	That's pretty serious, Nina. You made it seem like it was just nothing.
0:41.9	Right, but as a substitute.
0:44.1	Let's like emphasize the word substitute.
0:48.8	Welcome to Podcrushed.
0:50.5	We're hosts.
0:51.3	I'm Penn.
0:52.2	I'm Nava.
0:52.9	And I'm Sophie.
0:54.0	And I think we would have been your middle school besties flinging tampons at the wall. Ah, I'm glad I'm. I'm Penn. I'm Nava and I'm Sophie and I think we would have been your middle school
0:55.4	besties flinging tampons at the wall. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
1:01.7	Hello everyone. Welcome to Podcrushed. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Hello. So I have been having
1:07.1	a lot of trouble getting dressed in the mornings. Why? I'm worried.
1:11.2	What happened?
1:11.8	There's a lot of factors.
1:13.2	One of them is my growing bump.
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