Crush (The Podcast): Recent Episodes
Zannah Weiss
Crush (The Podcast) is hosted by Zannah Weiss (The Comedian). They are a non-binary lesbian, and love to talk about love and romance. Zannah invites her comedy friends on the podcast to talk about love, relationships, dating, and topics surrounding that such at LGBT+ topics and how different intersections of a person's identity, or different experiences they've had influence the way they view romance.
In this episode Ricky and Zannah talk about dating apps, gay dating, queer awakening, and business hell
Ricky Luna is a comedian based in San Diego
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Activism and art, queer media, love and comedy, gender expression
Samantha Schwimmer is a a San Diego based comic. She produces an underground comedy and art pop up show, Area Rug Comedy. Follow her on socials @samanthastandsup and @arearug_comedy.
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Lesbian dating vs. gay dating, avoidant attachment style, growing up asian/gay, coming out at 16, the hatred of Hinge. These are all things we talked about on this episode.
William Cheng is a comedian based in LA.
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An intimate look into the mind of Aaron Trahan
In this episode Aaron and Zannah talk about love, comedy, podcasting and life.
Aaron Trahan is a comedian/podcaster/producer based in San Diego. He hosts the podcast, Comedy or Worse, and a meet up group and a show by the same name. You can find him on social media @aaronmadeulaugh on all platforms. Make sure to check out Comedy or Worse!
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In this episode Taylor and Zannah talk about growing up queer, religious trauma, the apps, exploring polyamory, and Twilight. #teamedward
Taylor Spencer is a comedian based in San Diego. They produce a show every month at the Diversonary Theater called, Gays, Theys, and Beas. Catch the next one!
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In this episode, Jamie and Zannah talk about dating in LA, online dating, enjoying the single life, and reality dating shows.
Jamie Black is an actor and comedian based in LA. He trained with Second City. In 2016, he was awarded National Artist of the Year at the St. Lou Fringe Festival. In 2017, He was awarded an Individual Artist Award from the City of Chicago to perform at the Toronto International Fringe Festival. In 2019, He was awarded Best Writing at the Boulder International Fringe Festival, and he participated in the Burbank Comedy Festival 2023.
You can find him on social media @btbphilosopher
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In this episode Mikey and Zannah talk about comedy, love, and romance.
Mikey Perry is a stand up comedian based in San Diego. You can see him perform regularly at Mic Drop Comedy.
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In this episode, Cassidy and Zannah talk about feminism, growing up as an LGBT person, married life, and more.
Cassidy Stains is a comic and producer based in San Diego. Cassidy and her wife, Asher Mac, produce shows for their company Dapper Punk Comedy. You can catch Cassidy performing regularly at her Dapper Punk shows at Mic Drop Comedy. Follow her on instagram to keep up with her projects.
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Ira Ford is a comedian based in Minneapolis. Make sure to check out his comedy special!
Ira Ford and Zannah Weiss talk about living in Minnesota, the Burbank Comedy Festival, comedy dreams, Ira's music career, being a dad, and more.
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In the premier episode of season 4, Amanda Michelle and Zannah talk about The Burbank Comedy Festival, Improv, lesbian struggles, comedy dreams, growing up in the midwest, and memes.
Amanda Michelle is a comedian, actor, writer, director, and producer based in LA. She graduated from the Second City Hollywood conservatory, and studied at The Groundlings. Make sure to check out her special on Youtube and keep up with all of her projects by following her on instagram @blondebitchLA
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Aidan Park is a comedian, the author of The Art of Being Yay, public speaker, life coach, and actor based in LA.For the season finale, Aidan puts all the cards on the table. In this episode Aidan tells Zannah about religious trauma, growing up as an immigrant, grounded positivity, love and loss, and moving on.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zannahweiss/message
Jess Culpepper is one of the hosts of the Queer Maintenance podcast.
In this episode Jess tells Zannah about sober dating, working through triggers, dating as a parent, and how to pull off a friends to lovers arch.
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Adrían Díaz is the Producer of Monkey Feet Productions. Monkey Feet Productions runs karaoke, comedy open mics and comedy shows all over San Diego.In this episode Ace tells Zannah about the start of monkey feet productions, prom, growing up in San Diego, wild times in the scene, being a California dude, and more.
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Kylie Troop is a Comedian based in San Diego
In this episode Kylie tells Zannah about finding boyfriends on tinder, dating as a comic, and dating stories.
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Sarah Lynn is a comedian based in San Diego.
In this episode Sarah Lynn and Zannah Talk about how dating standards have changed overtime, attitudes towards women in comedy, how stripping and comedy are similar, and more!
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Camille Waters is an up and coming San Diego comedian military spouse and self proclaimed mom of the year. She was in the Big Pine Comedy Festival and was in the semi-finals of the San Diego Comedy League.
In this episode Camille tells Zannah about marriage, parenthood, the transition from being single for a long time to being in a relationship, and balancing pursuing your dreams with family life.
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Tru Nguyen is a comedian and therapist based in LA.
In this episode Tru and Zannah talk about being gender fluid, intersectionality, navigating online dating as a queer person, and more.
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Mel Weisman is a comedian and life/fitness coach based in San Diego.
In this episode Mel and Zannah Talk about bad first dates, comedy life, and knowing your worth.
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Devin Cook is a comedian and musician based in the Twin Cities.
In this episode Devin and Zannah talk about love and comedy.
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Judah is a comedian and model based in LA.
In this episode Judah and Zannah talk about breakups, the stigma against bisexual people, and bad TV.
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Jennifer Mason is a stand up comedian and the producer of the Sofa King Funny Show.
In this episode Jennifer tells Zannah about dating as a funny woman, finding love in unexpected places, and getting on the path to living a life that you love.
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7g cannot be put in a box. He/they are a Brit comic, writer, actor, producer & creativity coach in LA. They have ticked more letters of LGBTQiA+ than most would think possible. Or wise. A former advisor to UK Gov on addiction & mental health, their mission is now to infiltrate Hollywood so everyone knows intersex people exist.
In this episode 7G talks about intersex representation, sober dating, and cultural differences between the US and the UK.
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Caramelita Jonez is a comedian and writer based in LA.
In this episode Caramelita and Zannah talk about being from the midwest and moving to southern California, wild dating stories, and more.
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Lin Sun is a comedian and producer based in LA. In this episode Lin tells us about being afraid to fall in love, the influence of fairy tales, dating as a single parent, the great parts about being single and more!
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Anthony Villiotti AKA lord is a musician, stand up comedian, and the host of Miz, The Podcast. You can find him @lordriggahtony on instagram for updates on all of his projects.
In this episode Anthony and Zannah talk about crushes, first dates, and why they'll probably be single for a very long time.
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Benji is a comedian and producer in San Diego who runs the UpComedy shows in San Diego, you may know the San Diego Comedy League, Color Me Funny, The Panel, it’s all UpComedy, it’s all him. You may also know him as the peoples comedian. The man, the myth, the legend, Benji! In this episode Benji and Zannah talk about dating as a comedian, getting rest as a creative, astrology, and living in a simulation.
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Kim Wadsworth is a comedian based in Texas. She was a finalist in the Burbank Comedy Festival 2021 and the U.S. Comedy Contest 2022, and more! Go check out her website to see if she's coming to your city anytime soon.
In this episode Kim and Zannah talk about lesbian stereotypes, the importance of independence, and how comedy intersects with dating.
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Better known as the Taylor Swift of the San Diego Comedy scene, Ombretta Di Dio is a writer whose name appeared in the Huffington Post, San Diego CityBeat, NBC news, and more.
Ombretta, born and raised in Naples, Italy, once thought she would become a lawyer. Instead, she now argues comical points on the laws of attraction across San Diego stages.
In this episode Ombretta and Zannah Talk about dating in the US vs Italy, persistent men, flow charts, and Italian food.
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Brandon Potter is a Comedian in San Diego.
In this episode, Brandon and Zannah talk about the relationship between queerness and the internet, Facebook fights, the vegan community, and doing comedy as a gay person.
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DD Stepps is a stand up comedian based in San Diego.
DD Stepps tells us about being in the Navy during the Don't ask Don't Tell era, the contrast between Chicago and San Diego, growing up gay, a Plenty of Fish horror story, her type, and some advice. If you listen, you might just find yourself.
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Denise Winkelman is a comedian, actor, and model based in LA. She went from being a pro wrester to a stand up comedian.
In this episode, Denise tells Zannah about dating as a trans woman in LA, growing up in MN, comedy, wrestling, and how being transgender changed the way she experiences dating and the world in general.
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Neil Singh is a comedian based in San Diego. In this episode Neil tells us about how he transitioned from a player to husband material. Neil also tells Zannah about New York, Bollywood romance movies, online dating, and how to navigate relationships as a comedian.
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Maria De La Ghetto is a LA based comedian who preforms all over LA and San Diego.
In this episode Maria De La Ghetto tells Zannah all about Philippino folklore, Dating/hooking up in LA, The kink scene, and being single for 10 years.
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Justine Smith is a comedian based in Hawaii.
Justine tells us her story of incredible strength and resilience. Zannah and Justine talk about men and comedy, sexuality, marriage/divorce, narcissistic abuse, the joy of being single, and much more!
You can find Justine on instagram, and twitter @dirtygirlcomedy
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Asher Mac is a comedian based in San Diego.
In this episode Zannah and Asher talk about accidental dates, growing up queer, and The L Word.
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Xochi De La Luna is a comedian based in Minneapolis. They are also one of the hosts of Uproar. Sure there's Plenty of Fish in the sea, but how do you catch one? And what do you do once you caught it? Xochi and Zannah talk about comedy, dating app horror stories, dating in Minneapolis, polyamory, and being queer on and off the internet.
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Irina and Zannah talk about comedy, American men, cats, not having kids, and more!
Irina Voronina is a stand-up comedian, actor, and model. She was also the Playboy Playmate in January 2001.
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Denzel Belin is a cast member at the Brave New Workshop, writer at AWF Magazine and The Broadway Beat, he teaches improv at Huge Theatre and Blackout Improv.
Denzel and Zannah talk about the pitfalls of Minnesota nice, breakups, platonic love, and the importance of representation. Denzel tells us about what it’s like to date as a bisexual black man in Minneapolis. This episode gets very juicy!
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Andi and Zannah talk about being non binary, queer love and dating, cosplay and more!
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Lauren Jamison AKA Kosher Barbie and Zannah talk about the joys of being single, dating do's and don'ts, and what they would like in a partner.
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"I need you and I want you".
Mistress K is the dominatrix of comedy. In this episode we deep dive into what it's like to navigate love and romance as an alpha female.
CW: Conversation about abuse
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