Loyle Carner: Glastonbury, Ottolenghi and James Bond Exclusive!

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Is perfection the enemy of a great show? Rapper, actor and cook, Loyle Carner joins Romesh to talk about the parallels between comedy and music on stage. Ben puts Loyle to the test with a (terrible) food-themed gameshow – and Loyle opens up about his new album Hopefully!, and how he sees it as a time capsule for his children. Presented By Santander - Pay Smarter with a Santander Edge credit card. Find out more at ⁠⁠www.santander.co.uk/personal/credit-cards⁠⁠ A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Pizza shops and bakeries 02:56 “Thinking woman’s crumpet” 04:20 Mumsnet's 7th sexiest man06:36 Romesh’s formal intro to Loyle Carner08:02 Surprise Game - Ottolenghi or Nottolenghi?17:42 AD — Santander Edge credit card18:25 Glastonbury: Why mistakes are good23:32 Inspired by Lianne La Havas 28:10 New album & feeling pressure 31:59 Touring with kids33:16 Getting parenting wrong36:07 Shanthi's voicemail39:02 GOAT rappers43:02 Privacy vs literal45:53 MISQUOTED: We're not heroes. We're weirdos. 47:04 Tesco-bag raps50:49 Bluey wisdom52:07 Acting in Mint (BBC)55:49 James Bond Exclusive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This feels so wacky. I don't like it.
0:02.0	I'm ready.
0:03.0	Okay.
0:04.0	Three Ocelendi products.
0:05.0	Okay.
0:06.0	But we've got three. He already doesn't like it. Everyone's making everyone crazy throw their hands up. Where's the mosh pit? And I was always thinking, fucking, there's never going to be one at mine. Yeah, yeah. But maybe I have to do that to play a show. I was like, that's what a show has to be, you know? There's no point going out with a pop star. We're not heroes, we're weirdos.
0:23.2	Come on, that's leave. Because we can't talk about the James Bond thing or anything. No, right? What, James Bond? What, I'm gonna be James Bond? Oh, come. Are you gonna be James Bond? Are you guys... Let me tell you this. I prefer my answer's short and my exit silent.
0:40.3	Now tell me the detonation.
0:42.3	Save me.
0:46.3	I was so ready to bear myself, man.
0:49.3	I even had my glasses.
0:51.3	I've bought my glasses and everything.
0:53.3	What's going on?
0:54.4	I'm Lorcahna and I'm on the Ramesh Ranganaeathe Nathan show.
0:57.2	Bam.
0:58.3	Nice. Oh, shut up, Romash. Law Kahn, everybody. What a vibe. Hello, mate. Take a seat. Make yourself comfortable. No, you're all good. You brought pizza, right? Yeah. Can we have it? Are we allowed to have it? Yeah. Where did you get it from? We can bring it. Yeah. I can go get it. No, I don't. I don't think he's coming with the pizza and then we're sending him back out again. So bread stall.
1:30.3	Yes, we can. We can bring it. Yeah. I can go get it. No, no, I don't. I don't think he's coming with the pizza.
1:29.0	I think I'm really happy to get it there.
1:30.2	So, breadstool.
1:30.7	Yes, vegan. What is, um, have you got a, oh my God? This one you can't eat because it's not a vegan one. That looks, it doesn't look very vegan. But this one is, that's about as much pig
1:43.5	that's more pig than I've ever seen on a pizza
1:45.8	this is one you wish you could have, I think. Are you affiliated with this pizza company? Yeah, Lucy, I'm just like, I'm friends with them. Okay, yeah, okay, cool. Now this one, here's like a really, you know, so this is exactly the same as the other. That's not exactly the exactly the same. Just be like one without any cheese. Look, there you go.
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