Classroom Crush

This week Rebecca is fangirling because it’s Shantira Jackson (Comedy Central, BET, 3Peat) on the show!! She’s telling Rebecca all about one of her few middle school crushes, AARON, who was hot and athletic and possibly held back a grade and yeah, she wrote him a letter.  Rebecca is talking one of her first celeb crushes and of COURSE it’s none other than the titular Little Vampire. His name was a...

Wow, did you miss us? One full week without a new episode was probably really hard for you. We’re sorry. We missed you too. To regain your love and trust, we’ve got a gift in the form of this week’s guest, Lukey Walden!! Lukey is a gift because they are good and funny and sweet and we love. They’re telling Rebecca about “CHLOE” and a high school girlfriend setup formed out of pure loneliness and m...

Could it possibly be? The first ENGAGED guest, like, marriage-wise?? This week Rebecca is honored to have the hilarious Dan White on the podcast!! Did he end up with the confident cool girl he knew in high school?? Uhhhhh spoiler alert, but yeah!! Incredible, the dream. Dan is telling Rebecca all about his first brushes with romance, his total obliviousness (backed up by some staggeringly formal f...

This week, Rebecca is joined by lovely comedian and title of ep icon Rima Parikh! She’s telling Rebecca about a high school crush that has, IN MANY WAYS, followed her to this day. She doesn’t still have a crush on him (unfortch) but boy oh boy is it juicy. Rebecca is talking about the archetypal crush TYLER, who is perhaps her first notable one from like, second grade?? IN MANY WAYS he is perhaps...

Alt title of ep: “He Didn’t Express Himself and Wasn’t Creative” which makes us laugh a lot (you’ll hear why) but unfortunately is too long. This week Rebecca is feeling bonded for life with hilarious comedian and new friend Elsie How!! Elsie is telling the tangled high school tales of NIKKO, THOMAS, and COLLIN and boy oh boy did she come with the materials to back it all up. We’re talkin journal...

Damn. We really hit the jackpot on this one!! This week Rebecca is joined by your favorite Earwolf producer, “Chef” Kevin Bartelt!! Kevin is a TRUE sweetie and perfect Classroom Crush guest as he tells Rebecca about his first crush, KAITLYN, and the drama of his middle school/high school relationships! Dude was Never Not Dating and that’s honestly so impressive. Rebecca is telling the high school...

What a beautiful day for a podcast! This week Rebecca is joined by delightful/hilarious/ improviser/friend, Ian Ornstein!! Ian is telling the story of LINDSAY, a high school crush and fellow glasses wearer who, despite being very smart (see: glasses) made some moves that Rebecca thinks make no sense after going on the perfect date. Rebecca is, naturally, telling a horny story about a Boy In A Band...

Wow!! This week Rebecca attempts to self sabotage but actually does a really good episode of her podcast instead? She’s joined by funny and tall improviser/former crush, Mike Jest, who is telling her about his first crush, JULIE. Rebecca reads some clueless facebook interactions from her high school crush JULIAN! They’re getting extremely real and open about the nightmare of a pool party, feeling...

This week Rebecca has the best guest of them all. Yes, it's her hilarious and perfect creator, mother Carmen. It is a very special and fun piece of podcasting for Rebecca!! Carmen(weird to not just say “mom”) is telling her daughter about 6th grade crush FRANK and a bit about meeting Rebecca’s DAD in HIGH SCHOOL. Insane. There’s a lot of great shit, including: running through the streets like...

This week Rebecca has comedian Nicky Martin on the show!! Very fun and funny!! Nicky is telling Rebecca all about the Alexis Bledel-types he pined for in his youth, and Rebecca is telling the high school story/adventure of MATHEW from New York. They’re talkin’ quitting marching band because it was too horny, when Rebecca *literally* fell head over heels in love, playing spin the portable phone, a...

This week Rebecca is joined by her very dear friend, hilarious comedy gal Jaclyn Barker! They’re talking about some DRAMATIC, tbh narratively THRILLING long distance high school crushes. Rebecca is telling Jaclyn about the incredible story of NIC, the stranger on the bus. Very Hitchcock, right?? Jaclyn is talking about her IRISH BOY crush, who floated in and out of her life for approx 13 years. Th...

Holy hell this is a hot one!! Not like sexy but just a very good episode of the podcast. This week Rebecca is joined by the seriously funny Brian Bennett to discuss the dreaded high school love triangle! Brian’s involves his First Love “Annie” (smart, churchgoing girl) and best friend “Hunter” (who is also sorta First Love). Rebecca must once again confront her life’s obvious patterns as she discu...

This week Rebecca is so grateful to have friend/improv queen/totally hilarious wonderful person Emily Walters on the show! She truly couldn’t ask for a better person to share her sad childhood story with!! Emily tells the tale of “TOMMY”, a crush that spanned 10 Years (like the movie!!) and maybe more? Rebecca describes all the life changes that made SAM, her 2nd grade crush, so devastating!! We’r...

Could it be? Fran Hoepfner is BACK on this SHOW?? Yeah nerds, we’ve got our first returning guest and we couldn’t have asked for a better one!! No offense other past guests. This time, Fran is telling Rebecca about her first female crush, “SARAH” from college (still a classroom, bitch!). Rebecca is talking “JOEY”, an older crush that she actually went on dates with, very rare. This episode’s got i...

This week it’s our good nice funny friend Matt Roarty who we love! Rebecca is bad at podcasting today but that does not stop him from telling her All About EVE (haha do you get it), his middle school scene girl crush. Rebecca is talking about TORI, her former high school best friend/crush?? We’re talkin backstory from that First Kiss episode babyyyy. Rebecca gets riled, Matt has a Three Billboards...

Let’s Just Hide! with Robel AregaThis week we thought you deserved some R&R. That’s Rebecca & Robel, babyyy!!! The very funny and good Robel Arega, specifically. He’s telling Rebecca about a handful of middle school crushes, including MARIAH and LEXI- or should we say, “bella”. Rebecca is taking it to North Beach for her high school crush, JESSE- or should we say, nice basic white boy? Spe...

Oh my GAWD there’s a lot of “oh my gawd”s in this ep. This week Rebecca is joined by the lovely Emily Clouse (Reductress, The Onion) to talk about her crush on class clown BEN, who lingered from 8th grade through high school. Rebecca is talking about AJ, a dream boy straight out of the Z Boys, okay?? VERY hot, off the charts, rock and roll. They also talk early celeb crushes, including Justin Berf...

This week Rebecca is joined by the most prepared guest thus far, the hilarious Richie Owens (Please Make This)!! No shade to the other guests, we love you all and you are perfect. But like, Richie brought an outline and time stamps. He’s telling Rebecca all about his sophomore crush CARLY, and holy shit the stories!! There’s like, multiple scenes that could be the sole focus of an entire episode o...

Clearly we’re obsessed with Clickhole because this week we have another amazing writer, Noah Prestwich on the show! We (me, Rebecca, writing this) love this episode for so many reasons so you just need to listen to it to find out WHY. Noah is telling Rebecca about a fifth grade crush experience that was integral in forming guilt-based anxiety, while Rebecca is talking about “HUNTER”, a guy in high...

AH!! This week Rebecca has fallen in love with another boy who has a girlfriend but MORE IMPORTANTLY, she is truly honored to have Grace Thomas (Clickhole, The Onion, good comedy you should see) on the show!! She’s telling Rebecca about a few integral high school crushes, including MAGGIE, the love letter writer, and GUS, the debate camp dream boy! Rebecca is talking about CAMILO, and she’s embarr...

Happy post-Valentine’s Day!! Are you ready for some heartbreak?? This week Rebecca is joined by Dan Sheehan (We Still Like You, NOT A WOLF) to talk about some juicy high school rejections. Dan’s telling Rebecca about MAGGIE, his friend and then girlfriend and then ex. Rebecca is talking about JACOB, a pure hippie boy she loved with all her heart. Hormonal basement wrestling, when Lizzie McGuire fe...

Happy Valentine’s Day!! Since Rebecca predictably does NOT have a valentine, nor does she have a good story about Valentine’s Day, she decided to do something special to celebrate/mourn the occasion. This week she’s joined by the first boy she had a crush on in Chicago! Wow how embarrassing!! His name is Josh (she used to call him Myopic Books Boy) and he’s truly a good one. They talk about her hu...

Rebecca is finally back in Chicago and might feel empty?? Thankfully she’s joined by the hilarious and lovely Ashley Ray this week, so things can’t be that bad. She’s telling Rebecca about RAMSEY, the cool new kid at her high school. Rebecca is talking about “MARIO”, a slightly aspirationally popular crush. How was Ashley the Meredith Grey of her friend group? Why did social boys make us feel like...

It’s the last episode recorded in LA and we couldn’t think of a better way to close out this emotionally turbulent adventure!! This week, a very loopy and overtired Rebecca is joined by THE one and only Kevin T. Porter, of Gilmore Guys/Good Christian Fun/Maisel Goys fame! Kevin is telling Rebecca all about his middle school crush KIKI (an avid Clay Aiken fan) and Rebecca is telling him the story o...

This week Rebecca is honestly honored to be sharing her story of getting taken to the bone zone for the first time with the hilarious goddess Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast, Superdeluxe, Irrational Fears). In this final chapter of the Frog Fingers band trilogy, Rebecca is talking about hot dream boy JACK, and boy does it all go out with a bang (get it). Jamie is telling Rebecca all about HANDSOME...