Shanthi’s TikTok Shop Obsession & Are Sleepovers Bad?
4/22/202641 min
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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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
Do you think when you do this one, you could do it without swearing at the, like, at the audience and stuff?
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:04
What do you mean?
Speaker 00:05
Where you just start quite punchy.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:07
Sure thing. Let me know when.
Speaker 00:09
We're- Uh, yeah, we're rolling.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:11
What's up, [quacks] [laughs] It's the Thursday edition of the Romesh Ranganathan Show, and in the studio I'm joined by my mother, the GOAT, Shanti Ranganathan.
Ben· Panelist0:20
[clapping] Woo!
Speaker 00:23
[clapping] Woo!
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:23
[clapping] And the team who look like goats.
Ben· Panelist0:25
Oh.
Speaker 00:26
Oh.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Guest0:27
That's horrible to say. Yeah.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:29
And horrible to look at.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Guest0:30
No. They all look s- so good.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:34
Yeah.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Guest0:34
And I don't know- Do you know where they look even better? Every time- Under a bridge. God. [laughs] Why you say horrible things about everybody?
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:41
Because they're horrible, ugly fucks. That's why.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Guest0:43
[laughs] If somebody tell you, call you... God.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:47
They're just hideous fucking creatures.
Speaker 00:49
I feel like your hair is becoming more like mine. You've started- Yeah ... styling it. It's got- Well, it's interesting that.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:55
It's a g- quite a good insight into your personality because before we started rolling, you talked about how much you liked my hair, Mr. Narcissist. [laughs] Shall I start whitening up as well? There's a clue. Ben's white. [laughs] People got very excited because we s- we, we... I think we mentioned about the possibility of doing live shows, and then people are excited about the fact they'll actually see what you look like.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Guest1:22
A selfie.
Speaker 01:23
You said they... Well, you s- you, you weren't that keen on us being on the stage.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:26
I think you'd have to be on the stage, wouldn't you? But what we'd do... I think it would