Lemonada.

Hey, so today's conversation was recorded before the horrific events that took place in

Newvaldi, Texas on May 24th, as well as before those in Buffalo, New York on May 14th.

We mourn the loss of every life taken in every one of these senseless acts of

violence. If you or someone you know is feeling despair over this or any human-caused tragedy,

we encourage you to seek help. And one of the ways you can do this is to call or text

1-800-9-5-990 again that's

1-800-9-5-990 and you can speak to a counselor at the disaster distress helpline and this guy was like

so what are you going to tell your kids about like how screwed up you were?

And first I wanted to like, you know, level him.

I did.

I was like, I'm going to like get you.

And I'm so rebellious that I was just like, oh God, damn it.

I'm going to keep it together.

The scar comes in here with him.

This is Pod Crush.

The podcast that takes the sting out of rejection, one crushing middle school story at a time.

And where guests share their teenage memories, both meaningful and mortifying. And we're your hosts. I'm Nava, a former middle school director. I'm Sophie, a former fifth grade teacher. And I'm Penn, a middle school dropout. We're just three beehis who are living in Brooklyn. Wanting to make stuff together with a particular fondness for awkward nostalgia. Well, I struggle with nostalgia. I'm here for the therapy. Hey, pod crushers. Hey, wow. Do not. No pod crushers. No pod crushers. No pod crushers. I think we should use all of this. We, I'm going to tell you something. This is behind the scenes. I've tried to record this intro a few times, and it's just too long.

And it's because we have a guest who needs no introductions, so guess what?

I didn't introduce her.

The moment she appeared on our screens talking to us, we just got rolling.

I will say her name with reverence and levity and admiration as it

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