The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Updated: 09 Sep 2025 • 325 episodes
www.scummymummies.com

A comedy chat show for less-than-perfect parents. Hosted by comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn and featuring guest parenting experts, comedians and authors. The podcast covers the big issues affecting modern parents - from fish fingers to farting, to play-dates and pelvic floors. Expect frank and funny chat as well as wine, laughter and sophisticated boob jokes. Check out our Scummy Mummies Blog and dates for our Live Comedy Shows - www.scummymummies.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our guest for this episode is the awesome author Julia Raeside. She tells us about her brilliant and very funny book about women taking on toxic men in comedy, Don't Make Me Laugh. We discuss why so many comedians turn out to be dreadful, and how working together is the key to effecting change. Julia talks about the re

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This episode comes to you live from a Premier Inn room in Stevenage. That's showbusiness!  Our guest is Steve Hill, sports writer, roadie, and miserable but funny man.  We talk about his last decade driving for the Scummy Mummies, and how he's managed to finagle his way onto the stage. Listen in to discover what we fig

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What's the best way to dispose of a sex toy? Do cats have nails? And is it wrong to take a piss in your cheating husband's bathwater? Nobody is asking these questions, but we attempt to answer them anyway in this special episode!  As we take a break from gigging for the summer, we reflect on the opening leg of our Hot

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She's an Olympic athlete, a brilliant life coach, and a busy mum of three - it's the awesome Michelle Griffith-Robinson!  We hear all about how she became a medal-winning triple jumper, choice versus sacrifice, and whether it's true that all the athletes are having it off behind the scenes.  We talk about Michelle's li

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Our guest for this episode is the hilarious actor and social media star Clara Batten! We talk about everything from writing books and kickstarting your career to what it's like to have dinner with Boris Johnson.  Clara tells us how she makes her brilliant reaction videos, and what the people she's reacting to make of t

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313: Ellie's Dad - life lessons, a quiz, and some "jokes"  What are the lyrics to Happy Birthday? What is the correct term for male swimwear? Who is Jennifer Lopez? Ellie's Dad knows the answer to none of these questions, and we are here to mock him for it.  Yes, it's a Father's Day Special as Jim returns to the podcas

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