Tembi Locke

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week we’re joined by author and actor Tembi Locke. She takes us from her whirlwind childhood to her life today as a bestselling writer and performer. We talk about the heart behind her memoir From Scratch and her new audiobook Someday, Now, the rituals and traditions that keep us grounded, and why midlife can feel a lot like adolescence (in the best way). It’s a rich conversation on grief, creativity, and finding light through it all. Preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: geni.us/CrushmoreBook Look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop jlab.com and use code PODCRUSHED for 15% off your order today. Head to squarespace.com/PODCRUSHED to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PODCRUSHED. Use code PODCRUSHED or go to Harbor.co/PODCRUSHED for $50 off and experience the security every parent deserves. Head to 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. 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 🎧 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	My first heartbreak was liking someone, thinking we were going steady, in air quotes,
0:14.7	only to find out that he was taking someone else to the dance.
0:19.3	Oh.
0:20.0	Like the classic, like, thing you would see in, like, you know, a YA and a film, it was just, it was terrible.
0:27.0	But I won't name his name because, you know.
0:29.6	Yeah.
0:30.0	Give him that gift.
0:31.6	Give him a little grace.
0:34.5	Welcome to Pod Crushed.
0:36.3	We're hosts.
0:37.0	I'm Penn. I'm Nava. And I'm Sophie. And I think we would have been your middle school besties.
0:42.0	Practicing at Italian. Yes, sure.
0:48.7	Welcome to Pod Crushed. We're so happy to have you here, Crushies. It's your favorites, Nava and Sophie. Before we get started with our episode today, which is an amazing episode, you'll want to stick around and you'll want to stay for the end for a special treat. We wanted to remind you we have two live events, one in New York City, one in L.A. We'll be in New York City at Symphony Space on October 14th at 7 p.m.
1:13.9	And we are going to be telling juicy, never before told stories from our book, Crushmore.
1:20.6	And then on October 16th, we'll be in downtown L.A. at Book Soup.
1:25.0	It's our first, like, live promotional tour for the book, but also because past
1:30.2	guest, past favorite guest of ours, Nicole Beyer will be interviewing us in L.A. and Phoebe Robinson
1:37.7	in New York. So you know that they are funnier than we are. Let's be honest. So this event is going to be, like,
1:42.7	extra funny. So once in a
1:44.4	lifetime opportunity, don't miss it. Also, today we are premiering an exclusive clip from our
1:51.3	audiobook. Yes, there's an audiobook of Crushmore. And this is from one of Penn's essays. And I
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