322: Athletics, book writing and a disappointing pole vaulter with Emily Murray (aka @pinkhouseliving)
The Scummy Mummies Podcast
Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Imagine taking up athletics in your forties, discovering you're great at the triple jump, and going on to set a brand new record. That's what Emily Murray (aka @pinkhouseliving) did - and she's here to tell us all about it.
We learn about the Masters Athletics Federation, and how they offer people of all ages the chance to compete for actual medals. We discuss the pros and cons of being a super competitive person, and Emily explains how her perspective on winning has changed over the years.
There's also some chat about writing novels, the new Lily Allen album, and whether King Charles is really that much better than the artist formerly known as Prince Andrew.
Of course, we finish up with some Scummy Mummy Confessions - this time involving lube, shouting, and a drunken trip to Sainsbury's.
Follow Emily on Instagram @pinkhouseliving, and look out for her novel in 2027.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, scumbags, this is the scummy mummies podcast, with your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne. |
| 0:16.8 | Hello and welcome for the scummy mummies podcast. It's me, Helen Thorne. And it's me, any good, sir? Ellie, I'm very excited. What a shocking turn of events. So unlike me to have this unbridled enthusiasm. Well, I'm very excited because we've got a returning guest and you know, I love when guests come back. That means they like us, Ellie. And you know I like to be liked. Right. I'm glad it's not the saying that it's true of ex-husband. No, thank you. Anyway, enough of him. I'm very excited because we have the wonderful, fabulous Emily Murray back. Roo! Hello. A.K.A. Pink House Lady. Yes, Pink Lady, I think you dubbed me at some point. Or Emily Pink. |
| 0:54.8 | Emily Pink. |
| 1:11.1 | That's how you're in my phone as Emily Pink. You know my friend Emily Pink. Yeah. Everyone knows me as Emily Pink. Yeah. But you are Pink House Living on Instagram. I am still. Yeah, we've been for a few years now. You're clinging on, yes. Is your house still pink? At the moment it is covered in dust and renovation incidents. |
| 1:14.6 | Always. now. Is your, is your house still pink? At the moment, it is covered in dust and renovation incidents. |
| 1:14.4 | Always relaxing. |
| 1:15.6 | Yep. |
| 1:16.1 | But the bits that are not covered in dust are mainly pink. |
| 1:18.8 | Okay. |
| 1:19.3 | Although not as pink as I would like it to be. |
| 1:22.8 | I wish the kitchen was pinker, so I have plans. |
| 1:25.7 | There's this wallpaper I want to put up and I want to do |
| 1:27.7 | the cupboards and all that stuff. Obviously, my husband is delighted at the prospect. Because I know |
| 1:33.3 | that your kitchen has a controversial history, Emily. Oh, does it? Because... Oh, I know. Because your |
| 1:39.8 | kitchen, correct me if I'm wrong, does not have, brace yourself, listener, does not have an extractor fan. |
| 1:46.5 | That is actually true, and I knew you were going to say that. And actually, it came up again. |
| 1:51.6 | My husband mentioned it only last week because he was cooking, as he does. I don't, hence no extractor fan. |
| 1:57.8 | And he was complaining about the fact that it stank of whatever he was cooking. |
| 2:01.8 | And I said maybe we can find some sort of brass like thing that fits in the ceiling and it |
| 2:06.4 | sucks everything up. And then I did nothing about it. Yeah, that's that's that's that's that's a lot of |
| 2:11.1 | my attitude, a lot of problems that my husband raises. Yeah. So when I did my kitchen, I put in a quite small turn off an honourable extractor fan |
| 2:21.9 | because I thought, if Emily Pink can live like this, so can I. And you know what, I never |
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