Romesh's Medical MIX UP & Should Grandparents Choose Their Nicknames?

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Join Romesh and Shanthi as they chat about the mix up at the doctors when Romesh was younger, whether grandparents should pick their name and how easy it is to make the perfect Tiktok. 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 Intro 00:30 Shanthi's Weather Forecast 01:20 Romesh's Could Improve 02:43 Shanthi is Unimpressed by Tim Minchin 04:08 Shanthi Sings for Social Media 07:01 Ben on "Dwerking" 08:59 Listener Questions: Grandparents Theme 13:58 Romesh's WORST Habit 16:44 Names for Grandma 19:00 I Thought You Were Cutting my ***** Off 20:55 A Question on the EDGE Send us YOUR questions and dilemmas! Email: ⁠podcast@rangabee.com⁠ Whatsapp: 07731623355 ---- Subscribe for new episodes! Follow us on socials: ⁠https://linktr.ee/theromeshshow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	McGriddles, a new McDonald's breakfast.
0:02.4	So it's maple syrup infused.
0:04.6	It's sweet, then it's savoury, because the sausage, you know, and the cheese and the egg. Oh, it's got the golden arches stamped on it too. Make that make sense. It's hard to put into words, but... Mmm. Until 11am, subject to availability, fees apply to delivery orders while stocks last. Welcome back to the Thursday edition of the Ramesh Ranganaathan show.
0:24.9	I'm joined by my mom, Shanti Ranganathan.
0:30.3	Too much.
0:31.3	And every Thursday we look back at Monday's episode.
0:34.4	Here's some of your stories and dilemmas and their mom deals, will give us one of her topics, don't you?
0:54.5	Of course. I will. And it's a way of us sort of getting together regularly. Yeah, that's a lovely topic. Mom, instead of a jingle this week, can you read the weather forecast like you're on the six o'clock news? I feel like I'm in a k-hole. Okay, go on. Go, mum. Light rain You've got to be sterner than that
0:55.7	It's news like news
0:57.1	Light rain. You've got to be sterner than that. It's news,
0:56.6	like news. Light rain. So we go, weather today with Shanti Ranganathan and then do it.
1:02.9	Light rain? No, you've got to say that. Oh, what are you? So you go, this is welcome to the weather with me
1:07.5	Shanty Ranganaith. Okay. Welcome to what? The weather. Welcome to the weather. Yeah. Welcome to the weather with me, Shanti Ranganathan. Welcome to what? The weather.
1:12.9	Welcome to the weather?
1:13.2	Yeah.
1:21.6	Welcome to the weather from Shanti Ranganathan, light rain, showers and moderate breeze.
1:23.3	Yay, really good.
1:23.8	Yay. Yay.
1:35.0	It's the homage, Ranga. Yay! With me, Shanti!
1:37.5	On Monday, we had Tim Minchin.
1:41.2	Tim?
1:42.4	Mention.
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