You Can’t Blame Gravity for Falling in Love Maren May
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- Comedy
A comedy podcast offering a light take on crushing hard, with your host Maren May. Each episode features a new guest and their stories about whom they loved from afar.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.