SmartLess · September 14, 2026 · 1h 0m

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan joins the SmartLess hosts for an hour of conversation billed as a mix of 'real issues and hard truths' and offbeat detours. The episode's notes tease fragments about crafty lobsters, mirror faces, and a reference to a place in Birmingham. Horgan, the Irish actor-writer behind Catastrophe and Bad Sisters, brings her native slang into the show's banter. The hour closes on the hosts' running joke that the podcast is one more step toward curing insomnia.

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Crafty lobsters

The conversation touched on lobsters, which the episode's notes characterize with the phrase 'lobster crafty.'

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Mirror faces

A thread in the conversation involved 'mirror-faces' — pulling expressions at one's own reflection.

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A place in Birmingham

The episode included a reference to 'a place in Birmingham' among its conversational fragments.

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SmartLess as a cure for insomnia

The hosts extend their self-deprecating running joke that SmartLess doubles as a cure for insomnia.

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Misc

✧The teaser opens with the question 'Where's the fan?'

✧The show notes describe the episode as 'a proper mint' — British/Irish slang meaning excellent.

✧The hosts close with the line 'We're just trying to cure insomnia one p'cast ep at a time.'

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