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.
Episodes
October 24, 2025 • 46 mins
Oh hello there, welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith - the podcast about unrequited love.
We're lucky enough to have comedy dynamo DESIREE BURCH as our guest today. She's wonderful and SHE'S ON TOUR - you can buy tickets here https://www.desireeburch.com/the-golden-wrath-tour/
Thanks for downloading and supporting us (me). You're the absolute best.
Come and find us...
On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you ...
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October 10, 2025 • 62 mins
Oh look, it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Today's episode features the brilliantly talented Hollie McNish. BUY HOLLIE'S BOOK VIRGIN!!! It's just so good. Beautiful and moving and angry and funny. We totally lucked out getting Hollie. She's an awesome poet just oozing empathy and warmth and has a totally unique take on crushes. So there.
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're ...
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September 26, 2025 • 48 mins
You've found Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
Today's episode features utterly charming, delightfully hilarious Josh Jones. As Producer Laura says "What a joyful f**king mess his list of crushes is." Though I will say, Josh's reason for going off Henry Cavill is highly relatable.
Josh is currently touring the UK and you can find out where he's going and how to get tickets here.
Thanks f...
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September 12, 2025 • 50 mins
Ahoy there, it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode features awesome writer-performer and podcaster AMY HOGGART who has a hugely varied CV and currently hosts TWO excellent podcasts - What's Left? and FeMANism. Check her out on instagram at @amyhoggart.
Absolutely loved chatting to Amy and felt at home discussing her many disasters. My favourite moment was the total delusion ...
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August 29, 2025 • 60 mins
Oh hello there, welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode features the marvellous actor, writer, and excellent-showbiz-anecdote-provider EMMA KENNEDY. What a gossipy joy this episode is, Emma is just so much fun. You're gonna have a great time. And if you want more from Emma, she's @emmak67 on Instagram.Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can be...
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August 15, 2025 • 43 mins
Hey you - it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode I interview brilliant writer, speaker and activist LAURA BATES.
Laura is a ludicrously impressive and articulate human and SO FUN despite the fact that her work is generally super serious. Do check out her books, especially the most recent THE NEW AGE OF SEXISM which is a terrifying account of how AI is affecting our lives when ...
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August 1, 2025 • 54 mins
Hey there it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode I talk to awesome comic Hayley Morris.
I can't wait for you to discover her if you haven't yet. She's properly fabulous. Hilarious and open and a really gifted communicator. Highly recommend you binge all her previous content on https://www.youtube.com/@hayleymorris/videos
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. If you can b...
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July 18, 2025 • 56 mins
Welcome along to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.
This episode I talk to awesome writer and speaker POORNA BELL.
I'm a big fan of hers and have been trying to track her down for a couple of years since I was too shy (I know) to approach her at Crushed alumnus Dolly Alderton's book launch. My persistence paid off and I loved talking to her and getting an advance copy of her excellent new ...
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July 4, 2025 • 58 mins
Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people talk about unrequited love.
Today's episode features excellent BAFTA winning composer JESSICA CURRY. Her album Shielding Songs is available now from jessicacurry.bandcamp.com.
She's on insta @jessica_curry_ She's an extraordinary woman and I loved going through some of her mad crushes. I looked up the quote she mentioned, attributed to comic book a...
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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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