It’s part two of the SPECIAL EPISODE with Rebecca’s high school crush, “Aaron”. In this part, they’re getting into the nitty gritty of their friendship and fluctuating crushes on each other, and why it didn’t work out. That good shit! That juice!! That real life stuff! INCLUDING: being bad in a band, the idea of tenderness, striving to be someone you aren’t, bad kissing in the back of a car, when things changed, Rebecca losing her virginity to Aaron’s friend (classic), wanting to be someone’s lifeline, Aaron wrote Rebecca into a song, being overwhelmed by someone’s devotion, sexuality, and so much more. Plus a final answer to the age old question- am I Ash or am I Gary? Find out! High school is crazy……….

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This week it’s part one of a SPECIAL EPISODE in which Rebecca is talking to her very own high school crush!! Dubbed “Aaron” and discussed at length in season one, specifically in “Should We Talk About This??” with Sam Fragoso, Aaron is one of Rebecca’s most formative and lasting teen crushes. In this first part, we’re learning about who Aaron is and actually all of the questions they have about who they are. Aaron is telling Rebecca about an integral early crush, and we’re getting a lot of context here babyy!! PLUS: being a crier, fear of confrontation, how we see people vs how they see themselves, Vanilla Sky trauma, and the all important question: am I an Ash or a Gary?? Stay tuned next week for part two where Rebecca and Aaron unpack their mixed up high school crushes on each other and perhaps answer the question of why they never dated? Is this in many ways therapy? Find out!

This week we cannot be calm because Rebecca is joined by film twitter crush royalty, staff writer/menace of Vulture, famous Jackson Maine stan and general icon of the internet and beyond, the one and only Hunter Harris! Hunter is telling Rebecca all about her crush on rude bois SKYLER and yes of course pre-cancelled Johnny Depp because we all have a past okay and Pirates was hOt!! But first Rebecca has to talk about her date with a literal racist sexist stupid ass true bigot because that is a thing that happened to her!!! Lol!!! PLUS: the power of public horniness, Hunter’s Deppathon, ring guy energy, favoring the fantasy, a Conor Oberst vision, the fun childhood sexual harassment game “scoop”, having a crush on pop culture, ASIB-based dm slides, boys who aren’t online and so much more! Follow Hunter on twitter at:@hunteryharrisFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Take Care - Drake Ottoman - Vampire Weekend

Sometimes you wake up and find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time, and in this case it’s comedian Charlie Bardey on the podcast!! Charlie is telling Rebecca about ADAM, his crush from freshman year of college who was also his first openly gay crush! Tfw someone doesn’t reject you just because they’re actually straight?? Smh!! PLUS: have you heard of Lin Manuel Miranda?, when someone writes a personal essay about making out with you, Charlie went to Yale calm down, Charlie knew a Wolff brother calm down, crush entitlement, anal sex ever heard of it?, putting pressure on a narrative, getting over people, masc culture, untraceable rejection, the Thong Song on Glee, and so much more!! Charlie is legally Rebecca’s friend now. Follow Charlie on twitter at: @chunkbardeyFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:You Belong With Me - Taylor SwiftDon't Wanna Be Your Girl - WetEverything Is Embarrassing – Sky FerreiraDown By The Water - The DrumsMake You Feel My Love - AdeleChasing Pavements - Wet

Not to be controversial but this may be the best podcast episode of all time in which two women with Mother’s Hearts are actively and outwardly horny for Vince Vaughn?? Yeah babe! This week the absolutely legendary comedian/nanny Megan Stalter joins Rebecca to talk about her first high school love and yeah, it was her gay best friend okay!! What is this, the 1998 film The Object of My Affection?? They’re talking: an absolutely insane first kiss story and yes there are cousins involved, codependence, bisexuality (aka “girl crush” isn’t a thing shut up), three tiny Drama Boys committing crimes, being in love in a friend way, newsflash you can love god AND getting head, ANTM dates, a Panera based sexual fantasy, and literally so much more god Megan is good. Follow Megan on Twitter at: @megstalterFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Clumsy - Fergie

Man oh man are you in for a TREAT with this jam packed episode!! The hilarious and truly wise Marcia Belsky joins Rebecca to talk about her first big love and her first big heartbreak and yes it is DRAMA and yes there were lessons LEARNED. This ep has got it all: relationship attachment styles, persistent hookup situations, Man Ego, loyalty, betrayal, virginity, when a crush is the idea of a person, people online have crushes on US actually?, SOCIETY, older guys, druggy teens, dom/sub stuff, huge earth shattering love, a late adolescence, and so much more!! Also PLEASE do not forget that Rebecca and Marcia are brow kings and curly haired queens.Follow Marcia on twitter at: @MarciaBelskyFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Ben FoldsRufus Wainwright The Postal Service The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

This week it’s the very very funny and good Colin Burgess on the show! Colin is taking us on a journey through crush times involving a particular pattern with a particular holiday and, much like last week’s guest, a lifelong affinity for the cinematic romantic gesture. From second grade’s LIZ all the way to high school’s SAM, can you believe it?? This ep has got it ALL: aspirational crushes, the politics of initiating, the podcast is pro incel again :/ , Wegmans vs Publix, secret note exchanges, Charlie's Angels, Rebecca names the hottest Chicago improv teams and explains her incredible tinder flirt, Colin is a memory hoarder and has learned to be careful with flirting while being a funny guy, singing is vulnerable, why do we like people who are mean to us, and simply so many more questions and answers!!! Follow Colin on twitter at: @Colinoscopy Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals I’m Waiting For The Day - The Beach Boys Nightswimming - REMMesmerize - Ja Rule ft. Ashanti

Welcome back to Classroom Crush where apparently it’s Shazam! season? Sure! This week Rebecca is joined by the absolutely wonderful and talented Justin Linville to talk about his first high school heartbreak and tfw you don’t look like Michael Cera OR Kat Dennings! This ep has got it all…...talkin a Valentine’s Day declaration, DADS, self image, grand gestures, crippling fear, white indie spaces, Rebecca cries about Shazam!, Justin gets genuine about being “attached”, a mix CD, needing clarity, and so much more!! Follow Justin on twitter at: @justinmlinvilleFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Baby - Devendra BanhartCrazy One - Rivers CuomoI Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John I Missed Your Party - Camera Obscura Summer in the City - Regina Spektor

Ohhhh boy oh boyyy have we got a corker of an ep this week! It’s Comedy writer/friend/guy, Dave Horwitz on the show, thank god!! He’s telling Rebecca about “Erica”- his high school crush and the first in a long line of Creative Girls that he’d fall for. On this ep they’re talkin Dave’s UNEXPECTED first kiss, drama in the mosh pit, when you just need someone to be kind, hook up anxiety, infidelity, white girl dreads, is Rebecca a virgin again?, forming your own narrative, “poly under duress”, when did Dave become fuckable?, getting older, and so much more!! A true meal of an episode, perhaps even a buffet. Follow Dave on twitter at: @Dave_HorwitzFollow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotelFollow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrushMUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:Hanging By A Moment - LifehouseCollide - Howie Day If I Told You This Was Killing Me, Would You Stop? - The Juliana TheoryOn Your Own Again - Scott Walker