Episodes
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Kirsty Webeck (she/her) joins me for episode 21 to chat about keeping crushes in your own postcode, living in a share house with a haunted bedroom and how to make friends with your barista. We chat about various sports, discuss 'the egg thing', high school crushes and Port Headland.
Make sure to follow Kirsty on the socials, and check out her upcoming tour I'll Be The Judge of That, coming to a town near you in 2024.
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The pod has gone on tour to interview Perth-born (but Melbourne based) comedian Jez Watts. We establish that being a touring comedian is both hot and hard and chat about Jez changing his name before diving into normalising crushes, Jez's time at the circus, crushing on German actors with tiny mouths and, of course, Aubrey Plaza.
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Episode 19 features the brilliant Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall (he/him) trying to explain the universe and encouraging Maren to learn how to whistle.
We chat about moving countries, never telling your crushes that you like them and translating jokes into another language. The psychology of why people would be mean comes up and we come up with the idea of sending men that aren't able to to regulate their emotions to go on a great quest.
Check out Alasdair's podcasts 'Two In The Think Tank' and 'Shusher Guided Meditations', and find him on the socials.
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A very special episode with no one other than Mike Goldstein joining and reading us an Ode he wrote in his teenage years. We establish early that crushes are for (under 30-year-old) babies but still manage to talk about celebrity crushes, holiday crushes and even crushing on Saltburn characters, but never serial killers.
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The brilliant Daniel Connell (he/him) joins me to chat about a variety of sports and how crushes are a thing of the past for him. We remember that time Axle Whitehead went to the ARIAs and discover that golf might be the perfect addition to any sleep playlist. We also chat about Daniel's dreamy hometown Batemans Bay and of course, high school crushes.
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The very funny Ben Knight (he/him) joins to chat about the good and the bad times he had in a tent - involving a crush and also a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Ben shares his feelings about using abbreviations at the wrong time and Maren discovers the difference between a black light and a blue light. We also cover a balanced mix of wrestling, queer identity, Albert Einstein, and good pick-up lines.
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Luka Muller (he/him) joins me to chat about holiday crushes, high school loves and trying out Tinder. We discover our shared dream of giving it all up and living a good life in Italy instead. Amelia Earhart comes up briefly before we talk airport crushes, polyamorous relationships and the never ending love we have for our friends.
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Brisbane comedian Britt Kynde (she/they) joins me to chat through all of the emotions that come with having a life long crush on David Spade. We also chat about how Liam Hemsworth is responsible for the patriarchy, how Britt loved killing their Sims to make out with the Grim Reaper before she ends this episode with the most beautiful closing words yet.
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Prue Blake (she/her) joins this episode to chat about how crushes at a 9-to-5 job can be bad news. She remembers high school crushes, explains the office version of a dementor's kiss, and we chat about wanting to impress people in their 20s. EOFY parties come up a little too often.
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Tess Birch (she/her) casually pulls off being a full-time lawyer as well as a comedian and denies any connection to time travel to make it happen. We chat about her crushes in chronological order, starting with the one that failed to rescue her when she was tied to a fence.
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Bea Barbeau-Scurla (she/they), writer, producer, comedian and podcaster who recently made the move to Melbourne joins me for this episode to chat about how a crush can help you stay awake at parties. We also chat about hiding crushes from friends growing up, and Bea's feelings towards the tradies working at her school before diving into the many benefits of (group) therapy and the reason they spent so much time at the video store as a teenager. (Brendan Fraser comes up.)
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Firdi Billimoria (he/him) joins for the 10th episode to chat about pretending to be a jerk and inviting dates to comedy shows before they get a chance to google him. Firdi also shares his views on hosting a travel show with one of his first ever crushes, Catriona Rowntree, while Maren explains why she can't listen to her favourite Melbourne rapper anymore and both discover their shared hate for inappropriate wearing of boat shoes on land.
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Much loved comedian and photographer Nick Robertson (he/him) joins this episode to chat about crushing on Linda Cardellini, being attracted to talent and striking up a conversation with his favourite crossing guard.
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The most sincere episode of the season yet - Grace Zhang (she/her) joins the podcast to chat a little bit about our shared love for supermarket crushes before diving deep into our comedy experiences and life lessons around the 'bi experience'.
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Melbourne's hottest/funniest Italian Carmelo Costa (he/him) joins this episode to talk about tram crushes, therapy being counterproductive to crushing hard, comedy fans on dating apps and his true love - weird hecklers.
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Melbourne's most handsome comedian Han Arbuthnott (they/he) joins this episode to chat about always knowing who is crushing on them, receiving the gift of a tiny plastic baby and meeting a hot stranger at a traffic light.
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Melbourne comedian Christina Schmidt (she/her) joins to talk about crushing on fictional characters, mistaking a crush for general interest and teenage dreams of being a comedian. Maren learns how many lives cats have and we chat about what it feels like to meet some of your idols and try to accept compliments.
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One of my favourites and first ever comedy crushes, Rose Bishop (she/her) joins to chat about big crushes in history, women lizard brains and switching off to the soothing content of YouTubers making different sized ice cubes.
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Melbourne comedian Chris Demos (he/him) joins this episode to chat about crushing on your most handsome friends and making sure they never fall for anyone else again and the perfect distance for a crush. Chris also promises he is very good at accepting compliments.
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Melbourne comedian Jacqueline Mifsud (she/her) joins this episode to chat about kissing pillows and crushing on bartenders before diving deep into not sleeping with people you don't like and calling Maren out for getting too excited about hot people.
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