Wowowow I really hit the jackpot with this one. It’s comedian/writer/actress/very cool person Mary Beth Barone on the show!! We’re talking through her crush journey middle-high school and it’s giving us water sports boys and makeouts and Red Hot Chili Peppers and so much more!! This ep’s got it all including: Sweet Sixteen grinding, being a hopeless romantic, AIM flirting, a CRUSH JOURNAL ENTRY, adopting interests, the butterfly feeling, putting meaning back into sex, protecting yourself, learning from traumatic relationships AND nice relationships, respect in romance, putting yourself out there, returning to young crushy feelings and yes okay you've been hooked now just play the dang ep!!Follow Mary Beth on twitter at: @ marybethbaroneFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: It Feels So Good - Sonique

This week I’m starting to feel a little insane but thank GOD I'm joined by comedian Dan Perlman who grounds me with an episode that is literally so good?? Dan is telling me the story of his most formative middle school crush and a haunting comment heard in passing that literally hurts MY feelings. That sounds dramatic but it's middle school so, duh!! We’re talkin: when embarrassment hurts more than rejection, date spying in childhood and adulthood, building up walls, relationship imbalances, will Rebecca one day sext?, Now That's What I Call Music, retreating and regressing, remember just being around someone not doing anything and wasn't that nice?, the right and wrong lessons to take from being treated poorly, and so much more...did I mention this episode is so good?! Check out Dan’s new special EMERGENCY CONTACT out May 1st wherever you listen to stuff!Follow Dan on twitter at: @ danjperlman Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Everyone’s Gone to the Movies - Steely Dan

Oh folks I’m so excited for you to hear this ep with dear friend, hilarious comedian and beloved member of the community Luke Taylor of Shrimp Boys! We’re talking about his tragic Big High School Crush! But first spoiler alert of course we have to talk about that one time we kissed. Anyways, you ever feel like being able to make someone laugh means the same thing as having an intellectual connection? You ever project onto a person you barely know to make them your everything? You ever listen to Matt and Kim and can’t wait to be an adult? Yes you have and this ep is for you! We’re talkin: taking cues from movie romance, a HIGH SCHOOL THEATER CAST PARTY CONNECTION, masc all boy school toxicity, when female friends fix you :) , tfw intimacy is scary so you retreat, casually awful summer camp eating disorders, a Dramatic Meeting at an Intersection (symbolic), Luke bravely admits he was once bad, a final drunken effort, and simply SO much more!! Follow Luke on twitter at: @ luketaylorgoFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Daylight - Matt and Kim Lessons Learned - Matt and Kim I’ve Just Seen A Face - The Beatles

This week I’m truly thrilled to have my perfect friend Spencer Williams on the show!! She’s a (published ever heard of it) poet and very hilarious and smart which is honestly infuriating and yes, threatening to me. We’re talking about her formative fourth grade CRUSH/BULLY Dustin, AND Brian– a middle school OLDER STRAIGHT MUSICAL THEATER JOCK CRUSH. Much to discuss including: Dad pressure, Dance Dance Revolution romance, pre-Glee/“It Gets Better”/tiktok gay culture, naked dressing room body comparison, seeing who you really are in relation to a crush, desiring a version of someone, being seen is so horny, gender identity/lacking the language, being literally blinded by your emo-ness, seeking control, bullying vs negging, Spencer’s truly insane and cancelled MFA experiment, being anchored by a crush, and SO MUCH MORE!!Follow Spencer on twitter at:@ burritotheifFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: CSS - Red Alert Tegan and Sara - Nineteen An Horse - Company

Punch Up the Jam?? More like Punch Up the DAMNNN I can’t believe our most requested guest is on the podcast this week!! It’s Miel!! She’s so hilarious and cool and you will simply adore her story about long time middle school crush AARON THE JOCK (but he’s Not Like The Other Boys…) that involves not only an email but a nut surgery and a shituation (haha) and oh god I’ve already said too much! PLUS we’re talkin emotionally unavailable men (classic), pandemic induced wedding dreams, flirting, codependence, what keeps Miel interested, can Ewan McGregor SING again??, biding your time, nothing ever changes but also everything is different now?? and so much more!! Listen!! Follow Miel on twitter at: @ miel Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: U Got It Bad - Usher If You’re Not The One - Daniel Bedignfield Differences - Ginuwine This Woman’s Work - Maxwell

Holy shit. I honestly can’t believe it. There’s a pandemic and Classroom Crush is back?!? Well we all respond differently to crisis!! I guess this is Season 3 now or something?? Anyways it’s a new day and a new life for me so I’m no longer writing these in third person, because who was I ever kidding. This week I (Rebecca Bulnes) am joined (on the phone) by my stunningly cool and smart and funny friend Aubrey Bellamy! She is of course telling me the stories of her formative elementary, middle, AND high school crushes!! There’s a famous dude, a fourth grade letter, and a boy from a DIFFERENT school omg. PLUS we’re talkin if/how we’re approaching love/flirting in Corona times, tending to the garden of love, someone is MARRIED btw, Zoom party pressure, the romance in practicality and planning, wanting vs needing a crush, girls can be tall too, avoiding embarrassment, a ROCK AND ROLL CURVEBALL BURIED LEDE, when your crushing feels like a burden, and simply so much more! Listen! It is exciting to be back! Follow Aubrey on twitter at: @aubreybellFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Enthused - Blink 182

Hmm...pop quiz, children………..what has layers? An onion like Shrek? A cake like Bake Off? Jeremy Strong’s performance in Succession? This episode?? ALL OF THE ABOVE, KIDS!! GET READY FOR A REAL SCORCHER! This week Rebecca is joined by writer/producer Jack Moore and boy oh boy is he taking us on a crush journey like no other. Crushes are as follows: pre-classroom crush Erin, elementary school crush Heather, middle-early high school crush “Josh” (Hartnet), and early college crush Bianca. We’re talkin: catholic shame absolutely, to yearn is a drug, bisexuality, when you’re just not like the other boys, AIM bravery, biding your time, sexual awakenings at the sleepover and spoiler alert yes there is Jacking Off (like the name of Rebecca’s other podcast), what does it mean when your favorite Playboy is the one with Madonna on the cover?, when you move to NYC you can be anyone, sex work, crush mystery, and truly so much more! Follow Jack Moore on twitter at: @JackPMooreFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Have You Ever - Brandy All My Life - KC and Jojo

And we mean literally folks! This week Rebecca (who may or may not have been friendzoned?? We’re figuring it out) is joined by hilarious comedian/writer/podcaster/nice person/superstar Joe Kwaczala!! And this is one for the BOOKS baby. School books! Get it? Anyways, Joe is telling Rebecca about his big highschool crush ANGELA (2.0) and things are liable to get a little disgusting (Succession ref) but NOT in a sexy way. We’re talkin: emotionally and physically debilitating OBSESSION, monogamous crushing, do we actually STAN being a child of divorce?, a sadie hawkins dance in my khaki pants, a puke journal, fear of intimacy, senior prom drama, if you make someone laugh really hard they’ll eventually fall in love with you right?, when feelings have nowhere to go, getting nasty in the yearbook, and SO MUCH MORE.Follow Joe on twitter at: @joekjoekFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Obsesión - Aventura Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye (ft Kimbra) Sugar Mountain - Neil Young

This week Rebecca is actually freaking the freak out because she is joined by the absolutely legendary Natalie Walker!! Natalie is taking us on a true journey through her days as a crush chameleon- from her earliest romantic memories as a lonely weirdo child to her high school musical theater star who DOES make out. There’s simply too much CHAOTIC crush territory to cover so PLEASE buckle in. We’re talkin: tfw your 3 week bf goes to military school and then literally stalks you, a 6th grade bullying conspiracy (that involves a PETITION), feeling tingly in a closet with your best friend, boy drama at the Footloose cast party followed by boy drama at the Guys and Dolls cast party, being called preppy in 2002, please leave Chris Carrabba alone, trampolines=inherently horny, when DAD catches you being BAD, having status in a crush, Camp Romance/Not Chill age differences haha we’re laughing!, if you’re a girl and your legs aren’t smooth you should basically die, watching yourself cry, and PLEASE never doubt…..Natalie Walker is a true Girl’s Girl. Follow Natalie on twitter at: @nwalksFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional Yeah! - Usher Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper

This week we are honored and humbled to welcome you all back to Jeremy Strong season but we are even MORE honored and humbled to welcome Tim Platt to the show!! Tim is telling Rebecca about THE GIRL he pined for throughout middle school and crossed over into some transformative high school years and also other formative crushes after her!! There’s really a lot to get to SO let’s just say this ep we’re talkin: tfw there’s a shy girl and you’re a loud boy, when the music identity HITS, performing your sadness, the podcast is incel again, a very dramatic dance rejection moment, when eeeverryybody knows your crush sitch, body image shit, fake boyfriend shit, late blooming, CONOR OBERST, getting caught up in attention, repression, lacrosse boys, when you quit pining, Tim is being very earnest, Rebecca finally lets someone ELSE sing Bright Eyes ( it’s Tim), being nice to younger you and so much more!!! Please tweet Jeremy Strong things to @ClassroomCrush.Follow Tim on twitter at: @TimothyPlattFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Something Vague - Bright Eyes3 Libras - A Perfect Circle Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes