Classroom Crush

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. Thi...

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:...

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 ag...

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...

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 violen...

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: @ th...

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, dati...

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...

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...

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 you...

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!)...

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 HI...

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 scho...

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 up...

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 si...

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&apos...

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, bein...

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...

This week I’m so STOKED to be joined by rock and roller, my friend and yours, Chris Farren! Chris is a musician and artist but more importantly he’s a Wife Guy. On this episode we’re talking all about how he got there! INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: unshakable kid confidence, home school, a password sharing betrayal, crush ROBIN’s devastating list, self loathing/love hand in hand?, mid 20s existent...

Brrr…it’s cold in here? It must be DERRY QUEEN in the atmosphere!! This week I’m thrilled to be joined by the comedian/drag queen extraordinaire herself. Also it’s Poison Ivy era. Derry is telling us all about a rollercoaster ride of queerness, Bend it Like Beckham obviously, does Rupert Grint have a big dig?, when one hot guy makes you question it all, monogamy, a prank call confession, a desire...

This week I’m SO excited to share this very very special edition of Classroom Crush with my Friend/Family/Community, Osh! They are an artist, creator, Black Trans Liberationist, abolitionist and one of the best people I know. Osh is telling us about their experience growing up as a Black AMAB child in Missouri, pansexuality, expectation, loyalty, being the “smart special kid”, breaking up with you...

GOD this is episode is a scorcher and is making me SO excited to be back for real. This week I’m joined by one the absolute faves, Maggie Winters!! She is the first to grace us with her video presence, so check out the twitter and patreon to see!! We’re getting into the nitty gritty of: being so embarrassed that you have a feeling, a period story that had my jaw on the FLOOR, the image of who is &...

GOD this is episode is a scorcher and is making me SO excited to be back for real. This week I’m joined by one the absolute faves, Maggie Winters!! She is the first to grace us with her video presence, so check out the twitter and patreon to see!! We’re getting into the nitty gritty of: being so embarrassed that you have a feeling, a period story that had my jaw on the FLOOR, the image of who is &...

Wow. Is this shit for real? Classroom Crush is BACK after 2 YEARS? Somehow it is true. Has anything gone on during that time? Just kidding. There's a LOT to catch up on and I couldn't be happier to be doing it with my pal, actor/comedian/trauma bonded comrade Austin Cassel! This first episode has it ALL: Hannah Montana, late blooming, Madagascar the film, mean girls, a LIP SYNCING MOMENT...