Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Celebrating crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory. Margaret Cabourn-Smith chats to funny people like Sindhu Vee, Sarah Millican and Sue Perkins about the crushes they can't forget.
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June 20, 2025 • 58 mins
Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love.
Today's episode features wonderful stand-up dynamo Jordan Gray - she's @talldarkfriend on Instagram and her sitcom Transaction starts on ITV2 the 24th June 2025.
This was a really funny, fun episode and I apologise for getting emotional at the end. I was about to apologise for asking for money too but I WON'T. I'll just say thank...
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June 6, 2025 • 57 mins
Here's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about their unrequited love history.
Today's episode features hilarious comedian and podcaster Lou Conran. She is ON TOUR in the UK in September so check out her dates at louconran.com. This was a jaw-droppingly funny episode with many unexpected, utterly filthy twists.
Do check out her raucous podcast with Sally-Anne Hayward
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May 23, 2025 • 56 mins
Congratulations! You have just won a new episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
We didn't win a Golden Lobe - but we did get highly commended which is coincidentally the best I ever did in a ballet exam too.
Today's episode features iconic ball of charisma that is comic, writer and actor STEVIE MARTIN.
Some gems revealed in this episode - it's puppet heavy but has real life gorge...
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May 9, 2025 • 61 mins
This is Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love.
SO excited to tell you that this episode features all round comedy legend KATHERINE RYAN.
Big reco for her all round, especially her podcast Telling Everyone Everything - she's also currently on tour in the UK and Ireland until the end of June 2025. If you've seen the clips of her solving audience problems you'll know how...
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April 25, 2025 • 50 mins
Good morning (it's always morning when there's a new podcast episode). Here's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love.
Today's episode features awesome and delightful stand-up writer-performer-podcaster-dancer SUZI RUFFELL.
Suzi is the perfect guest for Crushed - naturally funny and articulate and thoughtful while happy to be vulnerable. As a fellow anxiety-ridden human, I ...
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April 11, 2025 • 65 mins
Hello here's the FIVE STAR Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love.
Today's episode features hilarious Welsh writer-performer, podcaster and bloody bombshell ESYLLT SEARS - she's @esyllt.mair on Instagram.
This was a super funny, chat and you're all going to fall in love with her. Do seek out her podcast with the brilliant Gareth Gwynn: I'm So Not Over It podfollow.com/1587...
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March 28, 2025 • 61 mins
Yes! It's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode features brilliant stand-up starlet Stephen Bailey telling stories of intense classroom crushes, shoe shop flirting and misguided international dating adventures.
Stephen is on a UK tour in the autumn - best to go to his insta, he's @stephencomedy, a lot of the dates are already sold out so hotfoot it (Love that phrase, not sure I've eve...
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March 14, 2025 • 63 mins
Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This SPECIAL THIRD ANNIVERSARY episode features my inimitable sisters, Carol Cabourn-Smith and Beth Sines (nee Cabourn-Smith).
Not to be too sentimental but the truth is they are incredibly important to me and I think this episode illustrates our closeness. It's funny talking to people I know so well, neither of whom do any performing but are natura...
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February 28, 2025 • 57 mins
Ooh look it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Today's episode features glorious Chasers Vixen JENNY RYAN. She knows everything (except how to keep numbers in her head). You can catch her with Crushed alum Lucy Porter on her Fingers On Buzzers podcast.
Jenny has excellent taste in crushes and is stealth seducing Michael Sheen from a distance if you want tips.
Thanks for downloading and sup...
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February 14, 2025 • 62 mins
Look! It's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Today's episode features friend of the show, incredible writer and broadcaster Julia Raeside.
Julia has come back to the podcast to talk about her brilliant new novel Don't Make Me Laugh (working title Sausage Factory). We discuss the science and horrors of fancying funny people, as we're both suckers for it. They're not all terrible. Is our conclus...
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January 31, 2025 • 55 mins
Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Today's episode features wonderful actor, writer and reformed stand-up GEMMA WHELAN.
Gemma is a top tier guest - as she says, she over-talks. My kind of human. Absolutely eye-watering tales of penis-worrying on Game of Thrones, and fawning over Kevin McCloud on The One Show, as well as the sweetness of sending overly intense texts to the man she en...
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January 17, 2025 • 54 mins
You've found Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Brrrr, cold innit. I'm ashamed to say I'm wearing a heated gilet. Height of glamour.
Today's episode features glorious comic, writer and ABSURDIST (get it right) sensation JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS. You can hear us mucking about on his excellent and hilarious podcast Soundheap (available wherever blah blah blah).
Loved this chat - did you know if you h...
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January 3, 2025 • 48 mins
Happy New Year, Crushed-Os! My first guest for 2025 is the wonderful writer, comedian (and former awkward teenager) GRÁINNE MAGUIRE.
We discussed loving strongly (but not wisely), how men who wear glasses are definitely more intelligent and sensitive than those who don't, and how everyone loves a bit of will-they-won't-they.
As always, we're over on Substack for all your additional MCS needs. And please do tell your friends. And...
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December 20, 2024 • 69 mins
This week I'm honoured to be joined by the multitalented powerhouse that is Caroline O'Donoghue!
Host of wonder-podcast Sentimental Garbage and author of The Rachel Incident and Promising Young Women, I loved chatting all things crush with her, and look out for the bit that our recording platform's autogenerated programme notes referred to as 'using Wayne's World as a model for healthy relationship dynamics'.
As ever, I'm over on S...
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December 6, 2024 • 53 mins
Another superfun LIVE episode this week, recorded at the Cheerful Earful podcast festival with actual comedy legend KERRY GODLIMAN, who chats - amongst other things - about her time trailing boys from buses…
As always, if you want to find out more, we are over at crushedbymcs.substack.com – you can join as a member for an ad-free version of the show if that’s your bag, or, just come and hang out for bonus content and vibes.
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November 22, 2024 • 56 mins
Another lovely episode this week with writer, actor (and former Nuala - if this means nothing to you, look it up) TARA FLYNN!
Tara is an all round brilliant egg, and I love her very much. Also, the latest live episode of HER new podcast, 'Now You're Asking' (which she presents alongside Marian Keyes) has just dropped, and it's fab. So when you're done here you can pop across and listen to that. But please come back in a fortnight. ...
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November 8, 2024 • 61 mins
Brilliant comedian and writer Holly Walsh (you'll have seen her on QI, or heard her on Just a Minute, or watched Motherland, which she co-writes) joins me to talk about crushes and unrequited love. As you know, I love talking about crushes. Can't stop me. But what I love about this conversation is how hard Holly finds it to talk about, even years on. I think we can all relate to that. Also, good coverage of Gladiators in this episo...
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October 25, 2024 • 63 mins
I am OBSESSED with Rivals, which is just the perfect mix of camp nostalgia and (occasionally inappropriate) 80s style romance. David Tennant as a ludicrous villain? Sure, why not. And Danny Dyer in a moustache? Win. Win. Win.
So, I'm delighted that Katherine Parkinson is my guest today, as she's playing one of my favourite characters in the show. She's so funny, and relatable, and bonkers - and of course so is Katherine.
We ...
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October 11, 2024 • 71 mins
This week my guest is the amazing ALICE LOWE!
Alice is an incredible comic actor who you'll know from her films Prevenge and Sightseers, as well as tons of other comedy including Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
We chatted in advance of her new film TIMESTALKER (out in all good cinemas NOW) and covered all manner of crushes from Peter Pan, to Jareth the Goblin King. I absolutely loved chatting to her and sort of wish we'd done it after ...
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September 27, 2024 • 60 mins
Hurrah! The hiatus is over. Welcome back friends and fellow crushers.
Crushed is back with the live episode recorded at the London Podcast Festival just a couple of weeks ago. If you were there, you might hear yourself chuckling.
My guest is of course the inimitable (and yes, I have tried) Miles Jupp! Former News Quiz host, erstwhile portrayer of Archie the Inventor in Balamory (in a very dashing Tam O'Shanter, honestly, goog...
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