​She's one of the UK's biggest bloggers, she's a best-selling author, and now she's on our podcast - it's Sarah Turner, otherwise known as The Unmumsy Mum!
 
We chat about why she started her blog, and the challenges we all faced as new mums. There are various tangents about tiredness, judging each other, and rum balls.

​Then it's time for some fun as we play our new favourite game, Anything For Money! Find out what unspeakable thing Ellie would do to Daddy Pig for a million pounds.
 
In Book Chat, Sarah tells us about how she got to the top of the Sunday Times bestseller list, and how she's getting on with the sequel - The Unmumsy Mum's Diary, out in February. We finish off with the Unmumsy Mum's Scummy Mummy Confession.
 
You can read Sarah's brilliant blog at theunmumsymum.blogspot.co.uk. Her first book, TheUnmumsy Mum, is out now, and she's on Twitter @theunmumsymum.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions toscummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

IT'S SALLY PHILLIPS! She tells us all about her new documentary, the new Bridget Jones film, and why sperm is one of Denmark's biggest exports.
 
There's some serious talk about Sally's experience of having a child with Down's Syndrome, and why she wants to start a conversation about screening.

​Then we move on to Career Chat - Sally discusses Smack the Pony, Veep, and reveals what Colin Firth is really like. The Scummy Mummies workshop their new gameshow idea, Anything For Money, and we discover how much you'd have to pay Ellie to snog Nigel Farage.
 
Sorry about the drilling early on - it does stop after a minute or two, promise!
 
Here are the websites Sally mentions:
 
Future of Down's
Downside Up
Lose the Label
 
Her documentary is on BBC2 on Wednesday 5 October.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.comand visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
Thank you for listening!

One minute she's feeding Greg Wallace chips on Celebrity Masterchef, the next she's riding her mum bike round the Olympic velodrome, and trying to lick David James. Yes, it's TV's Cherry Healey!

She tells us how she got her start in television, and we discuss what we wanted to be when we grow up. We also cover the tricky topic of baby names, and share some super Scummy Mummy Confessions.

By the way, did you know our Ellie is on the telly too? She's co-starring in new video games show Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit. It's currently showing at 10pmMonday nights on Dave, or you can watch it online.

Cherry's fabulous book, Letters to my Fanny, is out now. You can follow her on Twitter @cherryhealey.

You can catch Cherry and us talk about motherhood at the fabulous Stylist Live event on Thursday 13 October, 4pm. Grab tickets from live.stylist.co.uk.

The booze for this podcast was supplied by Most Wanted Wines, and very nice it was too. Thanks, Most Wanted! If anyone else would like to send us free wine, or free anything really, please email scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com.

 We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us atScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
Thank you for listening!

How honest should we be with our kids about drugs? How do you get a novel published? What's it like to live in the most underpopulated part of France with three children under five? Answering these seemingly unrelated questions is the brilliant Patrick Garratt!

​We kick off with Expat Pat Chat, where he tells us why his decision to move abroad was "incredibly stupid, in retrospect." Helen does something inappropriate, again, and tells us about her own European dream. (This episode was recorded before the Brexit vote, so it's in ruins now obviously.)
 
Then it's time for Expat Pat Tat Chat, as our guest reveals how becoming a dad inspired him to colour in his arm. And in Book Chat, we discuss Pat's new novel, Deg, which is out this autumn. Ellie presents her new game, To Brie Or Not To Brie, and we finish off with Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
You can follow Pat on Twitter @patlike, and if you like video games you should check out his website - vg247.com. Deg is now available for pre-order.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us atScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

In this short but very special episode, we talk to X-Factor stars Reggie and Bollie! They reveal why they got told off for being too happy, and where Cheryl takes people for posh nosh. Plus there's some exclusive celebrity chat about taking the bins out.

This podcast was recorded live at Camp Bestival, where we did a Scummy Mummies show at the same time Reggie and Bollie were on the main stage. Listen in to find out who got the biggest audience.
 
Reggie and Bollie are on Twitter, and tour dates can be found at reggie-n-bollie.com.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.comand visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

Our guest for this episode is Miles Jupp, host of Radio 4's The News Quiz and star of Balamory! He tells us what it's like having five kids, discusses his bitter rivalry with Mister Maker, and does the sexiest impression of Craig McLachlan anyone will ever hear.

We find out what's REALLY going on in Balamory, and Helen reveals how she's using a Fitbit to spice up her sex life. We also do a bit of Bible Dipping to ask the Lord if Bananarama will ever come on the podcast. Then it's time to turn the tables as we present Miles with our special Scummy Mummies Quiz.
 
Miles' new stand-up tour starts this autumn - visit milesjupp.co.uk for dates and tickets. He is not on Twitter.
 
We are, though! @scummymummies. We're also on Instagram and Facebook. Please send your confessions toscummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com.
 
And if you're going to Camp Bestival this weekend - come and say hello! We're performing our show at 2pm on Friday 29 July, then co-hosting a comedy workshop at 11am on the Saturday, followed by the Secret Mummies' Wine Club at 8.30pm. (The last one is a ticketed event.) All in the Literary Institute tent.
 
Thank you for listening!

​She's an X-Factor star, an I'm a Celebrity jungle queen, and now she's a Scummy Mummies podcast guest - it's Stacey Solomon!
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​Stacey tells us what it's like to have a baby at 18, and how she manages being a single mum. We chat about being judged on the school run, and whether she'd let her own kids audition for The X-Factor.

Then it's time for Judges' Houses as Stacey judges the Scummy Mummies' singing, in her actual house! Find out which one of us gets through to the live show.
 
There's a surprise celebrity cameo, and we round off with an amazing confession involving the Hollywood sign and a rogue poo.
 
Find out what Stacey's up to by visiting staceyxsolomon.com. Her latest book, Walk on By, is out now. She's on Twitter @staceysolomon.
 
We're also on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

The amazing Miranda Sawyer is our guest for this episode! She tells us all about having kids later in life, dealing with mid-life panic, and getting off with Grace Jones.
 
We discuss Miranda's time working on Smash Hits, when she interviewed everyone from Madonna to Bros, and she tells us what's wrong with music today.

​Then there's some chat about her brilliant new book, Out of Time, which is all about surviving a mid-life crisis: "'You wake one day and everything is wrong. It's as though you went out one warm evening - an evening fizzing with delicious potential, so ripe and sticky-sweet you can taste it on the air - for just one drink ...And woke up two days later in a skip. Except you're not in a skip, you're in an estate car, on the way to an out-of-town shopping mall to buy a balance bike, a roof rack and some stackable storage boxes."
 
To finish off, we discuss why spiralisers are like drugs, and Helen reveals how a recent trip to the hospital has left her without an appendix but with a morphine addiction.
 
Miranda's ace book is available to buy from 30th June. She is on Twitter @msmirandasawyer.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.comand visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

A Pulitzer prize-winning author joins us for this episode! Mei Fong tells us all about her book, One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment, and why China is full of horny young men these days.

The chat gets a bit serious as we discuss the realities of the One Child policy, and one of us has a little cry. We also talk about Mei's experiences of miscarriage and IVF.
 
But then it's back to the usual old nonsense as Mei tells us about the time she met the queen sporting the world's dodgiest perm, and why suburban America is the strangest place she's ever lived. We finish up with Scummy Mummy Confessions, and Ellie almost throws Mei off the podcast for slagging off Marie Kondo.
 
Mei's brilliant book is out now. You can read more about her at meifong.org, and follow her on Twitter @meifongwriter.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.comand visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening! ​

Is it OK to brainwash your kids? What's it like growing up as the son of the woman who inspired Absolutely Fabulous? And why is Josh Howie such a dick? Answering all these questions is the one and only Josh Howie!

We talk about Josh's new sitcom, coming to Radio 4 later this year. There's some chat about what makes a good dad, and how not to make friends with James McEvoy. Plus we play a movie game, Hollydad, and one of us is revealed as a VERY sore loser.
 
Listen out for Josh Howie's Losing It on the radio this autumn. In the meantime, you can follow him on Twitter @joshxhowie.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us atScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

Robot butlers! Self-cleaning toilets! Hoovers that judge you! We find out all about these gadgets and more with the help of BBC technology journalist Zoe Kleinman.
 
There's some chat about screen time, virtual reality, and the most useless baby gadgets we have owned. Ellie reveals how she deals with mansplaining in PC World, and Helen presents a new game called Buzz My Feed!

​In Boob Chat we talk about Zoe's book, Birth, Boobs and Bad Advice, and why she feels there's too much pressure on women to breastfeed. Then we round off with Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
Zoe's book is available on Amazon. Follow her on Twitter via @zsk and @bbctech.
 
Many thanks to Thomson and Scott for supplying the delicious Skinny Prosecco we drank during this episode. It's lower in sugar than regular prosecco so it has only half the calories, but it tastes just as good to us, bearing in mind we are greedy philistines. You can buy Skinny Prosecco from Thomsonandscott.com, where their Skinny Champagne is currently half price.   
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.comand visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

​We are on location for this episode, coming to you live from the launch of Cherry Healey's fabulous new book, Letters to my Fanny. 

Cherry tells us how writing a book is like having a baby, and why she's sick of everyone saying they've read it in two days. She also shares the top nugget of wisdom she plans to pass on to her kids. Then Helen and Ellie play top game Fanny Fiction.

The brilliant Letters to my Fanny is out now. You can read more about Cherry over at cherryhealey.com, and follow her on Twitter - @cherryhealey

We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
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 Thank you for listening!

What's on trend for Spring/Summer 2016? Are designer jeans worth the money? Is it OK to wear your pyjamas for the school run? Answering all these questions is fab fashion blogger Zoe de Pass, from Dress Like a Mum! 
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She tells us why she set up her blog, how she feels about being an "Instamum", and how to be good at social media. We play a new hashtag-themed game, and there's some chat about the perils of cashmere jogging bottoms. To round off, we have a quality selection of Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
Zoe's brilliant blog is at dresslikeamum.com. She's on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook too! Please send your confessions toscummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening! 

​We are 70! And to celebrate, here's a bumper episode with hilarious poet Hollie McNish! We discuss hot topics such as whether motherhood boosts creativity, and sexual tension in Bob the Builder.

Hollie tells us about her experience of being a younger mum, and why she thinks party poppers should be available on the NHS. She performs her brilliant poem Embarrassed, which is all about breastfeeding, and we have a little cry. Helen and Ellie do some poetry of their own, and there is some more crying for different reasons.
 
Hollie's book, Nobody Told Me, is out now. Her website is holliepoetry.com and she's on Twitter @holliepoetry.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

What's the best way to get through divorce? What's it like to date a younger man? And what does Benedict Cumberbatch smell like up close? Answering all these questions is fabulous comedian Wendy Wason! ​

We discuss the trials of trying to have sexy time without the kids catching you at it, andWendy tells us who she fancies most out of Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, and Nicholas Lyndhurst.Then it's time for Current Affairs, which inevitably descends into some chat about that thing Cameron did with the pig, again. Helen tries to do a Scottish accent. We round off with Scummy Mummy Confessions, including one from an actual listener!  

You can find out more about our lovely guest by visiting wendywason.co.uk or following her on Twitter - @wendy_wason.
 
We're on Twitter @scummymummies, Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening! 

​Our guest for this episode is the brilliant author and columnist Zoe Williams. We cover all the issues, from Corbyn vs Cameron to what rich people think recycling bins are for. Ellie explains why US politics is a bit like Star Wars, and Helen introduces a new game - If Politicians Were Food. 

​There's also some parenting chat as we discuss the issues around feeling like a failure, and what gets us through the day. Plus, as always, we finish up with some Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
Zoe's books, Get It Together and Madness of Modern Parenting, are out now. She's on Twitter @zoesqwilliams.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

Our guest for this episode is TV critic Julia Raeside. We discuss our favourite shows, how much telly our kids should be watching, and having breakfast with Simon Groom in his dressing gown. 

Ellie has a shocking confession to make about Breaking Bad, and Julia reveals her First And Last Theory - it may change the way you watch TV forever. Helen presents a new game, and we round off with Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
Julia is on Twitter - @JNRaeside. So are we (@scummymummies), along with Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends, and leave us a nice iTunes review if you can!
 
Thank you for listening!

Yes, it's Tim Dowling off of The Guardian! We discuss how to stay married, Tim's tips for raising kids, and what his wife thinks of his column.
 
Then we make Tim play our brilliant new game, Did Our Husbands REALLY Say That?, and chat about his band, Police Dog Hogan. We round off with a bumper set of Scummy Mummy Confessions.

Tim's ace book, How to be a Husband, is out now. You can find out about his band's forthcoming gigs via Policedoghogan.com. And he's on Twitter - @IAmTimDowling.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening! 

​What is the best album of all time? Who's more fun to interview, Kylie or Justin Timberlake? What kind of salad does Bjork prefer? All these questions and more are answered in this episode, with music journalist Jude Rogers! 

We talk about Jude's career, including how she manages work with motherhood, and her new book - Pop!, a history of music for kids. There's also some serious chat as we discuss the topic of miscarriage, including Jude's experience, and what to say to a friend who's going through it. Of course it all gets a bit silly again at the end, with Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
Pop! is out now and available from Amazon.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

​Our guest for this episode is Coronation Street star and columnist Charlie Condou. He talks about being a gay dad, how having kids later in life has its advantages, and the time he taught Rob Lowe a useful fact about British slang. 

Helen presents a new game, Tell Me Condou Condou Condou. It's as good as it sounds. Plus we talk about the time Charlie blanked Neneh Cherry, and a listener reveals the unique way she copes with urinary infections. There's lots of filth and no bleeping, basically. 

For more on the events Charlie runs for gay parents, visit outwiththefamily.co.uk. He's on Twitter - @charliecondou.

We're on Twitter too (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, do tell your friends!

Happy new year! In this episode, we share our Christmas Scummy Mummy Confessions and reveal our resolutions for 2016. Plus there's an interview with top columnist Polly Vernon. We discuss creativity and motherhood, why Polly's chosen not to have kids, and how to be a hot feminist. 

Polly's book, which is in fact titled Hot Feminist, is out now.  We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook, and you can visit us at ScummyMummies.com.
 
We want to keep the podcast going in 2016 and we'd love your feedback! Who would you like to see as a guest? What topics would you like us to cover? Please let us know via Facebook, or email scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com.
 
Thanks for listening! 

Ham, wine, whinging, and stupidity - yes, it's the Scummy Mummies Christmas Special! With our old friends stay-at-home dad Steve Hill and Nurse Jessie. 

We discuss our highlights of 2015, Helen's new idea for Dragon's Den, and Steve's problem with phonics. Then it's time for Ham Review, and a proper wine tasting - which begins with lots of talk about grapes and aroma, and obviously descends into filth and shouting.
 
Why not drink along with us? Here are the wines we tried, all from Sainsbury's:
 
Valdo Prosecco Marco Oro
Taste the Difference Vintage Cava
Elegant Frog Viognier
Taste the Difference Chateauneuf Du Pape
 
Many thanks to Erica from Through the Grapevine for putting the wine tasting together for us.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends!
 
We'll be back with an end-of-year special on 29 December. Thank you for listening!

Why do we need a Women's Equality Party? Are people too easily offended these days? And what's it like to be voted sexier than Hitler? Answering all these questions are two very special guests, Sandi Toksvig and David Baddiel!

We chatted to them at the recent Mumsnet Blogfest event. Listen in to find out how David feels about being a dad, and what he thinks of our new TV show idea, Baddiel Or No Baddiel. Then Sandi tells us all about why she founded the Women's Equality Party,  and why it is time to stop shouting at the telly and do something. We round of with a couple of celebrity Scummy Mummy Confessions.
 
David Baddiel returns to the Soho Theatre this January, and tickets are now on sale. His children's book, The Person Controller, is also out now. For more about the Women's Equality Party, and to join up, visit womensequality.org.uk.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

Educating Stephen Fry, teaching Salman Rushdie the limbo, asking Prince William if he wants tongues... It's all in a day's work for the fabulous Kathy Lette! 

The author of best-selling novels Foetal Attraction and Mad Cows tells us what inspires her, and why mothers never get writer's block. There's some chat about why Australians talk like they do, and the fate of Kylie's gold hotpants. Plus, Kathy gives us her top tips for raising teenagers, and tells us how she came to have a Savoy cocktail named after her.
 
Kathy's latest book, Courting Trouble, is out now. She's on Twitter - @KathyLette.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!

​With 40 recipe books to her name, Annabel Karmel is the Nigella of children's food. But does she give her own kids fish fingers? What's her view on eating organic? And does she ever go for a cheeky Nando's?

​We find out the answer to all these questions and more. There's some chat about how attitudes to kids' food have changed, and why allergies seem to be on the rise. Annabel tells us how to get children to eat vegetables, what she thinks about Jamie's sugar tax, and reveals the most popular item ordered from Ocado.
 
As always, we round off with Scummy Mummy Confessions - and Annabel has a great one to share.
 
You can find out more about Annabel's books and food over at AnnabelKarmel.com, and her apps are available via iTunes. Follow her on Instagram @annabelkarmel.
 
We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends!
 
Thank you for listening!