Classroom Crush

For those about to rock* (*listen to this podcast after patiently waiting for like 6 years)...we salute you....

This week we're SO happy to have the hilarious comedian, writer, and one of the Two Amigos, it's Steven Castillo on the show!! How does a romantic "late bloomer" evolve into a therapized, certified Girlfriend Guy? We're getting into it ALL: the pressure to like girls before you even like girls, being bullied and releasing trauma responses, getting a laugh in high school that changed it all, improv dating, learning to not make your girlfriend your therapist, a first kiss in an AMC parking lot and soOooOOoo much more!! 

SONGS:

Blue World - Chenayder 

Someday - The Strokes

Follow Steven on instagram at: @ steezus_castillo

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at: @classroomcrushpod 

This week, you know him, you love him, it's pod god JON GABRUS on Classroom Crush at last!! Gabrus is telling us all about his junior high crushing, the public humiliation that came with it, and how once you've been Jerk Off Boy you can pretty much face whatever. We're talkin: first kiss critiques, tfw your friend has an older sister and THE GIRLS are having a sleepover too, peer pressure, dating again and the importance of knowing your astro chart, how making girls laugh made him who he is today, the value of not knowing what will come next, figuring out what kind of life you want outside of inherited belief systems and soooOooOOooo much more!! It's an all timer folks!! Get into it!! 

SONGS: 

Stayin Alive - The Bee Gees

All For Love - Bryan Adam, Rod Stewart, Sting

It's time to ask some questions, and ponder some answers...

INTRO SONG:

linknb - Kelela

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 you've been made the fool and sooOOOoooOoooOoOoo much more! A jam packed episode, get into it!! 

SONGS:

LINK SOME (TOOK MY ICE OFF) - Sean Leon

Ivy - Frank Ocean

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 middle school punk crush, taking things "slow" and sooOOoOOOoOoOoOooo much more!!

SONGS:

Love Me Back - Willie Hutch

Last Caress - Misfits 

FOLLOW...

Alison on instagram! at: @justaboutglad

Rebecca on instagram! at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at: @classroomcrushpod

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 the surveillance state? What are the origins of "ownage/pwnage" and are they racist (probably)? Did you know you have choices and revolution is on us? Will loosening the hips make you receive abundance? And soooOoOOOoOoo much more!!! 

Check out Yedoye's special FATHERLESS BEHAVIOR on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpu2sj-Y7xg&t=3431s

Follow Yedoye on instagram at: @yedoye_

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod

SONGS: 

nice shoes/in your world - Steve Lacy

Simple and Clean - Utada Hikaru (Kingdom Hearts soundtrack)

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 transition, what it's like dating in this cultural environment, deconstructing how cis white heteronormativity has groomed us all, feeling internally validated, trans people as the ultimate rebels and expression of freedom, and soooooOoOOoO much more!! Get into it!!

Follow Carolina on instagram at: @thecarolinagutierrez
Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod

INTRO SONG:
new life forms - Kelela

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!!! 

SONGS:

Lua - Bright Eyes

My Boo - Ghost Town DJs

Follow Charles on instagram at: @charlesgould1

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the podcast at @classroomcrushpod