I got an Insta comment from someone who said he'd thought after hearing the first episode of Crushed "Lol oh well good thing I haven't had any embarrassing crushes" and then had been having random flashbacks proving himself wrong ever since. I’m pretty confident that none of us are immune.
After hearing the first episode, my agent said “Aren’t you going to run out of stories?” I’m only semi-ashamed (trying to cut down on shame these days) to say that I was like, “… um no, that’s not going to be a problem”. More and more funny/awful/cringey memories flood through me during the making of this programme.
I love hearing about everyone’s crushes - not just the guests but the listeners too (although it does make me feel for Cariad Lloyd, host of the amazing Griefcast - who must get to hear about a LOT of pain). It’s funny, I started the podcast from a standpoint of “What am I an expert in?” but I was lucky enough to hit upon a subject which is both universal and specific - funny AND sad. My favourite combination. I know I have friends who feel unable to listen because it just raises… too much. I see it as a little bit of light therapy. Join me in shame!
I'm in a WhatsApp group of comedy podcast nerds and we all agree that your podcast is the one that we'd like to be on. So many occasions where we've thought "I've done that"/"Oh god, that's me". Happy to join you in shame. x