Should Gifts Be Equal in a Relationship?

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Romesh and Shanthi play a chaotic game of “Would You Rather?”, take aim at coffee snobs (George Clooney included!), and reminisce about iconic old TV adverts. Things go off the rails with dirty genie wishes, awkward gift-giving dilemmas, and an embarrassing misunderstanding about the ingredients of a popular energy drink. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Red Bull 02:48 Favourite Adverts 07:11 Shanthi on Coffee 11:00 Would You Rather...? 17:41 Genie Wishes 22:10 Advice on Motherhood 28:08 Gifting Dilema Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6	Do you think this week you could be friendlier to us?
0:32.6	Yeah, I can try that. Thank you.
0:34.6	Welcome back to the Thursday edition of the Ramesh Ranganathan Show.
0:38.6	I'm here with my mum, Shanty, and the team.
0:41.6	Hello.
0:42.5	As you can tell, the vibe is electric in here today.
0:47.0	Every Thursday, we sit down and chat about Monday's celebrity episode,
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0:58.5	Mum, what's new with you?
1:00.4	New with me?
1:01.1	Yeah.
1:03.3	I'm writing lots of recipes to make different, different cakes, carrot cake, coffee at Walden, chocolate cake,
1:14.1	yeah, ribbon cake.
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1:15.6	Because I really wanted to make cakes.
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