Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.

 

Today's episode features the hilarious sparkfest that is comedian AMY MATTHEWS. She's the host of the English Heritage Podcast and preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe (and UK tour) with her new show ‘Definitions of Toast’. Dates and tickets info here.

Watch Amy’s special ‘I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders’ on ITVX.

Buy or download Amy’s unique album of an immersive soundscape of her live show ‘Commute With The Foxes’ on Monkey Barrel Records.

Follow Amy on Instagram @amyfmatthews

 

Don't forget we have a CRUSHED LIVE SHOW with the glorious oddball
HARRIET KEMSLEY at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival at noon on Saturday 2nd May 2026. Tickets are ⁠here⁠.

 

Keep emailing us at [email protected],  where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. 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.

 

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...

 

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Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love. 

Today's episode features my old mucker, fantastic writer-performer FROG STONE. She's the writer of the smash Finnish hit TV show L/Over and is currently wowing us all in Emmerdale. Unlikely bedfellows but that's the broad talent that is Frog. Not ALL of this chat is Julie Andrews based - we also get to hear some teen poetry about a milkwoman in Preston in the 1990s.

Come to see me interview HARRIET KEMSLEY at machfest on the 2nd May at noon  https://machcomedyfest.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873682678

An appeal - we'd love you to email us on [email protected], where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. 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.

Come and find us...

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.

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 of Hugh Laurie, 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

You've found Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the
podcast about unrequited love.  

 

This episode features fantastic comic, writer, podcaster, quiz show host JAKE BHARDWAJ. I really loved bonding with Jake and hearing his stories. It was one of those podcasts that left me on a high afterwards. What a privilege to intrude on lovely funny people's inner lives. 

 

Jake is doing his Not Another Quiz Night live at The Clapham Grand on Friday 3rd April. Head here for tickets.

Thanks for downloading and supporting us - it's because of you the podcast continues to exist. You really are my people.

Don't forget we have a LIVE SHOW with the phenomenal HARRIET KEMSLEY at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival at noon on Saturday 2nd May 2026 - do get your tickets - they are available ⁠here⁠.

 

Come and find us...

On ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny amount of money a
month, you’ll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me.

On ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ if you want to check on what I look like as time passes.

On ⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments [email protected] We're also compiling a list of the hottest
celebrity crushes so do get involved. Who doesn't love post!?

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

Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can up your devotion and give us a five star rating  I'll be able to sense it when I see you, and will give you a hug (Or complicated salute if hugging's not your thing).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love. 

Today's episode features powerhouse character comic and drag king Daisy Doris May. You can catch her show Big Night Out at the Soho Theatre on 24 - 28 March. Loved talking to Daisy about her big juicy crush history.

Thrilled to announce that my guest for our next live show at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival is the unassailable comedy icon HARRIET KEMSLEY so do get your tickets - they are available ⁠here⁠.

Come and find us...

On ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny amount of money a month, you’ll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me.

On ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ if you want to check on what I look like as time passes.

On ⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments
crushedbymcs@gmail. We're also compiling a list of the hottest celebrity
crushes so do get involved. Who doesn't love post!?

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

Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can up your devotion and give us a five star rating  I'll be able to sense it when I see you, and will give you a hug (Or complicated salute if hugging's not your thing).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the VALENTINE'S DATING SPECIAL 2026 of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where I grill funny people about unrequited love. 

Today's episode features gloriously hilarious stand-up and Taskmaster alum Fatiha El-Ghorri.

Fatiha is a sharp, fearless, wise human and I felt honoured to be in her presence - I kept wanting to make notes, even though the whole thing was literally being recorded. Fatiha has a BBC Radio 4 show about dating called A MATCH MADE INSHALLAH which you can hear on BBC Sounds.

She is also on tour in 2026 but get your tickets quicksharp as they're selling out. Go to www.fathiaelghorri.co.uk/events

Thrilled to announce that my guest for our next live show at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival is the unassailable comedy icon HARRIET KEMSLEY so do get your tickets - they are available here.

Come and find us...
On ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny amount of money a month, you’ll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me.

On ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ if you want to check on what I look like as time passes.

On ⁠⁠email⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments crushedbymcs@gmail. We're also compiling a list of the hottest celebrity crushes so do get involved. Who doesn't love post!?

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

Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can up your devotion and give us a five star rating I'll be able to sense it when I see you, and will give you a hug (Or complicated salute if hugging's not your thing).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices