Simu Liu

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Marvel superstar Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Kim's Convenience) joins the hosts to delve into his fascinating origin story -- including candid memories of his early childhood in China, his wholly unexpected journey to Canada, and the biggest moments in his stratospheric acting career. Plus, he offers exclusive insights into his latest project, the espionage thriller series The Copenhagen Test, premiering all episodes on Peacock on December 27th. 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. Make changing time easier for you and your little one… order Magnetic Me today! New customers get 15% off your first order when you go to https://www.MagneticMe.com Check out our new book CRUSHMORE, out now! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993 🎧 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
0:02.7	Penn, are you saying that you're the only person in this
0:08.2	who can't speak Chinese?
0:09.5	So if I was to say,
0:13.5	we'll say,
0:14.7	but he just is the only way of the English.
0:17.5	Yeah, what a loser.
0:19.4	I'm pretty sure what you said is next to the OC and the other show you mentioned. Yeah, yeah, that's true. That's true. Gossip Girl number one. Welcome to Pod Crushed. We're hosts. I'm Penn. I'm Nava. And I'm Sophie. And I think we could have been your middle school besties. Comparing pens.
0:38.9	Yeah, I like comparing pens.
0:40.2	That was just a thing I like to do.
0:41.6	Okay.
0:42.6	Hello and welcome to Pod Crush.
0:44.4	I'm joined by only one of my co-hosts right now.
0:47.2	And it's not the one you think.
0:50.0	So quick.
0:51.0	So quick.
0:53.1	Actually, so as much as you might feel left out, I think in terms of who I've been joined by only these like kind of only two of us, I think it's sort of half and half. I think you have never been absent, you know, a handful of times each. I think I was absent more recently. So that's on my mind.
1:07.2	Yeah. You're just absent-minded. Yeah.
1:11.7	I know.
1:16.5	You kind of said that I had no experience being a nerd or something like that.
1:19.1	Oh, and did you feel like you were such a nerd?
1:20.7	No, no, not at all.
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