It's a bbbonus ep and we are joined by past guest of the pod, comedian/writer/filmmaker NILES ABSTON to reflect on homestead, growing and changing, priorities clarifying, love, and relationships! We're talkin: the Oscars and war, knowing you're special and outgrowing people who dim your light, patriarchy in religion and the need to outgrow capitalism, tfw we're all connected actually, racism as a constant and white leftists tendency to center class, wanting to date without having to explain your politics, Irish goodbyes, Saturn returns and soooOooOooOoo much moreeee!

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebooth/the-booth-1

SONG:
Mangosteen - Sailorr, BIAKO, Nascent

RECORDED DAY BEFORE TRAITORS FINALE SO NO SPOILERS!! This week we have a treat of a returning guest from way back when, it's comedian, writer, and host of TV I Say, it's Ashley Ray!! She's here to talk all things ROB from Love Island and Traitors fame! This special Culture Crush bonus ep the girlies have got to get into: how it is annoying how hot Rob is, Traitor finale theories, Ashley tells a horrific story of working at American Apparel, crush personality incompatibilities,  the allure of the quiet hot guy, put normal people on Love Island!!, millennial woman post-Epstein reflections on the 2000s, capitalism is literally at it again, scamming men and apps for free depression meal delivery in Chicago and soooOOOOoOOo much more!!

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz & @classroomcrush
Follow Ashley on instagram at: @ theashleyray 
If you are Rob or an eccentric millionaire you can venmo: @Rebecca-Bulnes and @theashleyray :) 

Now THIS is an epic that is not to be missed...an episode that contains all the multitudes you're projecting onto your current crush!! This week we are truly thrilled to have the VISIONARY multi-hyphenate comedian, filmmaker and CEO of Fuck Hollywood Productions, DADDY! Daddy tells Rebecca all about his experience of home and love as we cross continents and conversations and get into: moving from Egypt to Ireland to Georgia to New York, getting broken up with through a Drake song, we must talk about Cuba (since recording there IS flotilla now link below), tfw white supremacy steal your girl, being adaptable and being in relationship, "leftist infighting" and racism, grassroots fundraising/going Zohran Mode, the Epstein files and accountability, challenging perspectives, building worlds without our oppressors and simply so much more you MUST tune in because this ep is everythingg

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Follow Daddy on instagram at: @directordaddy & @fuckhollywoodproductions

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz & @classroomcrush

SONGS: 

Resumen de Noticias - Silvio Rodriguez

July - Drake

Classroom Crush is back and this time it's with writer/director/improv genius Alex Fernie?! Yes AND the episode is smart and funny too?? Who can ask for anything more! We're talkin: how do we "fix" Hollywood (or do we just destroy it), tfw your mom knows about mutual aid now so things must be changing, growing up "different" on a farm with horses you're allergic to, breaking out of your shell and ONTO the stage, Alex's middle school theater crush, tfw your forearms touch, the ability to see what other people don't and using that for good (comedy) instead of evil (being mean), growing into being a person who can accept love, that time Alex gave Rebecca a special gift at a late night Del Close Marathon bit show, Alex's daughter and her generation WILL save us from the evils they were born into, and soooOooOOoOOO much more!!

SONGS: 

Ho Tsing Mee (A Song Of The Sun) - Terry Callier

This Heart's On Fire - Wolf Parade

Follow Alex on instagram at: @ferniecommaalex 

Denouement: An Improvised Murder Mystery at Elysian next show 3/3!

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@rebeccabulnz @classroomcrushpod

Okay another episode years in the making and BOY was it worth the wait!! The amazing hilarious multi hyphenate super star ENA DA is on the pod!! And we are getting into it all: the enshittification of it all, being in community and doing things for your friends, being okay with friction, being different (tfw u think about how the grass feels), Ena’s carefully crafted deserted island fantasy, Rebecca’s apocalypse mall fantasy, quality time, tumblr days, fan fiction, romance mangas and hentai, being a romantic, learning from others mistakes, and sooOoOOoOOo much more!! Truly one of the books, not to be missed!! 

SONGS: 

Tell Her She’s Lovely - El Chicano 

Two Minutes - Brawlers 

In 2026 - Ena Da

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Follow Ena at: @park_slope_arsonist on instagram

This week oh my GOD do we have a banger for you. After years of being on Rebecca's List, the hilarious amazing talented and Russian (hot right now) ANNA SEREGINA is on the pod and boy does she have tales to tell. We're talking: searching for identity as a foreign kid, early crushes on short kings, Russians are mean but also they love yogurt, that time Anna did something Bad For Women, TWIN crushes and a Korn concert date with dad, failed first kiss under the gazebo, Rebecca and Anna were "tomboys" (remember those?) and now it's a big deal to wear a dress, not getting the gum hint for a kiss, not getting Netflix and chill (she wants to watch the movie???), tfw you go from mean to nice, tfw a clown class changes your life (whispered) and SOOOOOO much more like literally this ep goes so hard. 

SONGS: 

LOCKED IN - SAILORR 

Falling Away From Me - Korn 

It's a bonus special Culture Crush edition of CC! You know her, you love her, Fran Hoepfner is back to talk about her crush on Sawyer from LOST played by Josh Holloway. We get into: Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Juliette quadrangle (?), sexy cage time, Sawyer's arc, is he copaganda?, his attitude on the island, Lindelof and The Leftovers, how horny Sawyer is and soOoOOoOoo much more!!

This week we're going on a crush adventure through time with a true multi-hyphenate and lover boy, the singular WILLIAM BANKS!! He's telling us the stories of his 6th grade crush and beyond! We're talkin: the evolution of drawing on arm with sharpie flirting, getting the ick as a kid, becoming daddy instead of needing mommy, William wants a wife, breaking down chemistry, when William had cancer, loving The Chase, when Rebecca met a guy at the airport, engagement, moving on, moving forward, and sooOOoOoOOOoo much more!! 

SONG: 

My My - Chenayder 

My Sweet Midwest - Fruit Bats

You've waited, you've wondered. Will Rebecca and Richie ever bring back their world famous Jack Black podcast? After all these years? Like a big snake hunting its prey, we've been waiting for the perfect moment to strike. And like a big snake we've become HUNGRY, STARVING for that JB. Come Jack Off with us again on this extra special reboot (well, spiritual sequel) to the Jacking Off podcast!!!

Oh my god it's an ep literally years in the making and boy was it worth the wait because we have the WONDERFUL, DYNAMIC, and FREE Eleanore Pienta of acting, Cocoon Central Dance Team, and soo much art of all kinds fame. Please don't make me try to encapsulate Eleanore in a single sentence please just listen to the episode! In this last recording of 2025 released in 2026, we're talkin: when your 5th grade crush flips it and reverses it on you, what it means to be SEEN, what it means to be FREE, yesss AI yesss love and life, virginity,  do they want women to cum?, having a boner must be crazy!!, ANXIETY, making mistakes and mediocrity, age gaps, honest communication and sooOOOoooOOoooo much more!! Get into it and Happy New Year! Download QOBUZ! Ditch Spotify! 

SONGS: 

Only Over You - Fleetwood Mac

C.R.U.S.H - Ciara 

party 4 u - Charlie xcx

Glasses? On. Mic? Checked. Ghost in the machine? Actually letting us live for once...so let's riff. Some thoughts need sharing in times like these...

(TW I talk a little about assault and abuse but the ep is mostly fun and laughs I promise even though I do cry by accident only one time)