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.
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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.
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