Romesh & Shanthi Open Up

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Romesh and Shanthi get surprisingly heartfelt about Romesh's upbringing – discussing infidelity, jealousy and Shanthi's "toughest years". Shanthi also plays Round 2 of Nottolenghi and explains why she loves The Great British Bake Off so much. Plus, Romesh puts his foot down on the upper age limit for trick or treating. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Garage Freestyle 02:45 Unexpected Compliments 07:15 Romesh Gets Serious on Family 10:40 Who is Loyle Carner? 13:00 Nottolenghi: Round 2 15:40 Meringue Eating Technique 16:30 People Get Jealous of Me 18:50 Ben's My Best Friend 21:22 Halloween Feedback 26:50 Romesh vs Dinesh fight 30:00 Altogether Different 32:30 Shanthi Loves Bake Off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Thursday edition of the Ramesh Ranganaathan Show.
0:05.0	I'm here with my mom. I'm Shanti.
0:07.0	Every Thursday we sit down, chat about Monday's episode, read your stories and mum brings out one of her topics to the table.
0:13.0	You want to feel more normal, keep watching.
0:15.0	And yes, I am overcompensating for just having had lunch.
0:18.0	Um,
0:19.0	Yes.
0:20.0	Could you please introduce us
0:21.1	like you're a superstar DJ?
0:23.0	Superstar DJ?
0:23.9	How do I do that?
0:27.0	You say it and I'll repeat.
0:29.1	No, I think you can do this.
0:30.8	So it's just like,
0:32.1	just big it up, high energy.
0:34.0	Welcome to our show.
0:36.3	And you can ask any question to us
0:38.3	and we are happy to answer
0:39.7	please, please listen to us
0:42.0	and
0:43.2	give you a comment
0:45.7	great
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