Shanthi’s TikTok Shop Obsession & Are Sleepovers Bad?

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Is Romesh a sex icon? Romesh Ranganathan and his mum Shanthi are back answering listener dilemmas, including a tricky parenting question and rating the team's attractiveness.They get into Shanthi’s latest TikTok Shop discovery (and the mystery of a stolen delivery), her thoughts on health trends and supplements, and why Romesh is apparently failing basic son duties. As always expect a healthy amount of roasting, form Romesh's fashion to his bum. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform. 00:00 Intro 03:23 Shanthi calls out Romesh 05:10 Sunday scaries 07:20 Morning rituals and astro turf 12:46 The best and worst thing in Shanthi’s week 14:38 TikTok Shop and thiefs 16:47 Shanthi’s take on Afrobeats 18:14 Rom and Shanthi on having Harry Hill on the show 19:16 Romesh’s outfit gets ripped apart 20:30 Praying and diet tips 23:19 Shanthi asks for advice 24:55 A question for Shanthi on the team’s attractiveness 28:09 Romesh’s question on being a sex icon 31:45 Are sleepovers good or bad? 36:43 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you think when you do this one you can do it without swearing at the audience and stuff?
0:04.0	What do you mean?
0:06.0	You just start quite punchy.
0:07.0	Sure thing.
0:08.0	Let me know when?
0:10.0	Yeah, we're rolling.
0:11.0	What's up?
0:12.0	It's the Thursday edition of the Romish Ranganathan show and in the studio I'm joined by my mother, the goat Shandirangana and the team
0:24.6	who looked like goats.
0:26.9	That's horrible to say.
0:29.3	It's horrible to look at.
0:30.6	No.
0:32.3	They all look so good.
0:34.8	And I don't know.
0:35.7	Do you know where they look even better?
0:36.6	Under a bridge.
0:55.0	Why do you say horrible things about everybody? That's why. Somebody tell you, call it. God. They're hideous fucking creatures. I feel like your hair is becoming more like mine. You've started styling it. It's got... Well, it's interesting that.
0:57.3	It's quite a good insight into your personality because before we started rolling,
0:58.8	you talked about how much you liked my hair, Mr. Narcissist.
1:03.1	Shall I start whitening up as well?
1:05.5	There's a clue.
1:07.2	Ben's white.
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