Podcasts by Don’t Laugh But...

Thruples, Twizzling Knobs and Mark from 2021-12-03T18:00:07

Good to be back from gardening leave, touching on all the hard-hitting subjects, from 4ft phalluces to twizzling knobs and bringing back all the old favourites from Rebecca's crevice with cows o...

Supercentenarians, Pubs&Croissants from 2021-05-07T21:02:12

Coming back, guns fully, (or at least semi) cocked with Poland being terrified by the most mysterious of creatures, the croissant. Also featuring a smattering of the Gates splitting up, dishwash...

Smear Tests, Agadoo&Sloths from 2021-04-16T20:10:50

This week we are delving in to deep dark galaxies, but it’s not all about Rebecca’s smear test, no we are visiting the Milky Way, stopping by the Diet of Worms, all set to a beautiful soundtrack...

Flamboyance, Fridge Love and FYI from 2021-03-26T12:21:13

This week we’re weather beaten, yet still manage to stay full of drivel, from relations with Italian delivery men on the pool table to Bury St Edmund’s beloved Ouida and her purple pen of passio...

Birds, Bees and Waxy Mr T.s from 2021-03-19T12:32:49

From the birds and the bees to the centipedes… We’re coming at you this week with another (and we use the word loosely)  *fun* packed episode. We bring you Wisdom the 70 year old who’s just give...

Roger Moore, Goats&Meteorites from 2021-03-12T14:33:12

It's that time again... your weekend dose of DLB, brightening your day, giving you the odd chuckle but mostly delivering the bliss and pleasure of being so grateful that you are not us.  This we...

Selfish Storks, Ketchup and Day Drinking from 2021-03-05T23:02:12

Ooh yes we are back in the podcasting saddle again. Trotting your way with this week’s bewildering beauty of an episode, for your listening pleasure. We really hit the hard stuff this week, from...

Glen Medeiros, Plinths&Laminating from 2021-02-26T10:51:53

Our words are once again winging their way in to your ear area.  In this week’s exciting instalment we bewilder ourselves by delving into the ‘Bavaria Area’, ruminating on the benefits of ‘The D...

Pirates, Mandela and Velour Loungewear from 2021-02-19T17:12:09

We are back...back again... ohh yes! We are back by unpopular demand, creeping into your lobule area. We are mixing it up, shaking it about and returning to your old favourites like Rebecca’s de...

Christmas Again from 2020-12-18T13:32:15

And the clanging chimes of doom... is not what’s happening here...it’s only the annual DLB Christmas party! We certainly know it’s Christmas and we‘ve squeezed all our festive knowledge into a t...

Life Hacks from 2020-12-11T15:41:25

For our podcasty offering this week we bring you life hacks. Short on money and have a small child? Just don’t tell them it’s their birthday. Worried about your relationship not lasting? You mad...

Cults from 2020-11-27T12:58:25

Join us! This week we are cautiously tiptoeing around the world of Cults.  As always we are dealing with issues that are way out of our depth but in our defensive we are out of depth in the sea ...

Quotes from 2020-11-20T12:32:15

Live your best life with Don’t Laugh But... it’s where the magic happens  (the kind of magic where your dodgy uncle finds 20p behind your ear).  Getting all quotable this week...asking questions...

Stupidity from 2020-11-13T13:42

This week we bring you our specialist subject... stupidity and boy do we put the stupe in idity... We savour out stupid moments from being able to turn a phrase but having no clue where Denmark ...

Dancing from 2020-10-23T11:36:21

The glitter balls are spinning through a glitterati of cha cha chatting around that juxtaposition that is feeling like the goddess you are whilst simultaneously falling backwards onto the dance ...

Morality from 2020-10-16T11:16:33

Morality - is it still relevant? Is there any other point to it but to confuse Rebecca and Kirsty ... we knew we were out of depth but dove in anyway. The conversation is the verbal equivalent o...

Coffee Shops from 2020-10-09T12:15:28

Come chill in the coffee shop with Don’t Laugh But, except we are not actually in a coffee shop and we're not even sure if we even like coffee or just all the fixings that make it play on palate...

Blame from 2020-10-02T10:48:49

Blame! I’m going to live forever ...and it’s all your fault... right? That is an 80s reference from the show called FAME That Kirsty lives her life by...apart from the leotards. Yes this week we...

Our Social Dilemma from 2020-09-25T13:29:10

We’re  back baby!  This week we are inspired by the Netflix special ‘The Social Dilemma’.  We are slithering back into social media exploring our relationship with our own socials. We are so rid...

Unprecedented and Uncut from 2020-03-30T18:30:54

Yes, the rumours are true, we can now be found LIVE on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV8z4inHe1ep1_2HBNkt7g Listen

Ambition from 2020-03-20T16:04:57

This week we amble through ambition, from those that come to fruition like Rebecca’s novel, to those that seem unlikely to, like Kirsty becoming David Bellamy.

  Also features an alarmin...

Gifts from 2020-03-13T13:02:09

This week you get to unwrap and pretend to be grateful as we give you the gift of our words - though you may want to return a few.

Gifts, they come in many forms. Kirsty’s lack of privac...

Heroes from 2020-02-28T12:29:40

Ths week we holler about heroes. Why do we have them? What character makes you a hero? We discuss dangerously heroic acts like not flushing sanitary products, to the real heroes of the LGBTQ com...

15 minutes of Don't Laugh But from 2020-02-26T13:18:45

Not sure if our podcast is for you? Here's a little taster for you - 15 minutes taken from previous episodes covering a random collection of chats from smear tests to CSI, death to a dodgy Morga...

Memory from 2020-02-14T17:05:56

This week we meander and muse along memory lane, stopping to consider what memories shape us and which memories we would damn well rather forget. Kirsty shudders at the recollection of her swimm...

Cheese from 2020-02-07T15:44:04

This week we chow down on the challenging subject that is cheese. We question whether a fondue should ever be shared - naked? And address the shocking revelations that Kirsty *doesn't* like pizz...

Habits from 2020-01-24T12:00:29

This week we're discussing the horrible habits that hold us back and hinder us...from hitting snooze to holding your phone in higher esteem than your family.

Will Rebecca recover from es...

Travel from 2020-01-17T12:45:07

Join us on our journey this week as we become trepidatious travellers. Trains, planes ... what could go wrong...? All kinds of crazy apparently.. from Kirsty’s light battering (which wasn't near...

Resolutions from 2020-01-10T13:19:30

This week we celebrate a new Don’t Laugh But decade by rambling our way through resolutions. Should we bother making them? Should Rebecca's be to dive into the dragons den with shoebuddies .com?...

Christmas from 2019-12-20T16:56:19

We pull that cracker that is Christmas and enjoy the exploding drama,  hugs,  love,  nostalgia; the damn essence of life that it is. The Quality Street is judged, the condiments listed, the mus...

Fate! from 2019-12-13T14:25:04

We fall into fate this week. Is it fate, destiny, serendipity or all three? Are you meant to be doing something in the world? Or is it all random and haphazard (a bit like every week here at DLB...

Restaurants from 2019-12-06T14:49:20

This week we take you for dinner, lunch and a whole brunch of chat as we discuss restaurants...what’s not to love... getting fed and cleaned up by other people.. it’s one of life utter pleasures...

Guilt from 2019-11-29T13:20:45

This week we grimace in the face of guilt. Who’s feeling guilty? NOT us... Okay, now we're feeling guilty for lying. Is guilt just a useless self-destructive angry inner voice that our other se...

Laughter from 2019-11-22T14:56:48

This week we lay in the lap of laughter delving into how giggling, gaffawing and ‘PMSL’/‘ROFL’-ing (whichever makes you least nauseous) makes us more human and allows us to deal with the gravita...

Fame! from 2019-11-08T12:15:47

We try not to be blinded by the bright lights of celebrity as we question whether fame really should be desired, and famous people valued above others. We also throw a little glitter over the munda...

Stress from 2019-11-01T14:08:40

This week we don’t sit by the rivers of Babylon but instead dive right in to the tempestuous sea of stress that is first world 21st century living. Is life really so overwhelming or do we bring it ...

Weddings Part 2 from 2019-10-24T19:44:32

We try not to faint, fall down or poop ourselves as we stumble down the aisle of expectation towards our wonderful Don't Laugh Butters and their hilarious tales of eventful and often downright d...

Weddings - part 1 from 2019-10-18T12:19:52

This week here comes the bride and all things wedding related...we get lost in the no mans land that is the the wedding ceremony - should oversized Jenga ever be involved? Wedding rules; are the...

School Days from 2019-10-11T12:37:43

This week we’re walking those stinky school corridors again, re-visiting the highs and lows and the down-right butt-clenchingly (or otherwise) embarrassing moments we all experienced...

W...

Dieting from 2019-10-04T10:52:33

This week we ravishingly eat up all things diet related ... why do we so want to believe in them.. even the ones that make us smell like cabbage and eat deadly worms, when they seem to have the ...

Disability from 2019-09-26T13:42:49

In a conversation that Kirsty rates 5 stars (but then she’s easily pleased), we swallow back the fear of offending and frankly getting things all kinds of wrong and delve in to the issues surrou...

Parties from 2019-09-20T11:18:30

This week, now with the help of our lovely listeners - the ‘Butters’, we line up the shots and vol-au-vents and discuss the very best and worst of soirees and shindigs. Should other people clear...

Womanhood from 2019-09-06T18:41:39

What does it mean to be a woman? Is it ok to draw any distinctions between the genders? Are women supportive of each other? Is it insulting for a woman to be referred to as a ‘girl’? Does Kirsty...

Identity from 2019-08-30T11:41:36

Who are you? A question of course initially posed by renowed philosopher Roger Daltrey. This week we also ponder the issues of identity;  How much of ourselves die when our loved ones die? How m...

Bewildered from 2019-08-23T11:03:39

Rebecca and Kirsty merely scratch the surface of their known unknowns; the stuff they simply do not understand, from gravity to the hangy bits in t-shirts, from LinkedIn to the evolution of monk...

Summer Holidays from 2019-08-16T11:32:58

Six weeks of being grounded with the whole family, or maybe you’re lucky enough to brave the airless hell-hole of anxiety that is the airport so you call yell at your kids to ‘stop wielding stuf...

Friendship from 2019-08-08T18:22:56

Join on us on the beautiful journey that is friendship as we plait each other’s hair and have feathery pillow fights yet still make time to take a detour into the similarities between parents an...

What if... part 2 from 2019-08-01T22:21:40

The excitement continues in this much anticipated part two of Kirsty and Rebecca tackling life’s most fundamental ‘What If’ Questions. This week we battle to keep things clean as the discussion ...

What if...? Part 1 from 2019-07-26T12:04:42

This week Rebecca and Kirsty discuss vital 'what if...' questions. Delving into the fear of pooping in Space and tackling the merits of a good wine like Shnuffly Du Blanc. We don’t even shy away...

Money from 2019-07-18T19:41:41

This week Rebeca and Kirsty embrace that taboo that none of us like talking about - MONEY. That elusive stuff that buys you more stuff so you have to keep buying bigger stuff to keep your stuff ...

Emotions from 2019-07-11T17:49:27

Emotions run high as Rebecca and Kirsty discuss their deepest feelings on ridiculously happy people, crying in public, over-sharing, over-analysing, anxiety about yoghurt purchases and the distr...

Sleep from 2019-07-04T22:12:44

Get your silk pyjamas on, slide around the bed and audibly spoon us as we discuss the time-travelling, mini-death weirdness that is sleep .

Beauty from 2019-06-27T23:10:43

This week Rebecca and Kirsty discuss beauty; from the unattainable ideals put on us by societal pressures, to the simple beauty of a fart in the bath. Enjoy, all you beautiful people.

Beliefs from 2019-06-20T16:18:34

This week we throw caution to the stinky wind and discuss the potentially polarizing subject of beliefs - from Rebecca’s childhood belief that she was a star of a TV show where viewers could see...

Clothes from 2019-06-14T10:16:33

This week we talk clothing, discussing everything from puffer jackets looking like bin bags to the stress of  changing in shops with the curtain and mirrors of shame;  from actively ignoring the...

Failure from 2019-06-07T10:24:07

This week we tackle head-on the familiar beast that is failure - from exams to over-enthusiastic eyebrow maintenance, from driving tests to epic cookery fails leading to grisly (or should that b...

The Gym from 2019-05-30T20:33:05

This week we go, reluctantly, to the gym and flap our bits at others in the changing rooms before leaving a sweaty triangle on all the gym equipment, farting in the yoga class and peeing in the ...

Ageing from 2019-05-24T11:20:53

Ageing - something to detest and delay as long as possible or something to embrace and value? Rebecca and Kirsty verbally meander through the good and bad of ageing, from saggy boobs and lonelin...

Questions from 2019-05-16T17:40:30

This week we take a break from the very in-depth discussions we normally have (!) and instead answer random questions which send us on a conversational journey from Descartes to floating ribs to...

Social Media from 2019-05-09T17:32:14

Rebecca and Kirsty take a 'stroll' through the good and bad that make up social media; including Kirsty's relief that you're no longer shown actual holiday photos but instead can click 'like' an...

Movies from 2019-05-03T14:17:21

Kirsty and Rebecca twatter on about the films that excite us, scare us, stay with us, make you laugh and cry and how zombies don't care if you wet yourself. Also includes an uncanny, if disturbi...

Future from 2019-04-25T16:57:58

In possibly the most ill-informed podcast ever, Rebecca and Kirsty explore The future and their futures. Topics (poorly) covered include potato teleportation, not allowing robots to see the film...

Supermarkets from 2019-04-18T16:24:36

...with a healthy side-helping of roast potatoes. Kirsty and Rebecca discuss the wonderful world of supermarkets, covering such weighty issues as basket Vs trolley, over-optimistic fruit-buying ...

Fear from 2019-04-05T14:02:26

From spiders to public speaking to waving at someone who doesn’t know you, we talk about everything that gives us the willies.

Happiness from 2019-04-03T10:37:44

What makes you happy? Turns out everything that brings Kirsty joy revolves around her bum. Rebecca tries to bring Aristotle in to the equation but fails miserably.

Death from 2019-04-03T10:27:23

We thought we’d start at the end - death. Having both had close first hand experience of bereavement we wanted to begin by talking about the untalkable in hopefully an uplifting, occasionally hi...

Welcome to Don't Laugh But... from 2019-04-02T20:40:22

Just a quick (and very unprofessional) welcome and hello from Kirsty and Rebecca.