The Scummy Mummies Podcast

The Scummy Mummies Podcast


Latest Episodes

287: Grief, sex and Ronan Keating with Stacey Heale
July 15, 2024

What's the best thing to say to someone who's in mourning? Is the second year of grief really the hardest? And who was the lead singer of Westlife? Helping us answer all these questions is the amazing Stacey Heale! She tells us what it was like to lo

286: Post-election special with Jess Phillips MP
July 08, 2024

This special bonus episode was recorded on Saturday 6 July, just two days after the general election. We got to interview Jess Phillips MP in front of a live audience at the Birmingham MAC, and she was brilliant. We covered loads of topics inclu

285: Wine and writing with Saturday Kitchen's Helen McGinn
July 02, 2024

Our guest for this episode is best-selling author, dear friend and Saturday Kitchen wine expert Helen McGinn! She tells us what wine we should be looking for in the shops this summer. We discuss whether Whispering Angel is worth the money, and M

284: Beth Morrey on writing novels, loving Christmas, and Billie Piper bumsex
June 18, 2024

How do you get a book deal? Is Michael Buble's music for life, or just for Christmas? What's it like to watch your husband simulate anal sex with one of Britain's leading actors? Answering all these questions is the brilliant Beth Morrey! S

283: Premature birth, neurodiversity, and meeting Oprah, with Caro Tasker
June 03, 2024

Our guest for this episode is the amazing Caro Tasker. We cover a huge range of topics, including baby loss, raising autistic kids, and how trauma can help you discover who you are. There's also some much less serious nonsense. Why doesn't

282: Rom coms, politics and peeing with comedians KK and Kerry
May 20, 2024

It's a transatlantic party in this episode as we meet KK and Kerry, the world's second best female comedy double act! We hear about their fab show, Six Chick Flicks, and they tell us the best meet cute stories they've heard from audience me

281: Is Ozempic really a magic pill for weight loss? With Johann Hari
May 06, 2024

This episode is all about the new weight loss drug Ozempic - what are the risks? What are the benefits? How does it actually work? Joining us is author Johann Hari, who has written a book all about it. Just to be clear: this is a full and frank

BONUS: Hello Readers with Ellie's Dad
August 04, 2023

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains two of Ellie's Dad's jokes. He joins us to share some tall tales about a magical dog, the funeral of King George VI, and the time he was at a party with Elton John (or not.)We discuss the tall tales (lies) our parent

261: 10 Years of Scum! Anniversary Special
July 28, 2023

It's hard to believe it's been a whole decade since we sat down on Ellie's sofa to record the first episode of the Scummy Mummies Podcast. But here we are, having survived premature childbirth, a shitty divorce and a global pandemic, still on the sofa, an

260: Comedian Esther Manito on mum guilt and the mental load
July 17, 2023

What's hardest part of parenting - the baby bit, toddler tantrums, or teenage rage? What's it like to live with your dad at the age of 40? And what's the best way to cope with an emergency nipple hair situation? Helping us answer all this questions i