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!! 

SONG: 

My My - Chenayder 

My Sweet Midwest - Fruit Bats

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, virginity,  do they want women to cum?, having a boner must be crazy!!, ANXIETY, making mistakes and mediocrity, age gaps, honest communication and sooOOOoooOOoooo much more!! Get into it and Happy New Year! Download QOBUZ! Ditch Spotify! 

SONGS: 

Only Over You - Fleetwood Mac

C.R.U.S.H - Ciara 

party 4 u - Charlie xcx

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, the social and romantic implications of watching Love Actually in a group setting, more incredible analysis of consent and communication, also another entry into the Friends to Lovers vs Lovers to Lovers canon, the makings of inceldom, Dane Cook's "The Shocker" and sooOoOOooo much more!!!!

Follow Jon on insta at @jonbraylock and his podcast at @blackmenpodcast

Follow Rebecca on insta at @rebeccabulnz and the podcast at @classroomcrushpod

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 trauma just hits different, trying out different versions of being "normal" until you find your thing (the theater), QUICK Youth Lagoon catch up, okay fine prison abolition comes up but also fun things like astrology, love languages, lower case b bisexuality awareness, Teen Titans and sooooOOOoOo much more!

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 recoils at things that are like her, the mustache Halloween costume to lesbian pipeline, and sooo much more!!! 

This week's intro song: No Condition Is Permanent - Marijata 

See Allison live 11/7 at Club Cumming! : https://clubcummingnyc.com/schedule/2025/11/7/allison-oconor-aspiring-icon

Follow Allison on instagram at: @allisonoconor

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz

Follow the show on instagram at: @classroomcrushpod

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

Cherry Blossom Girl - Air

Follow Nick everywhere at: @nicknaney 

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz

Follow the show on instagram at: @classroomcrushpod

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. PLUS! Ray helps Rebecca break down a recent date that got away from her (tfw you hook up for no reason) and debate big swings vs flirty attention.


SONGS:
Sunday Girl - Blondie: ⁠   • Sunday Girl (Remastered 2002)  ⁠
Take Ecstasy With Me - Magnetic Fields: ⁠   • Take Ecstasy With Me  ⁠


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