331: Cariad Lloyd on grief, writing, and problematic face painting
The Scummy Mummies Podcast
Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Our guest for this episode is the brilliant comedian Cariad Lloyd!
We talk about her award-winning podcast, Griefcast, and why she decided to stop making it after seven years. We discuss helping a friend through grief - is it ever too late to offer support? What's the best way to handle tricky times like Mother's Day? And why is death sometimes so bloody funny?
Cariad shares what it was like to have a baby four days into the first lockdown, and why she's moved into writing children's books. We talk about her fantastic picture book, Where Did She Go?, and festive adventure Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish. They're both out now.
There's also some chat about Austentatious, the Jane Austen improv show Cariad appears in. And Helen tells us a thing about audiobooks that blows our minds.
As always we finish with Scummy Mummy Confessions - this time involving an unrelaxing bath, a feral child, and Ellie's husband's worst birthday ever.
For more from Cariad visit cariadlloyd.com and follow her on Instagram @cariadlloyd. Dates and tickets for Austentatious are available via austentatiousimpro.com.
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| 0:00.0 | I think it's you. |
| 0:01.6 | I think it could be. |
| 0:02.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:54.6 | Why not? Let's do it. Okay. It begins. It begins. It's not Highlander. It's talking about. Pan Zimmer soundtracks. Yeah. Suddenly light shoots out about eyes and ears. Beez-Zhou. It begins. South London, 26. And scene. Okay, really, okay. Oh, I don't even know how to begin my podcast. Okay. We've done 330 episodes. Oh, wow. Who could blame you for forgetting? I know how it starts. Hello and welcome to the Scummy Mummy's podcast. Oh, I'm absolutely nailed it. Can't believe it. You absolutely smashed that. That is a difficult line. I can see why you forgot that. Yeah. Oh, I think. You made the top of it so complicated. Yeah. Why make it so complicated? Maybe just simplify it a bit. I think with another 330 attempts, you'll get it. |
| 0:55.7 | You'll absolutely, you'll know it. |
| 0:56.5 | This is it. |
| 0:57.6 | 10,000 hours. |
| 0:58.1 | Come on. |
| 0:58.8 | Yeah, you're right. |
| 1:00.8 | This is what God's well meant. |
| 1:01.2 | Yeah. So he was referring to. |
| 1:02.2 | Okay. |
| 1:06.4 | Hello, scumbags. |
| 1:07.7 | This is the Scummy Mummy's podcast. |
| 1:11.1 | With your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne. |
| 1:19.4 | Hello and welcome to the scummy mummies podcast. It's me, Helen Thorne. And it's me, |
| 1:23.2 | Ellie Gibson. And guess what, Ellie? I can guess because I have eyes. But go on. Let's pretend that |
| 1:31.2 | this is a surprise. I'm going to give everyone eyes. I'm going to go. Wow. Are you, what have you? What did you have for |
| 1:38.5 | breakfast? I'm not. I didn't sleep well last night. Anyway, I think I had too much estrogen this morning. |
| 1:45.8 | I did one extra squirt. Oh, yeah. We can talk about the peri-peries. I've been following your peri-peri. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, I think I've overdosed on estrogen. I told you not to snort it. Oh, my God. I don't know. Which holder put it in. Anyway, enough about me and my hormones. |
| 2:01.6 | I'm very delighted because we have a guest, Ellie. And her name is Carrie Ed Lloyd. Ah, hooray! To be fair, she is one of my favourite ones, so I am excited as well. There you go. Two, I am too. A returner. Yes. It's not my first time. Exactly. It's very exciting. Oh, it's lovely to have you back. We've just been, we've just, I'm going to set the scene. It's a February afternoon. And finally, listener, wherever you are in the world, there is light and sunshine in London. And we have not had it for a very long time. I feel I think I may be giddy. Yeah, you've got too much vitamin D. Your Australian soul is like, can't believe what's happening. I know. I remember this. I remember being alive. How about that? I'm not sad. Yeah. Is that like? Whereas me and Ellie are like, yeah, this is normal. Yeah. Well, I have just to show off, listen, I have just spent 10 days in Thailand. |
| 2:54.7 | So I've got sunshine coming out my asshole, as always. |
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