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An innocent debate about wiping technique spirals into apologies, trauma, and one unforgettable Spanish water park incident. Laura and Carmen dive headfirst into listener embarrassment, public toilet shame, tits out disasters, and the real reason you should never trust an enclosed flume. There’s owl impressions, Valentine’s chat, co-sleeping confessions, and proof that once you’ve shit yourself in front of someone, you’re friends for life. Listener discretion advised. This one absolutely ponged. Get involved in the show! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at [email protected]. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod. Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Tuesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

This week on Shouldn’t Laugh But... there’s a heartfelt goodbye to comedy royalty, a brief moment of wet eye, and then straight into celebrity dating discourse as Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton go public and somehow just make sense. Laura and Carmen do a deep dive into the Take That documentary, from boyband hysteria and Gary Barlow redemption to nineties nostalgia and MTV memories. Elsewhere, Carmen attends a murder mystery party where she accidentally becomes the murderer, while Laura navigates a sticky gig with drunk front row aunties. And then things get horny. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s aggressively sexy press tour sparks a debate about secure relationships, visor hands, flirting as performance, jealousy, work wives and why being Australian makes you instantly cool. All in all, a reminder that everyone is confused, everyone is jealous, everyone is online too much and laughing is still the best coping mechanism. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Tuesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday.

This episode of Shouldn’t Laugh But is a full body immersion into the chaos of leisure centres, from flumes that should absolutely be age restricted to the deeply cursed realisation that Leisure World is one of those places that hits very differently as an adult. Laura and Carmen unpack childhood water park joy, vending machine culture, plasters in the pool, and the horror of realising you are now the entertainment on a flume. There’s also a listener debate that truly splits the nation on how you wipe your bum, including power stances, wall leaning, and why some habits should never be passed down through generations. Plus, the girls get stuck into the Ryanair versus Elon Musk beef, social media pile ons, and how you have to be a very specific kind of prick to make the CEO of Ryanair look like a legend. Flumes, arses, airlines and billionaires getting owned. A lot is covered. Get involved in the show! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at [email protected]. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod. Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

This week on Shouldn’t Laugh But, Laura and Carmen are riding high after accidentally making the Daily Mail, spiralling into full hun culture chaos and asking the only question that matters: is Nigella Lawson about to make Bake Off unbearably sexy? From Spice Girls reunion delusions and Traitors obsessing to soggy bottoms, flirt offs and why Paul Hollywood will simply not survive the Nigella era, the girls unpack the biggest TV gossip of the week. Elsewhere, there’s winter sun in Morocco, fake Chanel sunglasses, buffet blindness, one on one parenting revelations and the emotional rollercoaster of discovering your ten year old has the playlist of a gay man in his forties. And just when you think it couldn’t get more unhinged, Steven Bartlett enters the chat with gene pools, incels and unsolicited womb opinions, prompting a collective scream into the void and a reminder that absolutely none of this is our responsibility. Come for the Bake Off filth and celebrity nonsense, stay for the parenting confessions, relationship resentment, existential dread and permission to laugh at things you definitely shouldn’t. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

This episode of Shouldn’t Laugh But tackles the question no parent is ever prepared for: when your kid asks what 69 is. From kitchen chats about consent to likening the act to the Bermuda Triangle, Laura and Carmen unpack why 69ing is far more admin heavy and far less glamorous than the films ever suggested. Meanwhile, Heated Rivalry has Carmen mentally rehearsing what she’s absolutely going to shout when she sees ice hockey IRL on her upcoming Canada trip, and the girls deliver the final word on the sexiest accents. Essex takes the crown, but the Russian accent is… dangerously fit. Get involved in the show! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at [email protected]. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod. Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

This week on Shouldn’t Laugh But, Laura and Carmen are serving piping hot tea because there is only one thing anyone cares about: Brooklyn Beckham's angry Instagram post to his parents David and Victoria! From blocked family members and missing birthdays to those Insta stories that sent the internet into meltdown, the girls deep dive into the Beckham family drama and ask the big questions. Is it a brand implosion? A marriage defence of Nicola Peltz? Or just what happens when family beef goes fully online? Plus there’s big dog energy in real life, admin nights that absolutely do not need to exist, baffling 2016 throwback trends and the quiet rage of watching everyone else overshare. Come for the celebrity chaos, stay for the existential dread, unhinged takes and permission to laugh at things you probably shouldn’t. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

This week on Shouldn’t Laugh But, Laura and Carms are back in the studio and feeling all the feelings. From a genuinely emotional listener gift, to Pammy Watch updates and a chaotic rant over posties. Expect stories of stolen coats, missing fizz, extortionate socks that don’t even heat, and a ranking of sexy accents that leaves the girls deeply, deeply rattled. Spoiler alert: Kiwi at number one does not go down well. Get involved in the show! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at [email protected]. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod. Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

On this week’s Shouldn’t Laugh But, Laura and Carmen are back! Carmen is fully embracing January with no drinking, cosy nights in and shopping for all the ski gear, while Laura is deeply mourning the loss of twiglets and Baileys. There’s a big catch up on all the latest Traitors drama, plus a New York jewellery feud that feels like a film but absolutely is not. Consider this your permission to stay in, judge strangers and laugh through January. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher have hand-picked their favourite highlights from the podcast to bring you the very best moments of 2025. Expect everything from Harry Styles allegedly launching his own sex-toy range, to a Canadian tourist having her hands bitten off by a shark, and that unforgettable Cardi B court case. They also get personal, offering a peek behind the curtain of their own lives - including an outrageous 18th birthday party that ended with a police visit, and Carmen’s “him indoors” being gifted a brand-new Hispanic nickname. Chaotic, revealing, and very on-brand - consider this your essential catch-up. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday. Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

“My asshole needs a break for the beige train" It's the final of the 12 Laughs of Christmas...let's never say the C word again! Laura is gearing up to get back on the road and Carmen is dreading a regular working week. And if you have a January birthday - the girls have beef with you! In this episode the duo dig into Timothee Chalamet's love for Susan Boyle. Also have you ever heard of two people struggle to say Timothee Chalamet's name as much as Laura and Carmen? Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

“I don't condone breaking the law of being gorgeous" Who's fighting the urge to head to the January sales? Laura and Carmen definitely aren't, but they are reminiscing over good old fashioned travel agents on the high street. BUT the big viral of the moment of the year is the pair fangirling over the sexy criminals from The Louvre Heist...which leads them to thinking of how they can shoplift using their good looks. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

“I'm touching cloth mate" Seriously guys, what day of the week is it? It's say 10 of the 12 Laugh's of Christmas and Carmen is back at work - which Laura think's is disgusting behaviour. Brad Pitt caused a storm by Catfishing a member of the public and duping her out of lots of money...of course it wasn't the real Brad. And Carmen has her own embarrassing Catfishing story after a sober date. Plus Producer Adem reveals George Ezra was also part of a Catfish scam...which leads to the duos new game of midweight celebrity. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

“Let your beige farts out" Laura and Carmen are here with day #9 of their Christmas specials and it's New Years Eve and they're claiming the festive week is FINALLY over. But they're here to chat about Liam Gallagher & Noel Gallagher reuniting Oasis for the best tour of 2025! Even their producer is saying it's the greatest night of his life...and he's not even a fan. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

“You're either shaking a tail feather or curling up on the sofa" Laura is setting intentions for the new year, while Carmen has one very clear goal: get RICH. Will 2026 be the year Laura and Carmen transform into rich ski ladies? We’re saying yes, absolutely, manifest it! As everyone’s ringing in the new year and getting ready to party, today’s 12 Laughs of Christmas episode dives into the most talked-about party of 2025 - Jeff Bezos’ wedding. As Laura perfectly puts it, “Every c*nt and their cat was there.” From A-list overload to viral moments, there was so much to unpack - including a special shout-out to Leonardo DiCaprio, who was very clearly pretending he wasn’t there. Whether you’re out shaking a tail feather or curled up on the sofa, this episode has you covered. 🥂 Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

“FILL YOUR GOOCH! FILL YOUR GOOCH!” There are harmonies on the show today - should Laura and Carms start an a cappella group, or are we stopping this before it starts? In this 12 Laughs of Christmas episode of Shouldn’t Laugh But…, Laura’s heading to the pub to celebrate her husband Ali’s birthday, while Carmen is back in London, which means she can finally enjoy noisy sex and immediately retreat into full hibernation mode at home. Balance ✨ The girls tackle the internet’s most unhinged debate: 100 Men vs 1 Gorilla. Who’s winning? Is the gorilla from Hong Kong? The answers may (or may not) surprise you. They also get philosophical, discussing their Roman Empires - Laura’s, specifically, being whether Big dying in Sex and the City on a Peloton had a devastating effect on sales. And finally, can we just take a moment to say how much we adore a Carmen segway. Festive chaos. Questionable logic. Absolute vibes. Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! [email protected] Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh