Classroom Crush

This week we got another straight BANGER with the hilarious writer/comedian/host of the Help Me Be Black podcast, Skyler Higley!! He's telling us all about growing up adopted in Salt Lake City, feeling outside of the Mormon church's vision of love and family, and suffering through a high school fake boyfriend/girlfriend dynamic. PLUS we're talkin: SHAME and releasing it slowly but surely, Skyler's first crush and how sometimes teachers are the police, non consent is everywhere including in adoption btw, kids are oppressed btw, prank culture is white supremacy btw,  wanting to be taken seriously when y...

Okay now THIS is an episode for the ages....this week Rebecca is joined by the absolutely hilarious ALISON STEVENSON to talk all about her formative elementary school crush and a striking story of fantasy vs reality that has been BEGGING to be told on pod. We're talking: the tomboy/class clown/Jar Jar Binks contrarian pipeline, a classic attempt at friends to lovers, the high levels of compartmentalization required by young girls in love and life, self esteem and growing into wearing skirts and sleeveless shirts and sober hookups (controversial!!), our entertainment dreams 10 years ago vs today, a...

This week it's another banger in a row folks!! Rebecca is joined by the very funny, very strong, and very flexible YEDOYE TRAVIS! Or just Yedoye. He's telling us all about the first and last time he told his dad about a girl, who you were "supposed" to have a crush on, changing schools and shifting racial dynamics, external pressures, and how sometimes when you're looking for a romantic connection, you might actually just need a friend. PLUS: can a liberated love exist under capitalism? When non consent is built into the culture how can we find agency/undermine...

This week we're SO excited to have the incredibly talented and actress, fitness queen, and host of The Dolls Review on Latination, CAROLINA GUTIERREZ on the show!! All timer ep!! Carolina is telling Rebecca about growing up trans in Colombia and the confusing first crush experiences she had at an "all boys" catholic school where she was both bullied and secretly crushed on. We're talking all about the cage of patriarchy, being seen as a girl by the boys in her school, being corrected by toxic latin masculinity, the moment that media helped her SEE the path towards medical...

What can we say but it's an episode about all the relevant cultural things of today!! Love Island, Hollywood, and the Knicks!! And other stuff too :) 

They talk about greatness whenever they speak about CHARLES GOULD on the pod!!! This week we're chopping it up with the hilarious and 10 years therapized comedian about all things growing up in Santa Monica, crushing on the girl who sits in front of you in class, a luncheon invitation that never was, mommy issues/daddy issues/middle child issues, winning over the crush, accepting affection, anxiety and assurance (okay alliteration x4), Charles spills the magic vibes of his first date with long term gf, Grinding Culture, Game Culture, Consent Culture and soooOoOOoOoOoooo much more!!! 

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This week Rebecca is joined by none other than comedian and fellow love podcaster, host of Dated, it's Danny Sellers! We're talking all about growing into love, dating timelines, what's considered "normal", becoming a freak, Rebecca is releasing insecure attachment, Danny is getting mad DMs, what it means to share a life vision, who Danny is NOT trying to date, and sooOOoOOooOo much more!

SONGS:
Dream Girl - Ravyn Lenae
Love In This Club - Usher

If you're in NYC - get tickets to Danny's show! :
https://www.bushwickcomedy.com/event-details/daniel-friends-8...

TW: rape, sexual assault, nonconsent, intimate partner violence, aggravated assault, gender based harm....Let's talk about rape culture and how we end violence against women and children! Let's talk about what upholds patriarchy! Let's talk about what patriarchy needs to survive! Let's talk about what accountability looks like! Let's talk about what accountability isn't! Let's talk about structural dehumanization! Colonization! Prison! The Personal! Repair vs revenge! Let's talk about it now so we can figure it all out instead of set ourselves up for further oppression and the deepening exploitation of people everywhere thanks!! 

It’s spring babyyyy and we are feeling the bloom of life and love in the air despite all the horrendous things! And we are EXTRA excited because we have the amazingly talented and hilarious Erica Hernandez on the show!!! We’re talking all about her obsessive childhood crush on Orlando Bloom, being a bookworm and romantic, the issues of online dating and Erica’s idea to solve them, building on friendship for love, drumming up the courage to give your number to a hottie on the train, Erica’s failed Salsa for Singles experience, what it means to have you...

It's a bbbonus ep and we are joined by past guest of the pod, comedian/writer/filmmaker NILES ABSTON to reflect on homestead, growing and changing, priorities clarifying, love, and relationships! We're talkin: the Oscars and war, knowing you're special and outgrowing people who dim your light, patriarchy in religion and the need to outgrow capitalism, tfw we're all connected actually, racism as a constant and white leftists tendency to center class, wanting to date without having to explain your politics, Irish goodbyes, Saturn returns and soooOooOooOoo much moreeee!

Contribute to Niles' movie The Booth on Kickstarter!:<...

RECORDED DAY BEFORE TRAITORS FINALE SO NO SPOILERS!! This week we have a treat of a returning guest from way back when, it's comedian, writer, and host of TV I Say, it's Ashley Ray!! She's here to talk all things ROB from Love Island and Traitors fame! This special Culture Crush bonus ep the girlies have got to get into: how it is annoying how hot Rob is, Traitor finale theories, Ashley tells a horrific story of working at American Apparel, crush personality incompatibilities,  the allure of the quiet hot guy, put normal people on Love Island!!, millennial woman p...

Now THIS is an epic that is not to be missed...an episode that contains all the multitudes you're projecting onto your current crush!! This week we are truly thrilled to have the VISIONARY multi-hyphenate comedian, filmmaker and CEO of Fuck Hollywood Productions, DADDY! Daddy tells Rebecca all about his experience of home and love as we cross continents and conversations and get into: moving from Egypt to Ireland to Georgia to New York, getting broken up with through a Drake song, we must talk about Cuba (since recording there IS flotilla now link below), tfw white supremacy steal...

Classroom Crush is back and this time it's with writer/director/improv genius Alex Fernie?! Yes AND the episode is smart and funny too?? Who can ask for anything more! We're talkin: how do we "fix" Hollywood (or do we just destroy it), tfw your mom knows about mutual aid now so things must be changing, growing up "different" on a farm with horses you're allergic to, breaking out of your shell and ONTO the stage, Alex's middle school theater crush, tfw your forearms touch, the ability to see what other people don't and using that for good (comedy...

Okay another episode years in the making and BOY was it worth the wait!! The amazing hilarious multi hyphenate super star ENA DA is on the pod!! And we are getting into it all: the enshittification of it all, being in community and doing things for your friends, being okay with friction, being different (tfw u think about how the grass feels), Ena’s carefully crafted deserted island fantasy, Rebecca’s apocalypse mall fantasy, quality time, tumblr days, fan fiction, romance mangas and hentai, being a romantic, learning from others mistakes, and sooOoOOoOOo much more!! Truly one of the book...

This week oh my GOD do we have a banger for you. After years of being on Rebecca's List, the hilarious amazing talented and Russian (hot right now) ANNA SEREGINA is on the pod and boy does she have tales to tell. We're talking: searching for identity as a foreign kid, early crushes on short kings, Russians are mean but also they love yogurt, that time Anna did something Bad For Women, TWIN crushes and a Korn concert date with dad, failed first kiss under the gazebo, Rebecca and Anna were "tomboys" (remember those?) and now it's a big...

It's a bonus special Culture Crush edition of CC! You know her, you love her, Fran Hoepfner is back to talk about her crush on Sawyer from LOST played by Josh Holloway. We get into: Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Juliette quadrangle (?), sexy cage time, Sawyer's arc, is he copaganda?, his attitude on the island, Lindelof and The Leftovers, how horny Sawyer is and soOoOOoOoo much more!!

This week we're going on a crush adventure through time with a true multi-hyphenate and lover boy, the singular WILLIAM BANKS!! He's telling us the stories of his 6th grade crush and beyond! We're talkin: the evolution of drawing on arm with sharpie flirting, getting the ick as a kid, becoming daddy instead of needing mommy, William wants a wife, breaking down chemistry, when William had cancer, loving The Chase, when Rebecca met a guy at the airport, engagement, moving on, moving forward, and sooOOoOoOOOoo much more!! 

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My My - Chenayder 

My Swe...

You've waited, you've wondered. Will Rebecca and Richie ever bring back their world famous Jack Black podcast? After all these years? Like a big snake hunting its prey, we've been waiting for the perfect moment to strike. And like a big snake we've become HUNGRY, STARVING for that JB. Come Jack Off with us again on this extra special reboot (well, spiritual sequel) to the Jacking Off podcast!!!

Oh my god it's an ep literally years in the making and boy was it worth the wait because we have the WONDERFUL, DYNAMIC, and FREE Eleanore Pienta of acting, Cocoon Central Dance Team, and soo much art of all kinds fame. Please don't make me try to encapsulate Eleanore in a single sentence please just listen to the episode! In this last recording of 2025 released in 2026, we're talkin: when your 5th grade crush flips it and reverses it on you, what it means to be SEEN, what it means to be FREE, yesss AI yesss love and life...

Glasses? On. Mic? Checked. Ghost in the machine? Actually letting us live for once...so let's riff. Some thoughts need sharing in times like these...

(TW I talk a little about assault and abuse but the ep is mostly fun and laughs I promise even though I do cry by accident only one time) 

Get ready to activate that randomizer because Jonathan Braylock is on the pod! You know him from Black Men Can't Jump In Hollywood Podcast, Astronomy Club on Netflix, and if you're like me, you also know him from SEASON 4 OF THE FLOOR, BABY!! He's telling us all about his formative crush (code name: MARY) and growing up as a small Christian boy in a predominantly white neighborhood. This ep has got it ALL we're talking: being two people who have been voted Most Dramatic, being cast as the best friend in your own life, 8th grade slow dance boners...

This week Rebecca is joined on her tiny couch by the truly hilarious, smart, and kind KING David Brown of Jury Duty fame!! He also stars in past guest Marissa Goldman's short MAX DISTANCE by the way. David is telling Rebecca all about growing up in Boise, Idaho as a slightly sheltered lover boy yearning to crush and fit in even though he had no idea about what was going on in the culture. This episode literally has it all I mean we're talkin: tfw you've been publicly humiliated and it does scar you for life and how embarrassment...

This week the hilarious Alison O'Conor is BACK after much life evolution since her last appearance on the podcast way back in the quarantine times of May 2020. Spoiler alert: she gay now! We're talking lesbian. Rebecca and Alison are catching up and going back to reevaluate early crush dynamics and relationships around sexuality/body/shame/being brave enough to live your own life! PLUS: tfw the pretty girl in schools says YOU'RE pretty, coming to things when you're ready, "cumming for sex", patriarchy, self loathing projected onto people that are like you, Rebecca wrestles with "bisexual" after admitting she...

But practicing what with who when?? Listen on to hear all the wild stories of our hilarious guest NICK NANEY!!'s sexual firsts, flops, and feelings. We're talking: classic middle school crush set up, a high school practice proposition, sensory deprivation blowjobs, gaining confidence, losing fear of rejection, being poly, being direct, therapy and soooOoOOo much more! ALSO we are once again battle AI Overlords* (*technical difficulties but this time there's a political spin? I truly have no idea what's going on someone help)

SONGS:

Autumn Shade - The Vines

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This week Rebecca is battling AI Overlords* (*technical difficulties) with (thank GOD) the most gracious, lovely and talented guest, Ray Tintori! He's the cohost of the To The White Sea podcast, a writer/director, a Marty Supreme extra, and a New York City Boy ready to talk about love in the time of TRL. We're talkin chain wallets and bad attitudes, the existential horniness of the late 90s and an unforgettable Union Square Halloween, the status of "ALT", secret rooms in Laguardia High School, dating backwards, the rush of feeling deep in NYC, being seen and SO much more...

Guess who's back (back, back) back again (again, again) Rebecca's back (back, back) tell a friend (friend, friend). Classroom Crush is back and it's in LA now! Much has changed since last class so let me catch you up to speed before we dive into our course. Take notes because this WILL be on the final quiz at the end of the semester!!

Note: brief discussion of random physical violence and some discussion of emotional abuse in relationships.

What else do you need to know? I'm back post-punch and am uploading this soooo late because life is crazy. But you know what's also crazy? How funny and cool MARISSA GOLDMAN is!! Yes we're talking anxious puking yes we're talking migraines yes the body continues to keep the score. Plus: "Super Sex", weed nights, and so much more!

Follow Marissa on instagram here: @themediawitch_

Weeee're back with a normal episode! Only trauma in THIS one is the formative identity stuff! Classic CC for ya. Though someone DOES get beat up. This week I'm so thrilled to have writer/comedian/filmmaker extraordinaire Niles Abston on the pod! We're talking young crushes, growing up in a small town in the South, fitting into a predominantly white school, the Athlete Identity, dating a misfit cheerleader, the confusion of completely different church experiences, the pastor track, and soooo much more!

Donate to his film fundraiser here! : https://seedandspark.com/fund/98honda#story<...

And despite my tone, I am being serious!

TW: public assault, blood, discussion of drug use and overdose

I tried my best to be as candid as possible about some stuff I'm still processing, as they say...but I hope this can all be an ongoing conversation, and I hope we can figure some stuff out together? Ultimately I hope we can love each other enough to challenge the way we've been taught to relate...And to recognize who and what benefits from an unending cycle of violence. Safety is a relationship between people, and...

This week I’m thrilled to have miss LILY REED on the podcast! We’re talking all the health/relationship updates before getting into Lily’s crush history! This ep’s got it all:  G-g-g-gay thoughts, armpit hair public humiliation, Mischa Barton aspirations, being thrust into sexuality amidst a culture of non-consent and pressure , macaroni dates, looking for your Ezra Koenig and settling for Smoker Boy, when feminism meant being like boy, Rebecca's jealous history, obsessive control and first date micromanagement, body image, sexual identity and orientation, avoiding uncertainty, self diagnosis, self love, and sooooooo much more! We’re going throu...

Today I'm SO glad to be joined by my sister in depression and hilarious hottie, Rachel Coster! What's up with being 27 in 2023 and feeling mentally unhinged?? We get into it!! Also- Rachel's mile a minute crushing history, finding a spin on anyone, being a weirdo, being horny, handling rejection, yes, older men of course, the responsibility of love, accidental (?) sex presh from your mom, Rachel proves my longstanding theory that going to London solves crushing woes (they love a rude girl innit), why is it literally high school right now and SORRY if I talked about this last time...

CLASSROOM CRUSH HAS LOGGED BACK ON, STUDENTS!! Join me in the chat with fellow multifaceted Cuban, comedian, your mans and mines, Julian Hernandez!! We’re coming in hot and spicy with the first gen Cuban complexes and hearts full of sweet sweet (oft misguided) love. Julian is telling me all about self fulfilling white girl prophecies, denial of self, putting yourself out there at all costs, (cw!) high school eating disorder and bad dad advice, being hard on yourself, conditional love, power dynamics, self realization, being enough and being REAL, bro. Just kinda an insane banger of an episode if...

Hello class, just a little update for you. I love you all (in an appropriate way) and thank you for listening and bearing with me. Talk soon :) 

Wow wow I laughed so much doing this episode which I mean, duh, because it's Dylan Adler on the show!!! I had the absolute pleasure of talking to Dylan about his most formative, lowkey life long crush - a forever cool guitar guy marching to the beat of his own drum type whose name HAS been bleeped so this episode sounds very explicit even though it's actually just SWEET like the crush HIMSELF!! Though we do mention jacking it so I guess that's explicit in a way. We're talkin': being a twin and early 2000s twin culture, The Body...

This week we’re celebrating sweet summer loveee with comedian and 1/3rds of Shrimp Boys, Wyatt Fair!! Wyatt claims to not be a good story teller but he’s wrong because I was floating completely luxuriating on this ride…We’re talkin: a meeting at the movies, when 2 best friends date 2 best friends, a texting competition(?), body image in sweaty cities, writing love notes, confidence, different schools? = long distance, tucking feelings away, an absolutely SPECIAL and STEAMY reunion, comedic chemistry, sensitivity, and so much more!!

Follow Wyatt on Twitter and Letterboxd at: @WyattFair

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This week it’s an absolute instant classic ep with Caroline Ely of Good Christian Fun fame!! You know it’s an instant classic because the girlie brought NOTES from the SECRET COMPARTMENT of her voice activated safe locked DIARY chronicling her every crush. We get into the juicy ones as we discuss: longing and fantasy, formative old Hollywood film romance, placing 3rd in crush ranking, Christian upbringing and absolute grinding shame, a grad night to remember and a boy’s name to forget, yeahhh we’re takin it to the splash zone for a school field trip, girl bullies...

Free full video is on youtube! : https://youtu.be/bHLXXVVrb44

What can I say....it is somehow the 100th episode of Classroom Crush and it is obviously time to have the oft discussed, legendary, hilarious, perfect, Special To Me, famous Patty. If you haven't heard me talk about her a million times, she is my aunt who is a year older than me so she's like basically my best friend and my sister and my person. She's also a chef and she also is one of the only people I know who could compete with me in...

Today is an absolute treat because I'm talking to THE Rajat Suresh!!! You know him, you love him, he makes you laugh and this time he will actually be making your horny and in love as well. At long last we rerecorded an episode we initially did simply years ago now, but rest assured we forgot most of it and this episode IS the best version of the episode that could ever be an episode. He's telling me all about growing up in Texas (weird and white!!) and some truly humiliating crush moments that could only happen to a...

Boy oh boy do we have a crush JOURNEY to go on today. I’d even venture to say it’s a bit of a crush voyage…Hop on the love boat and take a ride with us because it’s filmmaker, writer and director, Jamie Rice!!! Today we’re taking an absolute tour of Jamie’s impressive crush history and yeah, it’s horny! And yeah, there are TWO Cruise Ship Crushes! We’re talking: girlies of divorce!/bag girls, being reformed bully, scandalous things happening under various blankets, a wild Colorado connection, CONQUESTS, far away crushes, independence, escape, EVOLUTIO...

Okay this week we are thrilled to be joined by absolute online royalty...it's writer and chaotic good tweeter, Hanna Phifer! Hanna is telling me all about growing up in a religious household, sheltered from evils such as Harry Potter (well...) and queer stuff. That is until a little thing called the internet opened doors to online communities on tumblr and girls kissing girls on youtube! But most importantly there's the revealing, homoerotic best friendship she had in high school that according to twitter she might have to fight in the end. We're talkin: scattered types (when they’re ho...