The Australia Special
6/17/202649 min
Who are Shanthi’s favourite Australians? And why didn’t she move to Australia?
This Thursday’s episode of The Romesh Ranganathan Show is an Australian special, celebrating all our listeners from down under - we’ve got a boomerang, flags, a kangaroo and hats - we’re not here to f*ck spiders!
Shanthi reveals some secret stories, including how Romesh could’ve been born in Australia, plus she plays a game of guess the Australian phrase and even attempts the accents.
We also answer questions from our Australian listeners on swearing in front of parents, if you should have more than one child and what are our favourite types of c*nt.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:31 Cork hats
08:52 Shanthi on Australia
09:56 Australian family
10:53 Shanthi attempts an Aussie accent
12:05 Favourite Australians
15:45 Wikifeet
16:25 Aussie phrases
20:06 Shanthi on ShxtsNGigs
23:15 The c-bomb
26:47 Another question
31:50 Snake training
37:43 We answer another question
43:44 Live shows and a trip to Australia
45:03 Outro
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First 90 secondsRomesh Ranganathan· Host0:00
Oh my goodness. Fuck a duck.
Ben· Panelist0:03
Oh.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:03
It's the Romesh Ranganathan Show, Thursday edition, of the back of the moderate success of the... Why, why have we said that? Why have we scripted that? Moderate success.
Ben· Panelist0:11
Well, sometimes w- I feel like we oversell it.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:13
Okay. Off the back of- And then you have a go at me ... the moderate success of... Can I... Well, let's just get into this about the email special. We didn't actually do that many emails, did we?
Ben· Panelist0:19
It was an email special.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:21
But we did... How many did we do? Four? About that. Yeah. Yeah. And what did we do? And we do four all the time.
Ben· Panelist0:26
We do three normally, so it's more.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:28
Three. So we've done one extra. That makes it special.
Ben· Panelist0:30
But they were all emails.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:31
Yeah. Okay, fine. Um, actually, I do want to take this opportunity, Ben- Mm. ... again, it seems to be a running theme here, uh, that people think I was too harsh on you about the email gate, and people are saying... Somebody actually said to me, "Romesh, surely it's partly your responsibility, uh, to check the emails, and why were you having a go at Ben?" And, uh, and I read that, and I'd like to say to you, fuck you.
Ben· Panelist0:57
Oh.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:58
Okay.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host0:58
Oh, God. Here we go.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:59
It's a joke. Ben's one of my very good friends, one of my best friends, in fact, and he can take the... So if you've got a problem with that, go fuck yourself. Okay. Uh, no, in all seriousness, Ben, I wanna apologize to you.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:11
Yeah. Oh.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:11
Were you offended by the way that I dealt with that email thing?
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:13
Of course.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:13
How do you know?
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:14
I, I- I know...
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:15
Mum, I... This eye is...
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:17
Uh, is blocked, is it?
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:19
Well, it's just... It seems to think I'm talking to you and calling you Ben.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:22
Doesn't matter.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:22
Ben, did you feel... In all ser- Like, let's have an honest moment here. Did you feel bad