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Funny Mummies

Comedian Hatty Ashdown (Comedy Central"s Give out Girls / BBC Radio 4) isjoinedeach episode by a different mum from the world of comedy - always with no judgement, no filter on this crazy ride of life, work, sprogsand being bloody great women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S6 Ep85: Josie Long and Jen Lamacq - Screen Time,...

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2025/10/20

In this episode of Funny Mummies, Hatty catches up with old friend and regular guest Josie Long — the award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, filmmaker, BBC Shortcuts creator, author, and mum of two girls. Basically, one of Hatty’s favourite humans.They’re also joined by returning guest Dr. Jen Lamacq, child psychiatrist and educator, who helps us all feel a little better about that never-ending debate: kids and screen time. Together, they get honest about the guilt, confusion, and myths around

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36:13

S6 Ep84: Hannah George - Writing, Babies & the Joy of...

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2025/10/06

This week, Hatty is joined by the brilliant and award-winning Hannah George — writer, podcaster, new mum, and all-round excellent human. You might know her from the hit podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime (yes, she’s interviewed loads of famous people — including me, thank you very much). Hannah’s also written for everything from CBBC’s Waffle the Wonder Dog to Wolfblood, The Dumping Ground, Nickelodeon, Trolley, and loads more. Basically, she’s a legend with a long list of credits and she’s a

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44:46

S6 Ep83: Kelly Rickard - No Shouting, No Snobs

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2025/09/22

In this episode, Hatty Ashdown sits down with comedian, singer, and Welsh national treasure – the working-class pocket powerhouse Kelly Rickard - (Winner: Best in Class 2024., Edinburgh Festival Fringe show: Kelly Rickard: Free as a Bird).At a time when we really need this Kelly chats about her background and the self-consciousness that can come with being working class, but why you really can’t say the wrong thing to the right person. Together, Hatty and Kelly dive into why so many mums are drawn

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35:09

S6 Ep82: Laura Belbin - Too much? Or Just Enough?

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2025/09/08

This is a JUICY one, folks – and trust us, you’ll want to keep the kids well out of earshot. 😅Hatty Ashdown sits down with returning guest and absolute social media powerhouse Laura Belbin, aka Knee Deep In Life. She’s now a bestselling author, single mum of two, and fresh off her UK stand-up comedy tour, and she is NOT holding back. In this episode, Hatty and Laura go deep – into relationships, massive life changes, identity shifts, and the truth behind “couple goals.” Spoiler: it’s not always

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48:44

S6 Ep81: Amy Mason - “Divorce, Edinburgh & Screaming...

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2025/08/25

🎙 New Episode: “Divorce, Edinburgh & Screaming in Cars”This week, Hatty Ashdown is joined by comedian, author, and mum of two Amy Mason (The Islanders and Mass, Free Mason Debut 2024 Edinburgh Fringe ****, Funny Women Finalist). In this wonderfully frank and funny chat, Amy talks about the fear of divorce, the avalanche of unsolicited advice from “well-meaning” people, and navigating a split during lockdown — complete with screaming-in-the-car moments. Six years on, Amy reveals why

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48:51

S6 Ep80: Kelly Convey and Sakina Ballard - Three...

Funny Mummies ·

2025/08/11

🎙 Welcome to a brand-new episode of the Funny Mummies Podcast!This episode features two incredible guests: 🎤 Comedian & TikTok viral mum Kelly Convey - (As seen on UniLAD, Comedy Central, BBC Three & Channel 4) and tour Support for Alan Carr & Romesh Ranganathan. ★★★★ “A bright and filthy new star” – Funny Women 🌱 Perinatal coach & motherhood mentor Sakina Ballard We dive into the real talk around motherhood, including: What it’s really like having three under

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38:15

S6 Ep79: Gina Lyons - Gobby Girls Takeover

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2025/07/28

This week on the podcast, Hatty Ashdown is joined by award-winning producer and all-round powerhouse Gina Lyons! Gina’s the brains behind projects like the BAFTA-winning In My Skin and Dreaming Whilst Black, and she’s also the founder of Gobby Girls Productions – born out of her mission to shake up the TV and film world and give female working-class voices a proper platform. They have a fab, funny, and honest chat about what it really means to be working class, how they spoil their kids at

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33:16

S6 Ep78: Laura Lexx

Funny Mummies ·

2025/07/14

This week, Hatty chats with the hilarious and insightful Laura Lexx : Live at the Apollo (BBC) Mock the Week,Klopp Actually, award winning Edinburgh shows .Her stand-up is fearless, her crowd work is a masterclass, does this all help with parenting? We chat about the important stuff ! Tiredness Getting sick out of your kid’s bed Babysitters and Should you let your kids stay up late with the sitter? has having a kid chilled her out or are we just too exhausted to care? PLUS: Mum Watch

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41:40

S6 Ep77: Felicity Ward - Are There No Funny Men Left...

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2025/06/30

Felicity Ward: Are There No Funny Men Left To Date?Hatty Ashdown is joined by comedian, actor and single mum Felicity Ward (The Office Australia, Live at the Apollo, Live from the BBC). They dive into ADHD & body doubling, late-in-life bisexuality, the chaos of modern dating, and why have the funny men vanished from the apps? Plus! The debut of Mum Watch, where Hatty’s sister Tracey saves you hours of scrolling with her must-watch telly tip from the archives. And returning faves: Mum

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58:11

S5 Ep76: FUNNY DAD SPECIAL with Jody Kamali -

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2024/03/13

FUNNY DAD SPECIAL TWOHost Hatty Ashdown & Gemma Beagley are joined by Bristolian born comedian, famed Terry the odd job man, Leicester Comedy Award nominee and dad of two Jody Kamali. They fly around all the topics from childish jealousy ,New York, how being a working class comic has effected our progression and how Best in Class really woke us up ( big shout out to Sian Davies ) " instead of working on our craft we are in a Tesco car park dressed as the honey monster " and how he wouldn't be

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46:13

S5 Ep75: FUNNY DAD SPECIAL with Erik Pohl

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2024/02/14

Host Hatty Ashdown & Gemma Beagley chat to Australian comic and Bill Murray ( Angel) resident mc, single dad of two Erik Pohl . They cover so many topics from being the only dad on the wats app , why no one comes up to you at baby groups, How Gemma did her best not to make friends at baby groups, single dad life and myth busting , and one of the best kid logics we've ever had on the show .Todays Show was dedicated to our dear comedy friend Darren Maskell who passed away last week. if you

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49:58

S5 Ep74: Lets get Vulnerable on the Socials with...

Funny Mummies ·

2024/01/10

Host Hatty Ashdown & Gemma Beagley our so excited to be joined by 90's icon, mum of two, pocket rocket Sarah Cawood ( Live and Kicking, Girlie Show, Top of the pops ). If you don't follow Cawood on Instagram where she's abit of a social legend you might wonder what she's been up to ?so kick off your Uggs and have a dive with us into Sarah's world- How she's excepted her self , giving no ff's , Social selling, Being Vulnerable on the socials, Talking about sex to her son. Oh and how Gemma

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52:19

S5 Ep73: Cocks, Churches and Christmas - Sarah Bowles

Funny Mummies ·

2023/12/12

Host Hatty Ashdown is joined by Comedian Producer and single mum of three Sarah Bowles ( Funny Women Industry award winner, ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award Co founder) In this episode Hatty gives us a update on the change in her personal life, getting through Christmas if this year looks *different for you ! Bowels talks about her marriage break up , single parent Christmases, how the church can be a good place to hang out ...as long as its not on a Thursday . *Sarah and Hatty are not professionals

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48:53

S5 Ep72: Be careful... with Brona C Titley

Funny Mummies ·

2023/11/08

APOLOGIES WE TOOK A SHORT BREAK DUE TO PERSONAL LIFE SH*T - MORE ON THAT LATER Irish comedy writer, actor and mother Brona C Titley Joins Hatty and Gemma.( The Outlaws, Motherland, Buffering for ITV, Spitting Image) She once said on Twitter / X that after 12 years of marriage her and her wife have achieved perfect synchronisation by farting at exactly the same time . We revival in the joy of her smugness of same sex parenting, cracking the mental load, the envy of the NCT group, no gender

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45:57

S3 Ep72: "I don't want to know about pokemon"- with...

Funny Mummies ·

2023/08/09

Hatty and Gemma are joined by FM favourite Comedy Actress Margaret Cabourn-Smith ( Mirander, Catastrophe, Motherland, Buffering ) host of hit podcast Crushed and mum of two to chat about feigning interest in your kids past times. Gemma lets off steam about the theft of her kettle and Margaret reveals who her new mega-famous best friend will be.... Fans you can follow Margaret and her podcast and latest crush here You can follow the Funny Mummies podcast on IG

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44:09

S5 Ep71: Happy High Status - with Viv Groskop

Funny Mummies ·

2023/07/12

Comedian, Author, and mum of three Viv Groskop ( How to own the room book and podcast , BBC radio 4 plays, Guardian Journalist )joins Hatty and Gemma on the eve of the launch of her latest Book Happy High Status . Viv explains what Happy high status is and how we can all learn to turn it on . We also have a new feature with a voice note from a listener asking for advice, 'how do you be confident in those un known situations'? - like your child embarrassing you in public. We look at why we need

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35:41

S5 Ep70: All Class no guilt with Athena Kugblenu

Funny Mummies ·

2023/06/14

Comedian Athena Kubblenu ( Mock the week, BBC Radio4, Comedy Central) joins Hatty and Gemma chats , all women work hard kid or no kids , the negative social narrative for kids, from having a dinner lady mum to BBC writer Athena flags up we need to rid the guilt and past attitude of 'thats not for me ' with humous and museum's are for all !

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41:20

S3 Ep71: Ep 71 Maybe baby (sitter) with Harriet Kemsley

Funny Mummies ·

2023/05/10

Comedian Harriet Kemsley (Pointless, 8 out Ten Cats, Roast Battle, Live At the Apollo) joins Hatty and Gemma to talk about how she managed to do live gigs , tour her show, do Edinburgh fringe , TV ( Including Mastermind recently ) by Trusting ANOTHER HUMAN with her baby . You can follow and keep up to date wirth Harriet on IG @harrietkemsley You can follow the Funny Mummies podcast on IG @funnymummies_podcast Facebook - Funny Mummies podcast Hatty on @hattyashdown on IG & Twitter Gemma on

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45:12

S3 Ep70: Ep 70: Triumphing on TikTok with Alexis...

Funny Mummies ·

2023/04/12

Welcome to a new season of Funny Mummies podcast and a shiny new relaunch! Still all the same funny mummy truths, but with even more laughs, no filter and no judgement . Keep it locked in as we have some exciting Guests coming up ! To kick us off Host Hatty Ashdown& Gemma Beagley spoke to a FM fav Alexis Strum. Alexis is a creative force that has wowed audiences with her hilarious stand-up, compelling writing and even a glittering pop career, but jumping into the world of TikTok in January

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37:15

S5 Ep69: Treat your self like a baby- With Laura Smyth

Funny Mummies ·

2023/03/08

Host Hatty Ashdown & Gemma Beagley are joined by standup (Live at the Apollo,Frankie Boyles new world order) and mum of 3 Laura Smyth. Laura has had quite the year since we last had her on the show, not just hilarious but wise Laura takes us through how she got into the mind set to face cancer treatment, dealing with the work / kid overwhelm ' You are what you do every day ' . Find out why you need to do a baby check list with your self next time you have a mum rage. Not one to shy away from

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