# 92. Hollie McNish

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Podcast: [Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith-5248482)
Published: 2025-10-10T05:00:00+00:00
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Oh look, it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love. Today's episode features the brilliantly talented Hollie McNish. BUY HOLLIE'S BOOK VIRGIN!!! It's just so good. Beautiful and moving and angry and funny. We totally lucked out getting Hollie. She's an awesome poet just oozing empathy and warmth and has a totally unique take on crushes. So there. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you’ll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive blogs as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On instagram @crushedbymcs for a right old ragbag of silly and serious videos and clips. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments crushedbymcs@gmail.com Who doesn't love post!? 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 Just out of interest: I'm appearing in Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas with former guests Humphrey Ker and David Reed at the Birmingham Rep over Christmas 2025. When I was a kid they'd have announcements like that over the closing credits of comedy programmes sometimes. I'd love to bring that back. Big thanks to Mighty Bunny in general and Laura Grimshaw specifically. I love them all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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