Shanthi’s Own Cooking Show & How To Stop Tantrums!

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

How do you fix toddler tantrums or a child who’s a fussy eater? This week, “Auntie Shanthi” offers some dubious advice to listeners. She also chats to Romesh about her 2026 resolutions, learning computers with a mystery gentleman, and passes judgement on Will Arnett’s famously sexy voice. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 03:06 Shanthi’s list 03:58 Complaining 05:29 2026 resolutions 08:13 Shanthi on Will Arnett 10:46 Shanthi’s advice 18:10 Films that made an impression 23:28 Shanthi’s cookery show 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 Rang and Athon show.
0:03.2	I'm with my mum, who lots of people started calling Auntie Shanti. That's cute, isn't it? Oh, that's wonderful. How are you, mum? I'm fine, darling. Happy to be the nation's auntie? Love to be. Love to be, yeah. Okay. Yeah. How about you introduce the podcast like you're at a formal banquet and you're calling everyone to attention.
0:21.7	Big table.
0:22.8	I'll give you some visuals
0:23.7	so you can really get into the role. Big table. There's like a bore on the table and there's some people are drinking from goblets and you're at the head. You've got a crown and you get up and you say, you know, welcome to the Ramanganaith. You're introducing the podcast.
0:38.3	I'm introducing the podcast. Yeah, but you've got to do it in like a real sort of formal, almost medieval way.
0:42.7	Welcome to Ramesh Ranganathan's show.
0:45.7	Oh, blimey.
0:46.4	I'm ready to start drinking some meat.
0:48.4	Well done.
0:49.5	Yay.
1:00.0	It's the Romage Ranganaith. With me shanty I don't really think you made much of a concession to the brief
1:06.0	Oh my lord
1:07.0	What's wrong?
1:08.0	Nothing
1:09.0	What is a bit disconcerting for your son So you look down, down your top and go, oh my lord.
1:14.6	Were you surprised by your own nipples?
1:16.6	I'm not saying anything.
1:20.6	What's wrong?
1:22.6	No.
1:23.6	I shook myself.
1:25.6	I felt my boots were shaking. That's why you. I shook myself.
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