Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith

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What's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith about?

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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Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith episodes:

04.26.2024
57. Lucia Keskin
I really feel like I met my twin in today's episode. Lucia Keskin (aka, @ChiwithaC wherever you find your social medias) of the brilliant sitcom Things You Should Have Done, chats with me about her formative crushes, including Roni...
04.12.2024
56. Helen Lederer
I get to interview someone I have been a fan of for years and years today - the brilliant and iconic Helen Lederer (Ledgenderer more like. It's going to catch on). I found the clip of her on Wogan that I...
03.29.2024
55. Kimberley Nixon
A brilliant episode this week with the hilarious BAFTA-winning actress Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat, Cranford, Agatha Christie's Marple) The automatically AI-generated show notes for this ep included the phrase '(Kim) discusses her rich fantasy life and how she can play out...
03.15.2024
54. Elizabeth Day
This week's guest is the amazing Elizabeth Day (How To Fail podcast and author of Friendaholic) who joins me in poring over her many and varied crushes - from a teenage Peter Phillips to Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green...
03.01.2024
53. Lou Sanders
It's a glorious one this week from Cuddle Club's own Lou Sanders! Pin back your ears for tales of chasing boys down in parks, hosting parties to impress boys, and why she'd give it all up for the romantic allure of...
02.14.2024
52. Valentine's Special with Isy Suttie
Now, I'm not a fan of the most romantic day of the year TM. In fact I like it so little that I banned celebrating it when I got together with my now husband and 21 years later, we have...
02.02.2024
51. Sarah Hadland
I think you are going to enjoy this episode. My guest is the wonderful Sarah Hadland (who you'll probably know from Miranda, and The Job Lot and Quantum of Solace). She is wonderfully indiscreet about her early crushes/kidnapping attempts (depending...
01.26.2024
50. Best of 2023
Just squeezing in to January, it's our Best Bits 2023. It was such a blast listening back to the interviews we've had over the last year. It honestly made me want to go back and revisit all of these conversations...
01.19.2024
49. Athena Kugblenu
My guest this week is the easily embarrassed Athena Kugblenu, talking about her teen crushes. We dredge our memories for long forgotten 90s boy bands, ponder when an older man is too old and decide whether our allegiance was to...
01.05.2024
48. Kerry Howard
Happy New Year Crushos! This episode is a great one to kick us off - in fact it might be my favourite ever episode. Is that disloyal to all the other episodes? I don't know. It's how I feel now. It...
12.22.2023
47. Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Hi all, this week's show features someone I have known for more than 20 years - writer and performer Barunka O'Shaughnessy, as I think you'll be able to tell from the level of giggling. Barunka has a list of credits as...
12.08.2023
46. David Reed
My guest this week is actor and Penny Dreadful - David Reed. I love his attitude to crushes - and indeed, his attitude to this conversation. He said afterwards "sorry if I didn't answer all your questions, I had a...
11.24.2023
45. Holly Burn
Holly Burn is my wonderful guest this week, and it's one of my giggliest episodes. You may not know Holly - but she's one of my favourite people. Really open and honest, and this conversation is honestly incredible. We mainly...
11.10.2023
44. Megan Ganz
Megan Ganz, the amazing writer whose work includes Community and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (and co-host of The Always Sunny Podcast) is my guest this week, as we swap stories about crushes real and fictional, and politely mark our...
10.27.2023
43. Sarah Millican
I'm so excited to share this episode. I've been looking forward to putting it out since we recorded it with lovely, lovely Sarah Millican at the Leicester Square Theatre in July. In a cupboard, in case you thought podcasting was...
10.13.2023
42. Anna Richardson
This week, Margaret Cabourn-Smith steps into the world of unrequited infatuation with the delightfully frank Anna Richardson, host of Channel 4's "Naked Attraction." Anna reveals her formative crushes and the candid tales behind them, from memorable encounters with Tom Cruise...
09.29.2023
41. Caitlin Moran & Sali Hughes
It's a bumper episode today - true tales of lust and heartbreak from the fabulous Caitlin Moran and Sali Hughes, sharing anecdotes as only best mates can. This episode is a romp through their lives in crush form, from Hip Hop...
09.15.2023
40. Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Hello! In this episode, I talk to Ghosts' Kiell Smith-Bynoe about his crushes and unrequited loves. From a primary school wedding, to dating his parents' best friend's daughter, and falling in love with the prettiest girl on the bus - it's...
09.01.2023
39. Sindhu Vee and Deborah Frances White
Hot off the editing desk, here is a very special episode recorded at the Soho Theatre in last month. A glorious mash up of Crushed and The Guilty Feminist, with one of my favourite stand ups, Sindhu Vee, and one...
08.18.2023
38. Tatty MacLeod
Tatty MacLeod joins Margaret to talk about crushes and unrequited love. We talk about the procrastination crush; how a cute guy in a library can improve your mood; and why French and English women approach crushes very differently. We've just announced...
08.04.2023
37. Rosie Holt
It's an Edinburgh special with Non-Censored's Rosie Holt making time to talk to me before she heads to the festival. It's the most wonderful time of the year - I met some of my favourite crushes, and one of my...
07.21.2023
36: Helen Zaltzman
Hello Crushos, here is a joyous chat with the lovely Allusionist, Helen Zaltzman. We had such a wide ranging chat - from youthful crushes that lasted years, to Judy Blume's bluest YA novel Forever, and the love of - well I...
07.07.2023
35: Nish Kumar
Hello my fabulous Crushing friends! New logo, new platform (hello Auddy!) and new episode.... This week is awesome Nish Kumar who talks me through a whole lot of romantic failure and nerdy fantasy. There’s also some good gossip about comic Ed Gamble,...
06.23.2023
34: Sara Barron
Stand up and host of the brilliant Succession podcast Firecrotch and Normcore, Sara Barron, is Margaret's guest this week. It's a very giggly show that lurches from the pitfalls of writing tween erotica, falling in love with Elliot after Elliot,...
06.09.2023
33: Juliet Cowan
Actress Juliet Cowan is our guest this week, and Hoo Boy, this week's episode has it all, from gaslighting French pen pals (aged 12), to sisterly love rivalry, via far too long spent lusting over discussing Top Trade Union Totty...
05.26.2023
32: Sue Perkins
The lovely Sue Perkins joins Margaret Cabourn-Smith this week to talk about her crushes - from high-kicking, back-flipping martial artists to wise-cracking Marion Ravenwood - Indiana Jones's brilliant love interest in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a brilliant, funny and...
05.12.2023
31: Eleanor Morton - Live at Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Eleanor Morton talks cartoon crushes, actors who weren't problematic in the 80s but sure are now, and the Yeo Valley Yoghurt Boys with fellow crush addict Margaret Cabourn-Smith. We had an absolute blast in The Swallow Theatre at Machynlleth Comedy Festival. We...
04.28.2023
30: Otegha Uwagba
Otegha Uwagba - writer, speaker and total crushaholic - is Margaret's guest this week. They've got a lot in common. Otegha tells Margaret about her first crush - who went on to be a famous actor; and the impact Peter...
04.14.2023
29: Danielle Ward
It's a very special throwback Friday episode today - Margaret's guest is her former Do The Right Thing collaborator Danielle Ward. There's plenty of discussion of why stand ups make terrible boyfriends, which two qualities you'd have to have to date Danielle,...
03.31.2023
28: Angela Barnes
Hot off the presses - it's Margaret's conversation with Angela Barnes earlier this week. Angela shares some of Margaret's worst crush excesses. Beardy nerds? Check. Comedians from the 1990s? Oh yes. Angela's crushes include Kenny Everett (note for anyone born after 1979 - he...
03.17.2023
27: Dan Tetsell
Aka, Mr Margaret Cabourn-Smith. And Happy Birthday Crushed - it's a whole year since we released the first episode. It's a special birthday episode, with Margaret put on the spot by her husband, and guest, Dan Tetsell. Dan is a writer...
03.03.2023
26: Sanjeev Kohli
Still Game's Sanjeev Kohli is Margaret's guest this week. It's a bit of a tearjerker, looking back at Sanjeev's primary school crushes. As he says - for the first 30 years of his life, all his love was unrequited. Except for his...
02.17.2023
25: Rosie Jones
The magnificent Rosie Jones drops in this week to talk to Margaret about her crushes. And it's a doozy. Or should that be doozie? Please advise. Rosie is so prone to crushes that she likes to think of them like a trifle...
02.03.2023
24: Alison Spittle
In this episode, Margaret Cabourn-Smith interviews comedian, and little legend Alison Spittle about her crushes and unrequited loves. We don't want to say she picks badly, but Morrisey and Kanye West both get a mention. Listeners of a sensitive nature may like...
01.20.2023
23: Sooz Kempner
Actress, singer, comedian, Twitter star and all round good egg Sooz Kempner is Margaret's guest this week, with crushes that manage to encompass Top Cat and Bruce Forsyth. I'd like to see that Venn diagram. Note to keen listeners -...
01.06.2023
22: Rachel Parris
Comedian, musician and improviser Rachel Parris talks to Margaret about Leonardo di Caprio, Spike from Buffy and fills in the gaps on how she got together with last week's guest; crush-turned-husband Marcus Brigstocke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.23.2022
21: Marcus Brigstocke
Margaret talks to comedian Marcus Brigstocke about his plethora of crushes ranging from Robert Smith from The Cure all the way through to Susan Kennedy from Neighbours (with a sprinkling of Morten Harket along the way). Learn more about your ad...
12.09.2022
20: Sophie Black
Margaret talks to writer, podcaster and producer of this podcast Sophie Black about John Lennon, being attracted to a cartoon wolf, and writing to Just Seventeen to get a photo of a bloke in The Bill. Learn more about your ad...
11.25.2022
19: Abigail Burdess
Writer-performer Abigail Burdess talks to Margaret about falling in love on a family holiday and a boy with 'the voice of an angel' at whose house she caused a massive security breach. Abigail's novel Mother's Day is out in March...
11.11.2022
18: Daisy Buchanan
Writer Daisy Buchanan talks to Margaret about her love of Kermit the Frog, Declan Donnelly and being confident enough to say she loves Mariah Carey (let alone PJ and Duncan). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.28.2022
17: Rosie Wilby
Relationship expert and comic Rosie Wilby talks to Margaret about a university crush that had her crouching behind the bins and 'the only man for her' George Michael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.14.2022
16: Jenny Eclair
Margaret talks to stand up and self-proclaimed 'snog monster' Jenny Eclair about the allure of Rod Stewart, Peter Noone and the-actor-who-is-about-to-play-Elvis-in-an-upcoming-biopic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.30.2022
15: Mina Anwar
Actress Mina Anwar talks to Margaret about her Geography teacher Mr Simkins who not only inspired her to sing but also looked uncannily like a ginger Magnum PI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.16.2022
14: Richard Herring
Writer, podcaster and downright comedy legend Richard Herring talks to Margaret about how, as a teenager, being both square and smelly cost him huge. He goes on to talk about how he went out with someone he had made a shrine...
09.02.2022
13: Heidi Regan
Aussie stand up Heidi Regan remembers loving Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher from afar and harbouring a beautifully life-changing crush on Andrea Corr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.19.2022
12: Katy Wix
Actor and writer Katy Wix talks to Margaret about her most memorable crushes - from Heathcliff to a boy in the canteen to King Kong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.22.2022
10: Sarah Kendall
Award winning writer and stand-up Sarah Kendall looks back on the crushes from her youth - from Alan Alda to Dustin Hoffman via a boy called Piccolo. She also talks about the challenges of coming out in her 40s and...
07.08.2022
9: Humphrey Ker
Writer, actor and executive director of Wrexham AFC, Humphrey Ker, talks to Margaret about his most ardent of crushes - from Sgt Callahan in Police Academy to Jennifer Aniston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.24.2022
8: Shaparak Khorsandi
Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi talks to Margaret about all her crushes; from the boy she knew as a teenager to the newsreader Jon Snow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.10.2022
7: Sara Pascoe
No-one knows more about the power of the crush than comic, writer and actor Sara Pascoe who literally wouldn't exist without it - her mum camped out on her Dad's lawn until they got together. Sara also talks about her...

What's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith about?

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Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith episodes:

57. Lucia Keskin

56. Helen Lederer

55. Kimberley Nixon

54. Elizabeth Day

53. Lou Sanders

52. Valentine's Special with Isy Suttie

51. Sarah Hadland

50. Best of 2023

49. Athena Kugblenu

48. Kerry Howard

47. Barunka O'Shaughnessy

46. David Reed

45. Holly Burn

44. Megan Ganz

43. Sarah Millican

42. Anna Richardson

41. Caitlin Moran & Sali Hughes

40. Kiell Smith-Bynoe

39. Sindhu Vee and Deborah Frances White

38. Tatty MacLeod

37. Rosie Holt

36: Helen Zaltzman

35: Nish Kumar

34: Sara Barron

33: Juliet Cowan

32: Sue Perkins

31: Eleanor Morton - Live at Machynlleth Comedy Festival

30: Otegha Uwagba

29: Danielle Ward

28: Angela Barnes

27: Dan Tetsell

26: Sanjeev Kohli

25: Rosie Jones

24: Alison Spittle

23: Sooz Kempner

22: Rachel Parris

21: Marcus Brigstocke

20: Sophie Black

19: Abigail Burdess

18: Daisy Buchanan

17: Rosie Wilby

16: Jenny Eclair

15: Mina Anwar

14: Richard Herring

13: Heidi Regan

12: Katy Wix

10: Sarah Kendall

9: Humphrey Ker

8: Shaparak Khorsandi

7: Sara Pascoe