# 110. Reuben Kaye

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Podcast: [Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith-5248482)
Published: 2026-06-19T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love (WILD APPLAUSE HERE) Today's episode features the iconic stand-up comic, podcaster, writer and drag legend REUBEN KAYE. This interview is proper special - an ideal interview subject, Reuben was hilarious, thoughtful and outrageous. Do go and see his show Hard To Swallow, at Assembly’s George Square Gardens Palais du Variété at 8pm from Thurs 6th to Sat 29th August 2026. Tickets here. Or catch him performing The Kaye Hole from 21st to 29th August at 11.30pm, tickets here. An appeal - we'd love you to email us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories - ⁠crushedbymcs@gmail.com⁠ - as well as your biggest celebrity crushes so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us five stars if you can. I really fancy you. Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments. And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠ If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other po…

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