CRUSHED Podcast

Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Witches of Echo Park) stops by CRUSHED Podcast to talk about crushes that make ya SWEAT! We talk about Amber's childhood obsession with River Phoenix and how some crushes are based on wanting to be LIKE your crush, not necessarily LIKED BY your crush. We also gush about Amber's experience working with Steven Soderbergh, the "friend crushes" she develops on women she wants to befriend, plus our lovely friend Sina Grace, Jeff Buckley, Winona Ryder (of course), Jenny Lewis, Cary Elwes, and Matthew Modine! 

Check out Amber's books, movies, watch re-runs of Buffy on HULU and keep an eye out for her future projects!

The CRUSHED team is enjoying un petit Spring Break this week and we hope you are too! Please enjoy this early episode from our archives featuring Wanjiko Eke, one of Sarah's all time favorite comedy crushes. Wanjiko hails from Texas and lived in LA for a number of years before transplanting her comedy base to New York City. Wanjiko and Sarah trade messages about the genius that is Whoopi Goldberg to this day. Follow Wanjiko on Twitter, Instagram, and go see her live in New York or, if you're lucky enough, catch her in your city! 

Comedian, performer, and podcast host, Candy Lawrence (Chill Pills), talks about growing up in New York amongst the rat tails, studying improv and coming up in the Chicago comedy scene, Korean spas in Los Angeles, as well as comedy crushes on Maria Bamford and Kara Klenk and CRUSH crushes on Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo and behold!) and the teacher from Billy Madison, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras!

Caitlin Durante (co-host of "The Bechdel Cast") talks about her signature move when it comes to crushes and how her movie crushes shifted after she started hosting a feminist movie podcast. 

Comedians and co-hosts of Better Half Comedy, Kara Klenk (Undefeated) and Jared Logan (My Brave Battle, The Twilight Door) discuss crushes they had growing up, being "married to the sea" while pursuing standup in their 20s, and how their relationship has evolved over the years. Kara and Jared are married—to each other—and are having a baby—together—this week! So be sure to buy their albums on iTunes and stream them on Spotify.

Comedian Lizzy Cooperman (Corporate, "Organism") talks about how her attachment to crushes has changed as she's gotten older, why she would gravitate toward Miss Piggy/Kermit power dynamics, her work in performance art and making music, and her favorite comedy crushes. Pick up Lizzy's comedy album "Organism" here! 

Film critic and writer, April Wolfe (Switchblade Sisters, Film Comment), reveals her movie crushes (Roy Scheider! John Goodman! Angela Lansbury!) and delves into her love of horror and the difficult movies she enjoys picking apart while watching repeatedly.

"Who Shot Ya?" week continues as CRUSHED welcomes back its very first guest, Ricky Carmona! Ricky (Tosh.0) gushes with crush-like love for movies like ROMA, MALCOLM X, and CLOUD ATLAS and filmmakers like Michael Mann and Spike Lee. He gives credit where credit is due to Tom Cruise's performance in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—FALLOUT. Ricky and Sarah also break down this past week's Oscars and pinpoint who their Academy crushes were. Did POOTIE TANG make the list? Listen to find out! 

Rate and review us on iTunes and email your crush stories—including your movie crushes!—to [email protected]. You might hear your crush on the air in a future episode! 

Film producer and festival programmer, Drea Clark (LA Film Festival, MaxFun), dishes all her delicious movie crushes and sneaks one or two TV crushes on the list as well. HEATHERS comes up quite a bit as do John Hughes' movies, BILL & TED, "My So Called Life," and GHOSTWORLD—that's right, Steve Buscemi in GHOSTWORLD!

EDITOR'S NOTE: while discussing SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, Drea and Sarah credit Mary Stuart Masterson's role to actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. They realized this mistake after the taping and thus were not able to correct it during the episode. Please note, dear listeners, that we at CRUSHED have all the respect for Mary Stuart Masterson's performance in this John Hughes 80s classic. 

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