For years, I’ve asked myself the same question: what is the point of having a crush? You’re the only one who knows you have a crush, so why do we give them so much power? Why do crushes give us butterflies and make us nervous to talk to people? Why do people respond differently to having a crush than we do to do people we don’t have a crush on?

Turns out, the answer is pretty simple.

Crushes tell us more about ourselves than they tell us about the person we’re crushing on, and the and the Just Another Crush Podcast is here to explore how our crushes have (and continue to) shape us.