Zachary Quinto on a Teacher’s Impact
Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen
Headgum
4.7 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Rachel and Olivia chat with Zachary Quinto about their shared ties to Pittsburgh, his journey into acting and the teachers who shaped him, and the power of self-awareness in building a meaningful life.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.combe. |
| 0:13.2 | That's audible.combe.ukeslustwondery. |
| 0:17.3 | Sometimes when the world feels insane, you can take a little peek inside of Rachel's little brain. |
| 0:29.8 | All these thoughts are swirling round and round inside to join us on this journey as we take a little ride. |
| 0:41.3 | We'll talk about dogs and kids and things. |
| 0:44.5 | We'll talk about chicks and tampon strings. |
| 0:47.6 | We'll talk about boys that'll make you cry. |
| 0:50.7 | We'll talk about death because people die. |
| 1:10.8 | Welcome to Broad Ideas. Hey, thanks, Rachel. You're so welcome. I know. We're very enthusiastic. Thank you, Rachel. Thank you, Olivia. Thank you the fans. I was waiting for your enthusiasm over there. Kev. It took a second, but I'm here. He's awake. I'm on baby hours. Yeah, I was going to say. |
| 1:12.0 | What, do you have a baby? |
| 1:12.9 | You have a newborn or something? Went to bed at four, got up at seven. No! Oh, seriously? It's okay. That's not okay. We didn't bring your latte today. I got cold. I know, we didn't have time. Yeah, I know we didn't have time. |
| 1:25.4 | This was from much earlier. |
| 1:27.1 | It's tea. |
| 1:27.7 | We're all busy, gang. |
| 1:29.0 | We are busy. |
| 1:30.4 | So is Zachary Quinto. Yeah, he is. Who's here today with us? With a brilliant mind. My new game is to see how you transition into the guest. It's very fun to watch. It's different every time, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. |
| 1:46.1 | Yes. Yep. Him and his brilliant mind are here today because his new show brilliant, not a new show, new season |
| 1:50.6 | of his show, Brilliant Minds. It's out. Let's watch it. Let's hop to it. Oh, let's talk to him. |
| 1:55.9 | Yeah. Okay. |
| 1:59.3 | Where are you? We're in Silver Lake currently. |
| 2:03.3 | Yeah. |
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