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Penn Badgley is an actor best known for his roles in Netflix’s You and the popular drama series Gossip Girl. He is less known as a podcaster and member of the Baháʼí Faith, a religion which teaches that there is a historical unity between major world religions and their prophets, having itself developed out of a branch of Twelver Shia Islam in the 19th century.
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Penn's podcast: @podcrushed
- TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - What does it take to play a sociopath?
08:01 - Blasphemy in TV scripts
16:46 - Is religion a choice?
21:37 - Penn’s introduction to the Baha’i Faith
30:34 - Human Manifestations of God in the Baha’i Faith
39:19 - Is there proof of God’s existence?
46:49 - Using life as a spiritual classroom
50:38 - How do Baha'is reconcile conflicting religious ideas?
54:38 - Identifying the manifestations of God
59:24 - Why are Baha’is so progressive?
1:15:42 - Alex's and Penn's religious views
1:25:06 - Unity: the foundational idea of the Baha'i Faith
1:34:06 - Why can’t the Baha’i attempt to convert others?
1:37:43 - How our relationship to death has changed
1:44:39 What happens after death?
1:51:08 - Penn’s relationship to money and fame
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