Classroom Crush

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, a...

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 sooOOoO...

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&apos...

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 frie...

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 ac...

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, As...

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...

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...

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, Rebec...

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, TW...

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 Willia...

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 Jacki...

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 talki...

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 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...