CRUSHED Podcast

Comedian and writer, Amy Silverberg, talks about unrequited crushes, college crushes, and why having a crush on yourself is by far the greatest crush of all (to quote Queen Whitney Houston). Don't bother with someone you have to win over and DON'T go chasin' waterfalls. Amy and Sarah also kick off the 2019 CRUSHED Movie Crush series as we gear up for the Oscars—aka the Cinephile Super Bowl. Listen, subscribe, rate and review the show. And share your CRUSHED stories in the comments. We may read them aloud during our next recording! Email your stories to [email protected]

Naomi Ekperigin (2 Dope Queens, Broad City, Comedy Central Half Hour) and Andy Beckerman (Beginnings, Couples Therapy) appear on a very special Couples Therapy edition of CRUSHED as we gear up for Valentine's Day. Not only are they brilliant, talented, and hard-working comedians and writers, they're also a real life couple! Naomi and Andy talk about growing up on the east coast, their roads to comedy, and how their friendship blossomed into a courtship which then grew into a beautiful friendship...somewhat suddenly. Plus, we talk comedy crushes. Spoiler alert: Naomi and Andy have some pretty fantastic picks when it comes to comedy crushes. No surprise, there. Take a listen, subscribe to satisfy your cravings, and then rate and review us—and tell me all your secret crush stories in the comments! 

Brittani Nichols (Suicide Kale, "Transparent") discusses crushes in an "ideal podcasting situation" with Sarah's dog Scout attentively listening within the walls of the CRUSHED studio (i.e., Sarah's living room). Brittani talks about growing up in Chicago, college life at Yale, working in the Bay area, moving to LA for a career in TV—and why Schitt's Creek is one of the sweetest sitcoms out there. Follow Brittani on social media at @Bishilarious.  

Hailing from the Bay Area, Kristine Gerolaga is an LA-based actress, writer, director, boxer, and all-around badass babe and filmmaker. Kristine talks with Sarah about her childhood crushes and all they would entail, plus her celebrity crushes—including but not limited to Leo DiCaprio (Leo DiCaps!), Jake Gyllenhaal (Jakey Gylls!), and Aubrey Plaza (Aubz Plaz!)—along with her love for storytelling, the art of editing, and muy thai kickboxing. 

Lucia Fasano (Portlandia, Catty B's) talks about being a "life-long crusher" while growing up a tomboy—an Italian tomboy, at that!—in Simi Valley, California and why she was "wrecked for weeks after meeting Weird Al." 

Check out Lucia's music here and support her on Patreon! 

Lydia Popovich, a.k.a. @hatertuesday, talks about learning to love yourself before you can love anyone else and reveals all her kindred spirit comedy crushes. Get all the CRUSHED feels listening to this AFTER YOU VOTE TODAY! 

Recorded in April 2018.

It's the 4th anniversary of CRUSHED and to celebrate, we've got Sarah's comedy crush, Marcella Arguello, in the building! Marcella talks about how crushes evolve as you age, the catch 22 of being a strong, funny woman, the precariousness of being a feminist who loves hip hop, and why she refuses to compete with women for male attention (hint: b/c that's called internalized misogyny, y'all!). 

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Jackie Kashian, a comedian, road warrior, writer, podcast host, and generally just one of the best people in the business, talks about the innocence of early childhood crushes, the importance of choosing to like things, and... novelty condoms! Prepare to be absolutely delighted when you hear who Jackie's first crush was...

Johnny Pemberton (Superstore, I Feel Bad) talks about crushes, Richard Pryor, Jim Jarmusch, and stealing versus copying art.

Eliot Glazer (Broad City, New Girl) talks about Flight of the Navigator, the Lawrence brothers (hot goss: Andrew is the hot one now), Judy Gold, Naomi Ekperigin, interning at Conan and SNL, doing improv at UCB, and how his writing career took off after his video "Shit New Yorkers Say" went viral.