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Author: Sam Darlaston And Tatum McGreal

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Parallel parking when someone’s watching. Waving to get the bus driver to stop. Dropping something and having to pick it back up. It’s not just you, we know life is embarrassing for no reason.



Sam Darlaston and Tatum McGreal are two best mates bringing you a safe space to overthink things that don’t really matter (but we all know they do). Life’s awkward innit, so we might as well laugh.



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If you've never listened, welcome along to embracing the embarrassing parts of life with Sam Darlaston & Tatum McGreal, Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!As we're now in Christmas Party season, Sam & Tatum want to chat about all the things we find absolutely mortifying about it! Whether you're the person who's having to chat to your coworker you might've got off with the next day or you just hate the small talk you have to have with people you have nothing in common with except work. This is your safe space to get that toe curling feeling about certain situations off your chest!This is also the week Sam's bought himself some new glasses! And Tatum has noticed he has a lookalike when he wears them, with the World Cup draw 2026 being announced this week the internet's noticed a link to one of the groups to a certain Pitbull song, who would make the Ibiza XI and the all important question with Simon Cowell's new boyband show, what are they gonna be singing in the auditions?If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Merry bloody Christmas! This week we're taking it back to a story time you might've heard bits of but not the full thing...Did Tatum almost join a cult because the guy was fit? Yes.Did she call up Sam as muscle to try and get her out of the cult? Also yes.Find out what happened here...If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to your weekly safe space for all things mortifying that you can't quite put your finger on, with Sam Darlaston & Tatum McGreal!Obviously for us that was last week, which Tatum will explain fully for you, but we are back this week with a round up of what's happening and a brand new topic to delve into.With it being that time of year, Sam's got some thoughts and feelings on Spotify Wrapped, with festival line ups dropping we've got a pack for you to join for Reading & Leeds next year if you're as obsessed with Stranger Things as Tatum is, she's got some exciting news about a spin off ANNND Tatum's got some Jason Derulo rumours she wants to clear up!But this week our topic is all about swimming so if you've ever been walking round the pool side with your goggles on thinking about how embarrassing it'd be to have to get up that high chair life guards sit in and blow your whistle every 5 minutes, we're welcoming your suggestions and having a listen through them just to normalize overthinking when you're swimming. Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy early Christmas! You lucky lot are getting a BONUS EP every Tuesday for December!And for this week's one, join Sam and Tatum as they discuss Sam's adventure to the sperm bank...yep.We find out what happens from start to finish (lol) including the process, if he's got strong swimmers AND has he got a kid on the way?If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As an apology for us having a few issues this week with recording an ep, you've got lucky and got a bonus episode for free!After Kendrick v Drake last year and Taylor v Charli this year, Sam & Tatum are looking back at 2 diss tracks from back in the day about one of them!And for once it's not about Sam!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What's more embarrassing, not noticing your mates hair has changed or going to the loo with your rucksack still on?Welcome back to Embarrassing For No Reason, where Sam & Tatum provide you with a safe space to chat about these exact little situations you can't help but overthink a bit later on and get slightly mortified about!This week, Sam & Tatum have a story from their trip to the Stranger Things Season 5 premiere (and Tatum's trick of how to beat brain rot with cliff hangers), Curtis Pritchard's going back to Love Island AGAIN and a question for you to chat with your mates about: Would you 'beef' for the money?And of course, the topic this week is one of the things you will overthink and over analyse ANYTIME you go on one: First dates! Because, we've all been on one that's been absolutely mortifying, but you just can't quite put your finger on it, so Sam & Tatum are going through the situations you've sent in, and crowning the best one for the Silly Billy award! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
committing to the clap

committing to the clap

2025-11-1347:55

Welcome back to your weekly safe space to share, with Sam & Tatum, anything and everything mortifying that you just can't explain!As we're edging closer and closer to it releasing, Tatum's excitement for Wicked: For Good has her singing, AI's trying to get Sam cancelled and of course we've got your suggestions for what you find embarrassing for no reason.This week, we're talking gigs, whether it's not knowing the words and having to just mime along, hearing your own singing on a video you did or just simply mosh pits, there is soo many things we don't talk about enough with gigs that are just absolutely mortifying! So we're getting them off our chests and recognising how embarrassing for no reason the whole situation is. Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Now we're in November, every single place has dropped their Christmas ad, and of course the main one being...the John Lewis ad! So Sam & Tatum this week are breaking down the new advert with Tatum having some strong opinions!There's also been an update on the Louvre heist, including a song, the Celebrity Traitors final taking place this week and of course as it's November, Sam & Tatum are chatting about what mortifies us about Bonfire night for no reason!Whether it's the long pause to see if the firework ACTUALLY works, the bangs not quite matching the music or just simply Catherine wheels, you've sent it loads of suggestions of what you find embarrassing for no reason at Bonfire Night. Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!And happy new Lily Allen album to those who celebrate! As Sam & Tatum are diving into the lyrics on the album which is everywhere right now, along with a brand new use for AI that's been going viral this week, a mad fact about the clocks going back that you can use in a pub quiz and of course as it's Halloween week we're chatting about what you find embarrassing for no reason about Halloween!Whether it's just simply pumpkins, going to a Halloween party and overthinking apple bobbing or simply dressing up there is so many things we find absolutely mortifying about Halloween that we just don't talk about enough! So Sam & Tatum are providing your weekly safe space to get it out in the open, Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As we've just done our first ever live episode! We thought this week we'd share some of the best bits with you!Including some embarrassing stories from Sam & Tatum's week, a bit of Sam ripping into Tatum after we've uncovered some gems from a previous story time episode and of course your Embarrassing For No Reasons! Cause life's awkward innit so you might as well have a laugh!Big thank you to everyone who came down to support the podcast! And of course a big thank you to Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival at the Bedford in Balham!If you wanna check out some bonus bits from our live episode plus ad free content get over to our Patreon and support us there : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonOr if you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
bend over quickly

bend over quickly

2025-10-1659:31

What's Tatum doing with a pringles can on her piece? Who's Lucy? Why's Sam got hot chocolate coming out his nose WHILST dressed as Simon from the Inbetweeners? Who's got the better vocals out of Sam & Tatum and most importantly is Sam pregnant??Few questions for you ahead of this week's episode, if it's your first time here welcome! If you're with us every week - you know we're getting well excited ahead of our FIRST EVER live episode this week!And so this week on the podcast, Sam & Tatum are getting ready for it along with giving you a run down of this week with the Inbetweeners MAYBE making a comeback, the Celebrity Traitors being on AND why we need to be particularly careful around Ladybirds right now!After Tatum, Sam & Producer Tom have had their first ever interest in booking the 3 of them to be DJ & MC at a Wedding, the topic this week is all about Weddings! Whether it's the awkward wait after the wedding before the pictures or simply not being invited to the main event - Sam & Tatum are here with a safe space to share, and have a laugh with you about the whole thing. Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
sitting in the urinal

sitting in the urinal

2025-10-0959:37

In a week of the Celeb Traitors starting, Storm Amy blowing us all (CHANCE) and Lana Del Rey's husband going from swamp to Paris fashion week, Sam & Tatum have a topic this week that might be the most embarrassing place when you're out in public...the toilets!Whether it's the pressure of the urinals, covering a fart with a cough or literally just using the loo on the trains - there's so much that is absolutely mortifying about just using the public toilets that we don't talk about enough. So Sam & Tatum are providing our weekly safe space to chat through them and just get these parts of life off our chest! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
TAYLOR VS CHARLI XCX

TAYLOR VS CHARLI XCX

2025-10-0422:10

SURPRISE BONUS!!After Taylor Swift dropped her album 'The Life Of A Showgirl', the internet's gone mad for it!And everyone's got a story, a rumour or a theory about parts of the album, so Sam & Tatum are bringing theirs to the table. And of course chatting about the ALLEGED diss on the album!From Tatum's tri pod story to Sam's story about Charli XCX, and how Taylor Swift's new song 'Actually Romantic' fits into that - this episode is all about the new Taylor Swift album!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Remembering your first kiss is always mortifying, so sharing those stories is gonna be even more embarrassing for no reason!In a week of Bad Bunny being announced to be headlining the Superbowl, The Simpsons Movie announcing a sequel and a mad bit of guidance from the NHS, Sam & Tatum are also finding out your first kiss stories, and sharing their own!Whether it was a slobbery one or the smell of the other person's breath just sticks with you to this day - we've all had a kiss with someone that sticks with you and everytime you think back on it you can't help but feel slightly mortified! So Sam & Tatum are getting them out in the open, and showing you're not alone in finding them embarrassing with our weekly safe space here on the podcast! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sam & Tatum have HUGE news this week!!! We've also gotta chat about Harry Styles AKA Sted Sarandos in the Berlin marathon, THAT video of Simon Cowell on the Jennifer Hudson show and some speculation on the celebrity Traitors coming out very soon!As for the topic this week, if you’re someone who won’t step over 3 drains and then stopped a mate from doing the same, by saying to them ‘oh it’s bad luck’, or HAVE to salute every magpie you see AND THEN immediately felt mildly mortified, this week’s episode is for you mate!Sam & Tatum are providing a safe space to share some of our maddest superstitions in life that we follow, but aren’t really sure why? Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!OH and you can get your tickets here : Embarrassing For No ReasonIf you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
cheaper than an OF

cheaper than an OF

2025-09-1848:30

In the words of Tatum this week we're doing 'clinical embarrassment'!And what could be more embarrassing that what's happened to Sam's mate involving a hawk, along with that we gotta talk about the Ariana Grande tour queue, the fact McDonald's monopoly is back and we're looking for a winner, the new feature Apple's rolling out with their airpods might've come in handy for Sam's trip abroad and of course this week's topic: Social Media fails!As your safe space to share all things mortifying we've got PLENTY of your social media fails. Whether it's the times you've accidentally used the new reshare feature on insta, or taking it back to when everyone was on Facebook, we've all done something on social media that's caused us to be ABSOLUTELY mortified! And Sam & Tatum are here to share and have a laugh with you about it.Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!If you love the pod, you can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
i'm in me mum's car

i'm in me mum's car

2025-09-1148:34

If you get easily mortified by the tiniest things, this podcast is perfect for you.Join Sam & Tatum this week as Sam has an important update on both his feet and career, Tatum’s had a mare on the tube and this week’s topic which is…Driving!Whether it’s the time you pulled up to a traffic light and accidentally made eye contact with the car next to you or something as simple as a mini roundabout, Sam & Tatum are going through what you find embarrassing for no reason when you’re driving! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!You can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to September!! Arguably the 2nd new year of the year, because I think we all still associate it with starting school!So this week Sam & Tatum are chatting about what you found absolutely mortifying at school because at that age even just saying here in the register was embarrassing.Not only that but Katie Price is topping the charts at the minute, a new judge taking over at Britains Got Talent and of course Sam & Tatum are going through your suggestions of situations you’d be overthinking and getting embarrassed for no reason about at school! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!You can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After a bank holiday weekend apart, Sam & Tatum are back together! And they've got a debrief for eachother after Tatum's Ibiza trip and Sam heading to All Points East, or as Sam's now called it All Points Dust.Not only that but there's a popstar making a comeback this week with a pop up centred around Labubu's (so of course the question of who has Labubu energy comes up), Taylor Swift's got engaged, Sam's convinced he's seen something NO ONE'S going to believe he's seen and inspired by Tatum's list of phrases she always gets wrong, we're finding out some of the worst ones you've come out with that have immediately left you mortified! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!You can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on Patreon for bonus eps and ad free content : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
WE ACTUALLY GOT DAVINA MCCALL ON THE PODCAST!!!Well TECHNICALLY Sam & Tatum were lucky enough to meet Davina and she's joined in with the everyday thing she finds embarrassing for no reason!And after an awkward moment for Tatum this week where someone didn’t quite get her name right, this week we’re covering the spelling mistakes and auto corrects that mortify you whenever they happen!So join Sam & Tatum in your weekly safe space to chat through the Lana Del Rey beef (including why Nicki Minaj has got involved), why Cambridge & Oxford dictionaries need to work it out on the remix and of course the topic this week…your most MORTIFYING spelling mistakes! Cause life's awkward innit, so might as well have a laugh!You can watch along on our YouTube : Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeOr support us on the Patreon : EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonAnd remember to follow the socials to join in with your Embarrassing For No Reason stories, because you might win an award out of it! @efnrpodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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