This week you’re lucky enough to listen to me literally fall in love with perfect angel comedian and artist Katy Fishell!! How special for us all. She’s telling me about her big middle to high school and slightly beyond crush, Tyler!! I know I always say this ep has got it all but boy oh boy this ep has got it all: a quarantine crush catchup, the power of a bowler hat, the possibility of swinging (jk?), the coveted “my friend thinks you’re cute”, late night 8th grade talking on the phone height of romance vibes, when you put someone on such a high pedestal you can’t even see them anymore, hot Chicago goss, destiny!!!, when affection feels like a miracle, why do some crushes liiiiiiterally haunt you??, status in relationships, meaningless sex, the lowkey drug of adolescent obsession, saying hey at the gig, recognizing when someone isn’t a villain but your feelings are still valid and soooooooo much more!! If you don’t listen I don’t understand you. Follow Katy on twitter at: @ FishellKaty and her BRILLIANT cartoon account on instagram at: @ sex_is_weird Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Lost Cause- Beck She’s A Jar- Wilco Terrapin - Syd Barrett

Classroom Crush

Not Like The Other Boys with Katy Fishell

Wow this week I’m feeling truly blessed to have tricked the very cool and nice and funny actor/comedian/tiktok star Michael Blaiklock into talking to me for like 2 hours during quarantine on my podcast!! He’s telling the stories of his Big Middle School Crush and the mortifying events that unfold when friends decide to take matters into their own hands, AND his Big High School Crush that involves an insane story where one of my favorite fanfic tropes actually happened? How did I get so lucky! This podcast shouldn’t be free. We’re talkin: facetime dates, how does one recognize mutual physical attraction virtually lol, the concept of “perfection” in dating, being a kid with a healthy fear of authority, a slow dance request, a lipsync battle, very public rejection, new romantic values, being a high school Shoulder To Cry On Guy, debilitating fear, oversharing on dates, low self esteem, the need to please, the little “what if” voice, feeling like you deserve nothing but also you DO deserve your crush, and SO MUCH MORE!!! This episode is so good. Follow Michael on twitter and tiktok at: @ LILmookieB Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees Behind the Sun - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sitting In Cars With Girls (with Michael Blaiklock)

Okay seriously this week is such a treat because I’m joined by my hilarious GIRLIE FOR LIFE, comedian Allison O’Conor! You will fall in love with her in this episode I guarantee it. She’s a leo moon SWEETIE (idk what this means) and she’s telling me all about her long spanning crush, BRIAN, in an episode that is very Jewish? Spoiler alert this story starts in middle school and ends……….just kidding you’ll have to listen to find out!! We’re talkin: being direct, ass sweat/hot pussy, trying to be the wrong kind of hot, a disappointing Bar Mitzvah experience, when something is declared as romantic and you stop being a person, when a crush represents a new world, will quar make people more dateable to Rebecca?, the PHYSICAL PAIN of being affectionate, when someone notices the parts of you that you like, first horny crushing, middle school romantic gestures, being Alt, being passive, slutty resolutions, when the braces come off and SO MUCH MORE!! I love this episode and I love Allison and I’m so glad I met her and you will be too. Follow Allison on twitter at: @ allisonoconor Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Hard to Concentrate - Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Magic School Bus with Allison O'Conor

This week it’s honestly one of my favorite episodes of all time and it’s all thanks to writer and all around stellar person and friend, the hilarious Caitie Delaney!! I know that sounds dramatic but this episode is basically why I made this podcast??? To have convos like this?? It has EVERYTHING including Caitie’s 7th grade boyfriend and some integral high school crushes!! We’re talking: how sometimes an ex is just someone you had a crush on who didn’t date you, Logan Echolls, a Rebecca Sexting Update :/ , how other people see you in relation to who you’re dating/crushing, Jake Gyllenhaal who cares, teens having fun with cell phones, when people take little bits of you, society is against us dating actually, it’s hot when people don’t need you but think you’re cool, a Halloween joke gone right!!, it should be against the law for someone to keep living after you go on a date?, a shark idea (normal), and do we think 2020 can still be our year? Plus so much more god you’d be a fool not to listen. Follow Caitie on twitter at: @caitiedelaney Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Crush - Mandy Moore

Literally Just Some Fucking Guy with Caitie Delaney

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: @ marybethbarone Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: It Feels So Good - Sonique

Dear Journal, Crushes Are Hard to Deal With with Mary Beth Barone

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

Overheard in New York with Dan Perlman

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: @ luketaylorgo Follow 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

Garden State Love with Luke Taylor

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:@ burritotheif Follow 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

In the Dressing Room with Spencer Williams

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

Free Solo with Miel Bredouw

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: @aubreybell Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Enthused - Blink 182

Don’t Rock The Boat Baby with Aubrey Bellamy

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: @JackPMoore Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Have You Ever - Brandy All My Life - KC and Jojo

Symbolism at the Sleepover with Jack Moore

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: @joekjoek Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Obsesión - Aventura Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye (ft Kimbra) Sugar Mountain - Neil Young

Lovesick with Joe Kwaczala

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: @nwalks Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional Yeah! - Usher Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper

Crying at the Cast Party with Natalie Walker

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: @TimothyPlatt Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Something Vague - Bright Eyes 3 Libras - A Perfect Circle Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes

The Greatest Showman with Tim Platt

This week Rebecca has gone off the rails but thankfully she is joined by the hilarious and good Patrick Cotnoir who handles her chaos with grace!! Patrick “doesn’t really talk about this stuff normally” but this time he IS and he’s telling Rebecca all about his first crushes from elementary school to his first relationships in high school! THE FULL CRUSH TIMELINE BABYYY. They’re talkin: a dad sleepover, an 8 minute 8th grade slow dance, Rebecca wants to be a mom sooooo bad is that fine, a failed “considerate” breakup plan, a life threatening ultimate frisbee encounter, the dangers of passivity, John Mayer girls and is Rebecca one of them, Patrick should let himself feel more, they’re both crying actually, an unnamed LA crush, the top 10 reasons Patrick hates himself according to Rebecca, being an old soul kid and so much more!! Follow Patrick on twitter at: @patrickcotnoir Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush MUSIC DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer Gravity - John Mayer In Repair - John Mayer

Easy Breezy Beautiful Patrick with Patrick Cotnoir

Classroom Crush is a podcast hosted by Rebecca Bulnes about the heartbreaking, embarrassing, formative memories of childhood crushes. Every week Rebecca talks to an interesting guest about one of their most memorable crushes from elementary to high school, and also one of her own crushes because she needs to figure out when/why it all went wrong.

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