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The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Telling Your Sri Lankan Mum You're Dieting...

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6713 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Cooking advice, dieting disasters and impressions that probably shouldn’t happen... Romesh is joined once again by mum Shanthi Ranganathan for another episode of unfiltered family chat. They cover Shanthi’s go-to recipes, strong opinions on chicken, and what it’s actually like trying to diet with a Sri Lankan mum in the house. There’s listener questions, unexpected tangents (including one about poop), impressions of Josh Widdicombe, and Romesh attempting a Tamil impression that may or may not get him in trouble. As always: advice is given confidently. Whether you should follow it is another matter. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 03:03 Josh Widdicombe Impressions 04:34 On poop 05:13 A question from you 06:10 Shanthi’s recipe 11:43 A question on chicken 14:36 Shanthi’s cooking advice 18:30 How to diet with a Sri Lankan Mum 20:24 Romesh’s Tamil Impression 23:59 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.

0:04.0

We're having a baby.

0:06.0

We're having a baby.

0:07.0

I've always wanted to be mom.

0:09.0

And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.

0:12.0

I have no idea what we're doing.

0:13.0

Thank you. I have more of an idea.

0:15.0

I think of it like a Tamagocchi.

0:17.0

At the end of all of this...

0:20.0

We're going to have a little baby.

0:21.6

Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.

0:27.6

18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.

0:29.6

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Ramesh Ranga Nathan Shaw.

0:34.6

I'm here with my mom Shanti and the team.

0:38.3

Make some noise, team.

0:39.3

Wee.

0:40.3

Yeah.

0:41.3

Everything, so awful.

0:43.3

Can we have another camera?

0:46.3

Yeah, sure.

0:47.3

Make some noise team.

0:48.3

Yay!

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