They talk about greatness whenever they speak about CHARLES GOULD on the pod!!! This week we're chopping it up with the hilarious and 10 years therapized comedian about all things growing up in Santa Monica, crushing on the girl who sits in front of you in class, a luncheon invitation that never was, mommy issues/daddy issues/middle child issues, winning over the crush, accepting affection, anxiety and assurance (okay alliteration x4), Charles spills the magic vibes of his first date with long term gf, Grinding Culture, Game Culture, Consent Culture and soooOoOOoOoOoooo much more!!! 

SONGS:

Lua - Bright Eyes

My Boo - Ghost Town DJs

Follow Charles on instagram at: @charlesgould1

Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the podcast at @classroomcrushpod

This week Rebecca is joined by none other than comedian and fellow love podcaster, host of Dated, it's Danny Sellers! We're talking all about growing into love, dating timelines, what's considered "normal", becoming a freak, Rebecca is releasing insecure attachment, Danny is getting mad DMs, what it means to share a life vision, who Danny is NOT trying to date, and sooOOoOOooOo much more!

SONGS:
Dream Girl - Ravyn Lenae
Love In This Club - Usher

If you're in NYC - get tickets to Danny's show! :
https://www.bushwickcomedy.com/event-details/daniel-friends-8-00pm

Follow Danny on instagram at: @seesellers
Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz & the show  @classroomcrushpod 

TW: rape, sexual assault, nonconsent, intimate partner violence, aggravated assault, gender based harm....Let's talk about rape culture and how we end violence against women and children! Let's talk about what upholds patriarchy! Let's talk about what patriarchy needs to survive! Let's talk about what accountability looks like! Let's talk about what accountability isn't! Let's talk about structural dehumanization! Colonization! Prison! The Personal! Repair vs revenge! Let's talk about it now so we can figure it all out instead of set ourselves up for further oppression and the deepening exploitation of people everywhere thanks!! 

It’s spring babyyyy and we are feeling the bloom of life and love in the air despite all the horrendous things! And we are EXTRA excited because we have the amazingly talented and hilarious Erica Hernandez on the show!!! We’re talking all about her obsessive childhood crush on Orlando Bloom, being a bookworm and romantic, the issues of online dating and Erica’s idea to solve them, building on friendship for love, drumming up the courage to give your number to a hottie on the train, Erica’s failed Salsa for Singles experience, what it means to have your needs fulfilled outside of your partnerships, trying to avoid the traps of overthinking, Erica had an arancini before this and burping does happen but we think you might find it erotic and sooOOooOooooOoo much more!! 

SONGS: 

Love and Death - Ebo Taylor 

Bring Me to Life - Evanescence 

Follow Erica on instagram at: @erica.herndz

Follow Rebecca on instagram at @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod

Check out the youtube! : https://www.youtube.com/@classroomcrushpodcast

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!

Contribute to Niles' movie The Booth on Kickstarter!:
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

SUPPORT INDIE CINEMA: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1635316365/a-nightmare-on-malcolm-x-blvd

SUPPORT THE FLOTILLA TO CUBA: https://nuestraamericaflotilla.org/

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!

Follow Rebecca and the show on instagram at:

@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

Follow Rebecca and the podcast at: @rebeccabulnz & @classroomcrushpod on instagram

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!!