Which World Cup Footballers Would Shanthi Date?
6/10/20261 hr 5 min
Would Shanthi date Harry Kane? In this Thursday episode of The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Shanthi puts some of football's biggest names under the microscope as she decides which World Cup stars she'd date, which she'd avoid and why Cristiano Ronaldo could be her son. Romesh attempts to teach Shanthi some football phrases ahead of the World Cup, Shanthi shares the story of the time she crashed into Romesh's gate, and there's a heated debate about whether Lionel Messi is actually as nice as everyone thinks he is. Plus, we answer your listener dilemmas, including how to approach a neighbour about dog sitting and advice for parents navigating the teenage years. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform. Chapters 00:00 Intro 04:14 Shanthi calls out Rom 07:51 World Cup chat 10:02 Romesh calls out TV Channels 10:46 God visited Shanthi 11:25 A dating game 23:04 The pizza van debacle 25:45 Shanthi wrecked Romesh’s gate 27:41 Detective Shanthi 29:17 Shanthi tries some footy cheers 38:12 On Emily Atack 40:40 Does Shanthi get nervous? 43:15 Answering your questions 54:08 Advice on parenting teenagers 01:00:44 Outro This episode is brought to you by Dear England - the new new fictionalised drama from BBC. Watch on www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsRomesh Ranganathan· Host0:00
Hellooo, and welcome back to the Romesh Ranganathan Show, Thursday edition.
Ben· Panelist0:07
Woo! Woo.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:08
Every Thursday we, every Th-- [laughs] every Thursday we chat about Monday's episode. Um, do you know that on one of these I said every Monday we chat about Monday's episode, and nobody picked it up, and it went out in the podcast, and I've been rinsed about it.
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host0:22
Oh.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:23
So do you know what I mean? You don't do a lot, you three. So maybe fucking pay attention, yeah?
Ben· Panelist0:29
[gasps] You could just say it correctly.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:31
Well, I could say it correctly, but people make mistakes.
Ben· Panelist0:34
As written, as written.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:34
Yeah, and you could go into the right email inbox, but we all make errors, don't we?
Ben· Panelist0:37
What's this one about?
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:38
Every Thursday we chat about Monday's episode, which you may or may not, like my mom, listen to. Uh, and we answer your questions and dilemmas about life, love, family, whatever you want. I got a DM on Instagram- Mm ... from somebody saying... This is how much people love you, Mom. "I would love to see the numbers on the guest episodes versus the mom episodes because I love the Shanthi episodes much more than I do the other episodes."
Ben· Panelist1:03
Can't they just look at the numbers?
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:06
Yeah, I mean, it says it on Spotify, doesn't it?
Ben· Panelist1:08
And, and YouTube, yeah.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:09
Yeah, and on YouTube. You can just look at the numbers, and you'll see that the guest episodes far outweigh the mom episodes by about four or five to one. Uh, but it's a, it's a nice idea. How are you, Mom?
Shanthi Ranganathan· Host1:20
[laughing] [laughs] I'm fine, my son. I'm fine, thank you. Thanks for asking.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host1:27
No problem. No problem at