Shouldn't Laugh But...Laura Smyth & Carmen Butcher – Details, episodes & analysis

Babyyyyy Girllllll the first SLB bonus episode is here! 

Do you like massages? Maybe you hate cups of tea and tapas? Perhaps Nando’s gets your back up the moment you try to order your fino pitta.

In the next 25 minutes, listen to Laura and Carmen discuss “VHAT THEY VANT!” along with your hilarious Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments of the week.

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. 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 

Laura and Carmen are setting the tone - bad choices, questionable judgment, and lots of laughter - all so you can feel better about your own life choices.

Ever experienced the stress of your fingers swelling into King Charles sausages and not being able to t*ss off your husband? Or taken a selfie with a shark and, oops, had your hands bitten off? Maybe you'd rather tuck into a lasagne than unwrap a Harry Styles sex toy… Either way - STRAP IN.

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.

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com

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

If you love side-eyeing the news, finding comfort in other people’s weird decisions, and laughing when, maybe you shouldn’t… this is your new weekly dose of feeling better about your life choices. 

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. 

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com 

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 

Cardi B just won her court case, and Laura and Carmen can't handle how funny and memeable the whole ordeal was. Why is Emani's lawyer like Lionel Hutz from The Simpsons? Meanwhile, a new 2025 dating trend is taking over: Shrekking - dating below your standard to find love. Lord Farquaad, what you saying, handsome?

Plus Laura's son Alfred has started junior school, and can't negotiate an apple, and Carmen is reliving her sister's wedding, where she was MOH. Nice Rollers!

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.

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com

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

Would Mickey Mouse commit credit card fraud? Is leopard print actually a “neutral”? And is it really ok to call your boss a d*ckhead? Laura and Carmen discuss.

Alongside that, Carmen’s battling an ant invasion in her kitchen that’s turned her into Gordon Ramsay, Laura’s wondering if her dog Betty might need Dog Ozempic, and she’s also navigating her daughter’s WW2 dress-up day. 

Plus the pair have just been to see Back to the Future: The Musical - and Laura would like to go back to the past to stop a certain…egg situation. 

It’s chaotic, it’s relatable, and it’s all the stuff you definitely shouldn’t laugh at… but definitely will.

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.

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com

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

Put a blonde wig on Beaker from The Muppets and you’ve got Carmen Butcher - one half of the Shouldn’t Laugh But podcast with Laura Smyth.

Is Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson’s relationship a fauxmance? Laura and Carmen have thoughts. Something deep in Laura’s plums says Pammy can do better - but does Carmen believe the hype? She did love Naked Gun, after all.

Plus, a listener has emailed a hilarious story titled “NAKED WITH A BEAK” - and it involves a tanning mishap at the beautician’s. You’ll never look at a black paper thong the same way again.

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. 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 

Carmen’s back with her great stories, and she can't DEAL with the knowledge that Laura used to be a croupier.

In this episode, the ladies have a problem with AI stitching up Zac Efron, and Shien using Luigi Mangione’s face to sell clothes.

Plus they discuss a listener’s Shouldn’t Laugh But story about getting locked out of her house with the youths. Does anyone want a tinnie?

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. 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. 

Bonus Episodes are available every Friday 

​​Here’s the problem: Laura & Carmen have two producers - one begging them to stay on track, and another adding fuel to their fire. Which one do you think they’re listening to?

Carmen’s obsessed with Cheese Strings, Laura’s campaigning for Brie Strings, and together they spiral into all kinds of Shouldn’t Laugh But chaos - discussing Jaden Smith being made Creative Director at Louboutin and Victoria Beckham landing a new documentary. Will there be hot tea on the Brooklyn Peltz-Beckham beef?

Also Laura has just recorded her Live At The Apollo show, and tickets for her brand new tour ‘Born Aggy’ are available now - visit: laurasmyth.com

Unfiltered, unserious, and definitely not approved by HR - welcome to the podcast you shouldn’t laugh at… but will anyway.

Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura and Carmen 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.

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com

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

News just in: Pies are nice! Carmen’s delighted it’s autumn, and Laura’s angry that it’s cost her a bomb to get to Norwich. Thank goodness for Klarna (Laura’s other best friend).

Plus, the ladies are annoyed at a woman who has saved $97,000 by just eating eggs and bread, and a listener has emailed in with a story you could never recover from.

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. 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 

Laura and Carmen think gender reveals are an unnecessary expense - and they’re blaming pushy presents, balloon arches, and smoke cannons on the Kardashians.

Plus, they also discuss the Netflix documentary everyone’s talking about, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, before side-eyeing a California yoga instructor who has come out as “autosexual” (aka attracted to himself). But isn’t that just every yoga instructor in California?

Instagram - @kidsgettinghurt

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.

Email us your ‘Shouldn’t Laugh But...’ Moments! lauraandcarmen@global.com

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