Maren has a crush on..

Bea Barbeau-Scurla and Zac Jory

This week Maren re-invents third wheeling and crushes on two guests simultaneously: IRL lovers (and partners) Bea Barbeau-Scurla (she/they) and Zac Jory (he/him). 
We establish the difference between an American, an English and a German minute and chat about Fitzroy's 'Free The Nipple' policy.
Zac admits he sees horny people on the streets and chats about old man crushes. Bea shares the benefits of making up little scenarios in your head when you have a crush and being the best version of yourself while on holidays. 
Listen to hear the amazing story of how Bea and Zac met and how they went from funny misunderstandings to the best chicken twisty story I've ever heard. 
Make sure to check out Catfish Comedy and Grub Comedy and if you're in Melbourne this week, go see The Booth Fundraiser Spectacular and Formal Apology Hour.  
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Rose Bishop

This week's crush is IRL BFF Rose Bishop (she/her) saying a big, friendly 'Hallo'. We chat about the benefit of having a crush you will never act on and we get very excited about our first ever question from a listener (thank you!).
Rose shares a story about an average Hinge date, flirting with main character energy bartenders, and a brilliant hack for the next time you find yourself solo at an airport. 
Make sure to follow Rose on the socials and maybe find her on Hinge too.
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Maddy Weeks

This week's crush is one of my favourite people in the world, Melbourne comedian and producer Maddy Weeks (they/them). We chat about choosing to crush on a paramedic over getting pain meds, visiting Malta together and learning about SPF, and using Chat GPT to your advantage.
Maddy shares a movie worthy encounter on a tram and we get distracted talking about Pesto, the (very fluffy) penguin and wonder if cakery is an actual word. 
Check out Maddy's show at the Fringe festival in Melbourne and their upcoming show in Canberra. If you're in Geelong, come see both of us as part of Queerfactor 2.0
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Carmelo Costa

Melbourne's hottest/funniest Italian comedian Carmelo Costa (he/him) comes well prepared to the pod by sharing a dream he had the night before recording this. We also chat about tram crushes, therapy being counterproductive to crushing hard, comedy fans on dating apps and his true love - weird hecklers.
If you're in Geelong, come see both of us as part of Queerfactor 2.0
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Cass Paige

This week's crush is the lovely Cass Paige (she/her), comedian and host of Sanspant's Radio's Being Hot is Hard and Shut Up A Second.  
Cass comes well prepared for the pod after thinking about and crushing non-stop for two months. We discover the difference between 'having the sillies' and having a crush, how work crushes aren't part of real life, and come up with a brilliant life hack for anxious brains. Cass shares the longest crush she has ever had and we realise we might give it all up for our supermarket crushes. 
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Mike Goldstein

A cheeky little BONUS episode for you with everyone's favourite crush, comedian and regular on The Hundred with Andy Lee, Mike Goldstein (he/him). We chat about crushing quickly, or not at all, explain why you should never date a comedian and dive deep into high school crushes.
Mike admits to writing an ode to a crush as a teenager (and he shares it with the world) and, of course, David Hasselhoff, Jessica Rabbit and Pickleball all come up.
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Jacqueline Mifsud

Join me and this week's comedy and big time friend crush, the hilarious Jacqueline Mifsud (she/her), creator of big belly laughs and the best comedy promo pics you will ever see (do check them out).
We dive into kissing pillows, the Hanson boys, a lovely French saying and crushing on bartenders. We also chat about being picky who you match with on the apps, Jacq's lack of crushes as an adult, having a KitKat after sex, a TV show about eating hamburgers from under the bed, and so much more.. 
Jacqueline is touring The Full Mifsud tour, with shows coming up in the NT. Make sure to follow her on the socials (she did change the handle after telling everyone no first) to keep up with all upcoming gigs.
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Daniel Connell

This week's crush is the brilliant Daniel Connell (he/him), and he is here 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.
Daniel is touring all over Australia, coming to all the big cities, as well as Wollongong, Cronulla and his hometown in December, make sure to check out his gigs!
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Firdi Billimoria

This week's guest is everyone's forever crush, Firdi Billimoria (he/him) We chat about pretending to be a jerk and inviting dates to comedy shows before they get a chance to google you. Firdi also admits he would refuse to host a travel show with one of his first ever crushes, Catriona Rowntree and instead wants to ruin rich people's holidays, 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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Robyn Reynolds

This week's crush is the delightful Robyn Reynolds (she/her) who, no doubt, everyone is already crushing on. We are distracted by the phenomenon that is the job of a parking inspector early on and chat about delightful messages we got on the Socials, not handling compliments well and crushing on stern colleagues in your day job.
Robyn's #1 crush, fellow comedian Chris Nguyen comes up often including that time Chris stole Robyn's thunder with some baby goats, and we dive into how to impress a crush by doing a little flip (highly recommended).
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Maren's website: marenmay.com.au