You Can’t Blame Gravity for Falling in Love

21. Kirsty Webeck - High School Crushes and the Egg Thing

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. 

20. Jez Watts - Crushing on celebs

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. 

19. Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall insults the universe

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.

18. Mike Goldstein wrote an Ode

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. 

17. Daniel Connell - Sports crushes and Tales From Batemans Bay

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. 

16. Ben Knight - Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band

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. 

15. Luka Muller - Euro Summer Dream

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. 

14. Britt Kynde - The Crush That Never Dies

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. 

13. Prue Blake - Pining over a work crush

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. 

12. Tess Birch - Wild Child

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.