Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith

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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.

  1. 2d ago

    116. Bilal Zafar

    It's the last Edinburgh special! Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people spill all their stuff about unrequited love.    I'm a massive fan of this week's guest fantastic comic and Twitch sensation BILAL ZAFAR and loved our chat about herd mentality, grown-up dates, accidentally stumbling upon a smoother version of yourself. Oh and waking up not feeling hungry because you can't stop thinking about someone's face... If you're in Edinburgh you should definitely check his show out: Bilal Zafar: Rubicon Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square, Jersey | Weds 5th to Sun 30th August @ 8.30pm Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bilal-zafar-rubicon    Do please email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you. Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.  On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments. And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Aug 14

    115. Hannah Platt

    WHAT A TREAT! A weekly episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people spill all their stuff about unrequited love.    This episode features the brilliantly dark and cool dynamo of a comic, HANNAH PLATT who talks about being queer, being drawn to people who would tie her to a railway track and why boys can't carry off a backwards cap. GO SEE HER IN EDINBURGH: Hannah Platt - Cult Classic  The Attic, Pleasance Courtyard Weds 5th to Sun 30th August @ 7.15pm TICKETS:  https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/hannah-platt-cult-classic   Hannah mentions the Lesbian Google Doc which is here:  https://www.docdroid.net/N46Ea3o/copy-of-am-i-a-lesbian-masterdoc-pdf    Do please email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.  On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Aug 7

    114. Andrew White

    Put on your best bib and tucker (no idea) and fill up with this new episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people have all their stories about unrequited love forced out of them. Thanks for getting involved (reading this). This episode is with the brilliant comedian Andrew White, who told me all about spending too much money on Premier Inns to impress a crush who wasn't worth it... and coined the phrase "infatu-curious" here which I loved. GO SEE HIM IN EDINBURGH: Andrew White: WHAT A LIFE! Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Blair Street EH1 1QR - 3rd-30th August @ 17:45 (Not 18th) TICKETS: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/andrew-white-what-a-life   Do please email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.  On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Jul 31

    113. Chris Cantrill

    Gang! It's another episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people have all their stories about unrequited love forced out of them. Thanks for getting involved (reading this).   Today's episode features the hilarious unique comic brain (and body) of comedian and writer Chris Cantrill. Chris has just come off writing all your favourite sketches on SNL UK and is off to Edinburgh to do his show Rewilding and told me exactly what he thinks about other comedians in their 40s, as well as how he handles over-keen fans. I loved talking to him and keep telling random people stuff he said. That's how new friendships grow right? GO SEE HIM IN EDINBURGH: Monkey Barrel Comedy @ The Tron, 3rd - 30th August (not 17th & 18th) @ 12.10pm. Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/chris-cantrill-rewilding   Do please email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.  On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Jul 17

    112. Rosalie Minnitt

    Here we go! Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love. Thanks for getting involved (reading this).  Today's episode features the exceptionally creative goddess that is comedy writer-performer ROSALIE MINNITT. If you go to her website and scroll to the bottom of the homepage you will laugh at just how Crushed-Coded it is.  She's doing Edinburgh with her show Clementine 2 and without having seen it I'm already OBSESSED. Appropriately enough. She’s at The Pleasance at 15:35 from the 5th-30th August - tickets here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/rosalie-minnitt-clementine-2 An appeal - we'd love you to email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us five stars if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.  On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast 40s Woman & Beyond! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Jul 3

    111. Tom Neenan

    Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love. Thanks for being here and listening/reading.   Today's episode features the brilliant comedy writer-performer TOM NEENAN who lived up to his reputation as super funny, clever, thoughtful and sensitive. His theory that people on escalators are the new celebrities is truly excellent. I cannot BELIEVE he told Liv Tyler she was fit.   Tom is doing his show ‘Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan’ at the Edinburgh Fringe - 5th-31st August at 15:15 at the Bluebell at the Underbelly venue. Tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/tom-neenan-portrait-of-a-tom-as-a-young-neenan He is also doing a short run of London Previews of the show from the 9th-11th July at The Brockley Jack: https://brockleyjack.co.uk/jackstudio-entry/portrait-of-a-tom-as-a-young-neenan/   An appeal - we'd love you to email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us five stars if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.    On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast 40s Woman & Beyond! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Jun 19

    110. Reuben Kaye

    Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love (WILD APPLAUSE HERE)   Today's episode features the iconic stand-up comic, podcaster, writer and drag legend REUBEN KAYE. This interview is proper special - an ideal interview subject, Reuben was hilarious, thoughtful and outrageous. Do go and see his show Hard To Swallow, at Assembly’s George Square Gardens Palais du Variété at 8pm from Thurs 6th to Sat 29th August 2026. Tickets here. Or catch him performing The Kaye Hole from 21st to 29th August at 11.30pm, tickets here.   An appeal - we'd love you to email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us five stars if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.    On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast 40s Woman & Beyond! The clue's in the title...   As ever thank you to my producer Laura who is both fun and reliable which is an awesome combo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Jun 5

    109. Abigoliah Schamaun

    Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the number one* podcast about unrequited love.   Today's episode features the fabulous Abigoliah Schamaun who is fully on board with the idea that Crushes Are Fun.   She has two excellent podcasts All British Comedy Explained with Tom Salinsky and Neurodivergent Moments with Joe Wells.   She and Joe also have a book called: Neurodivergent Moments: Sex, Sunscreen, Turtles and How Not to Pack a Suitcase. It’s out on the 18th of June in all good book shops (and probably some bad bookshops too). HER COMEDY SPECIAL: Abigoliah Schamaun:  Legally Cheeky is available to watch on YouTube.    All of this and more can be found on her website: abigoliah.com or on Instagram: @abigoliah   An appeal - we'd love you to email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠  - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.   Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us five stars if you can. I really fancy you.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.    On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.   And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠   If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast 40s Woman & Beyond! The clue's in the title...   As ever thank you to my producer Laura who is both fun and reliable which is an awesome combo.   *Entirely unverified but it feels true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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