In short
A Thursday Q&A with Romesh Ranganathan and his mum, Shanti—covering (1) how Romesh grew up with an eye condition and building confidence, (2) a listener’s question about whether vegans can “suck” sausage flavor without eating meat, and (3) audience voice notes/dilemmas including explaining “porn” to a child in a cinema.
Guests
No guest celebrities. Guests are the hosts’ guests via messages: Lindsay (email), Tom (voice note), Dan (Nottingham voice note), and Lupin (email).
Key claims
Romesh says the eye condition was treated as “not a huge deal,” with love and confidence; bullying happened but he used humor as a coping/self-defense mechanism. Shanti argues “sucking” sausage transfers meat particles and isn’t vegan practice.
Notable examples
Lindsay’s daughter (12) with a similar eye issue; Tom’s question about what 10-year-old Romesh was like; Dan’s Spider-Man “porn” misunderstanding; Lupin’s “vegan” sausage-sucking story; Shanti’s anecdote about feeling guilty after eating bacon in quiche.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOFamily Check-In
0:45 to 1:50
Romesh and his mother, Shanthi, share updates on their lives and family dynamics.
“I was waiting for you to buy that thing.”
Discussion about a New Show
1:50 to 3:50
Romesh promotes a show featuring Kiwi actor Jermaine Clement and discusses its plot.
“When Ranga passed away, your dad, I was upset.”
Audience Interaction
3:50 to 4:40
The hosts brainstorm names for their audience interaction segment.
“I mean, it's better than Audience Interaction.”
Listener Email About Eye Condition
4:40 to 6:10
A listener asks how Shanthi raised Romesh to be confident despite his eye condition.
“Thank you for all your messages and voice notes.”
Romesh's Eye Condition Experience
6:10 to 8:45
Romesh and Shanthi discuss his experience growing up with an eye condition.
“Mum, how did you navigate my eye situation growing up?”
Advice for Raising Confident Kids
8:45 to 10:40
Romesh gives advice to the listener about raising her daughter with an eye condition.
“Mum would just always go, you're such handsome boys.”
Masala Dosa Recipe
10:40 to 12:28
Shanthi shares her masala dosa recipe and preparation tips.
“How can I say, give the recipe over the phone?”
Voice Note from a Listener
12:28 to 14:00
The hosts respond to a listener's voice note with a question about childhood.
“I love listening to your podcast every week, Monday and especially Thursday, because I love Shanti moaning at Romesh if you're not seeing her enough.”
Growing Independence and Nostalgia
14:00 to 15:03
Romesh reflects on his child's growing independence and the bittersweet feelings that come with it.
“Then when he reached 15-year-old and he came and said, give us the cash, mom.”
A Humorous Parenting Dilemma
16:10 to 17:15
Dan shares a funny story about his daughter asking about a joke from a movie, leading to a conversation about explaining adult themes to children.
“so you can turn that workout up a notch.”
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Explaining Adult Themes
17:16 to 21:07
The hosts discuss various strategies for explaining adult concepts to children, using Dan's story as a springboard.
“you don't need to know that now in three years time I'll explain everything to you so that's a horrible word you don't want to know what is porn though?”
Navigating the 'Porn' Conversation
21:08 to 22:59
Further discussion about the complexities of discussing inappropriate content with kids and the nuances involved.
“So they're like, they want to know what's funny.”
What Defines Veganism?
23:00 to 26:56
The hosts dissect an email about a vegan friend who sucks on sausages, debating the meaning and boundaries of veganism.
“Whenever you want to skip, that's great for the podcast.”
Table Manners and Eating Habits
26:57 to 28:05
The conversation shifts to table manners and the peculiar eating habits of some individuals, ending with a humorous note.
“He can buy the flavor of sausage flavor, put it on the plate and lick it.”
Childhood Chocolate Habits
28:05 to 29:05
Explore a humorous childhood story about unique chocolate habits and reactions to food choices.
“Just to enjoy chocolate without eating it.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Romesh Ranganathan:Do you know what I'm going to do? Go on. I'm actually going to do this in a nice tone. I'm actually going to be a bit more sedate, seriously. Like, like... More low energy? Not low energy, but just like... Yeah, actually, that's what sedate means, isn't it? But I mean like I'm doing a TV show. Like daytime. Yeah, like daytime. Hello, and welcome to the Romesh Ranganathan show, the Thursday edition. Every Thursday, we chat about Monday's episode and answer your questions and dilemmas, whatever they may be. And I'm here with this legend, Shanthi Ranganathan. Woof, woof. How are you today, Mum? I'm fine, darling.
0:33Thank you. Thanks for asking. You're so sweet.
0:36Romesh Ranganathan:No problem at all. Okay. Mum, I noticed you're wearing the little prayer beads. Yeah. You got that idea from me, didn't you? Definitely, yes. Yes. I was waiting for you to buy that thing. Yeah. Do you know what's happened? I've lost mine. How? I'm devastated. I don't know. So good for you. I was at a hotel and then I woke up in the morning. 108 beads here. Yeah. I had 100. I know all the mantras. So can you explain for the listeners and viewers what a mantra is, please? Om Bur Bhabha Saha. No, but explain what it is, not give one. You want to calm yourself down. You can say that 108 times. Yeah, so the beads are to help you count the number of times you say it.
1:19Romesh Ranganathan:How many times? So you have the bead in your head. If it is in my head, I can take that off. Yeah. And I count them. Early morning I do. Yeah. Soon after I have a bath and everything. Yeah. to keep my heart happy. There's another mantra my grandfather told me. I say that 108 times. So then the other one I read, it's Hanuman Chalisa. Yeah. That to protect everyone I know in this world. Yeah. So he will look after them. Very nice. And how is life treating you? Life is I can't complain. I'm happy. I'm happy. 0 to 10, how happy are you? 100 % I'm happy. 100 % out of 10? Yes, I'm happy. I used to be 10 out of 10.
2:05You used to be 10 out of 10. Oh, yes, sorry. Yeah. When Ranga passed away, your dad, I was upset. I didn't know what to do, how to occupy myself. And gradually, I started to learn to be happy.
2:21Romesh Ranganathan:I was very worried about you after dad passed away, for obvious reasons, but also you became a bit of a shut-in. Yeah, I did. You weren't going out very much. No. Now, Pilates, the gym, coffee mornings. Mornings, lunch. Lunch, dinner. All ladies, not men. All ladies, no men. Yeah, yeah. So. Any chance that I can go for coffee, I'll go and have a lovely chat. Lovely. Maybe I'm your mother. Maybe you're my mother. Good point. so they invite me i don't know yeah i really don't know i think i would go as far to say and i don't want to overstate them out definitely you're my mother
3:13Romesh Ranganathan:with me shanti okay on monday's ep we had kiwi actor and comedian jermaine clement on he starred and movies and TV shows. I was promoting a brilliant new show called Alice and Steve where he gets together with a grown-up daughter of his best friend. Yeah, you are my best friend. No, I don't even. So Alice and Steve, Steve gets together with Alice's daughter. Okay. So they're both kind of my age. All right. Late 40s, early 50s. 50s, yeah. She's got a 26-year-old daughter. Okay. And Steve, her friend, ends up sleeping with the daughter and they start a relationship. What do you think of that? I don't like it.
3:53Why? Can't you find somebody else?
3:56Romesh Ranganathan:That's what she says. That's what Alice says. It's a great show, though. Mum, it's time for... We need a better name for this. For what? Audience Interaction. Let's workshop it now. Okay. Any suggestions? There's no bad ideas. Audience Dilemmas. I mean, it's better than Audience Interaction. Voice of the People. Shanti's post box. How dare you? Inside Shanti's post box.
4:31My post box is fine, Ali.
4:40Oh my.
4:46There we go. We've got one. I don't mind. I think audience interaction is fine.
4:53Romesh Ranganathan:Thank you for all your messages and voice notes. You can send us a text or voice note to 07731 623355 or email at podcast at rangami.com. And don't forget, if you haven't already, please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, any platform, be it Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Yeah, any of those. What's that other one? Snapchat. Snapchat. Yeah, any of those. Any of those. All of those platforms. I hope they check it properly. Yeah, check. Please do check. Our first message is an email from Lindsay. I'll read it out for you. Yeah. Hello, love the show. My message is for Shanti. I have a daughter who's now 12, who has a similar eye condition to Romesh.
5:37Romesh Ranganathan:How did you raise him to be confident? My daughter is very funny, but I can see her start to get annoyed and not being like everyone else and not being symmetrical. Also, this is a roller coaster of an email. Also, do you have a go-to recipe for masala dorsa?
5:55Romesh Ranganathan:Is that sad?
6:00Romesh Ranganathan:Sadly, we haven't been to Sri Lanka, but we travel around India for six months. We love the food in Kerala where we discover dorsa. Thank you, Lindsay. Lindsay, I would, just a little thing, just stick to one topic on this. I mean, how are we going to do this? This is how to bring up your daughter. This is how you make masala dosa. Mum, how did you navigate my eye situation growing up? Eye situation, honest to God, I didn't realise. And when you went for a check-up, listen, it wasn't that bad. No, suddenly you had this. Romy. Yeah, I'm listening. And Aunty Rebecca said, can you please stop doing that?
6:44I can't. I check up and everything.
6:49Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. And then only I started to notice, when you were 11, 10, 11, you didn't have this, Dad. No. When you were a baby, you didn't have this. No. This is ridiculous, this is. Anyway, go on, sorry. Yeah, suddenly it started to come. You went for, they didn't do anything. When I was 10 or 11, I did have this. You did have this. Yeah. but why the doctors when you went for your eye checkup to school you go they never I remember when I was a kid opticians were always talking about it so why didn't they do something why didn't they call me and advise me what kind of opticians are they oh your son I never heard them saying to me your son got this condition and we can correct it and you do this I never heard anything from anybody Okay.
7:43Romesh Ranganathan:That's ignorant there. Okay. So enough about the ignorant doctors. Not doctors, obstetricians. How did you deal with... I felt sad in a way. I mean, you are a good-looking boy. Why he got this? And... But it's getting better now. I think so.
8:07This is what I'm saying, Dom. I don't know whether you're joking.
8:12Romesh Ranganathan:I think it's getting better I think in the next couple of years we won't be able to tell
8:28Romesh Ranganathan:I don't know if you're that equipped to deal with this question mum because what Lindsay's saying is is that she's worried about her daughter and her the way that my mum brought me up was to not really talk about it But she kind of, you know, we didn't really talk about it at home. No, talk about it. Mum would just always go, you're such handsome boys. But I did get shit at school. I did. And so then, you know, I remember particularly when I got to secondary school, I got absolutely like, I'm not trying to put the frighteners out of you, but I did get, I think children have changed now. I sort of look at my kids.
9:07Romesh Ranganathan:you know I've got children around that the age of your daughter and I don't think kids would be like that now I listen to what they say it was a bit different when I was like back when I was a kid I used to get shit about it but actually one of the things I've said multiple times that I wouldn't have been a comedian if I didn't have this eye because I feel like it sort of I end up trying to sort of come up with a self-defense mechanism of humor and it's almost like my skills got sharpened up and I think that's part of it but I'm not saying that's a good reason but I think what you have to do is in my opinion is make your daughter feel loved make you realize that actually in reality this is not a huge deal you can live you're very lucky to be able to live a normal life and and actually it doesn't affect you the only reason it affects you is because of your perception of what people think about you but if somebody is gonna judge you because of your eye then I don't think those people should be in your life.
10:02Romesh Ranganathan:Do you know what I mean? People that are actually worth caring about and worth your time sort of don't care about those sort of things. So I don't want to make you think that nobody's ever going to make your daughter feel funny about her eyes. She will have moments where, because, you know, she's about to enter the age where you sort of feel so self-conscious about your identity and how you look and all of those things. And there'll be times when she wishes she doesn't have an eye like that. but I love it. It's part of me now. It's always been a part of me. But, you know, it's totally fine. And she will be, you know, she'll be how you bring her up to be.
10:39Romesh Ranganathan:So try not to worry too much. Mum, masala dosa. How can I say, give the recipe over the phone? We're not on the phone, are we? No, no, sorry, on the podcast. Yeah. It's a big preparation. Okay, just give me the bullet points. The recipe? Yeah, just... one cup of urid dal. Urid dal. Two cups of rice. Write this down, Lindsay. Yeah, two cups of rice. And one tablespoon of fenugreek seeds. Fenugreek seeds. Yeah, soak them overnight. Soak them overnight. Grind it. Grind it. What are you using to grind it, mum? Liquidiser. Liquidiser. So liquidise it. Grind it. And because it's a cold country, you have to keep it in the air in cupboard to ferment it.
11:26Yeah, ferment. It will come up, rice. Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. Yeah.
11:31Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. And then the morning, you mix it up, add salt. Then you've got your batter. Batter. Ready? Make a coconut chutney. I don't have to give you the recipe. You can find out on... Yeah. I mean, you can Google all of this, but... Of course. Yeah. Then you find a round... Pan. Pan. Like, I can't use my pan because you gave me a lovely kitchen. with the induction hop. Oh. So you have to have a special pan. But if you're a gas cooker, put that flat pan in. Sorry for giving you an induction. Put sesame oil on the top, pour the batter properly, and it'll come off. You can use the back of a ladle to spread it all up.
12:18Ladle to make it into a round thing. Yeah, that's it.
12:22Romesh Ranganathan:There you go. Dosa and eyes. Done. Next up, we've got a voice note from Tom. Hi, Romesh, Shanti and the team. I love listening to your podcast every week, Monday and especially Thursday, because I love Shanti moaning at Romesh if you're not seeing her enough. But a quick question to Romesh. Romesh, if you were to go back 50 or so years to when you was 10, what advice would your current self scream at that 10-year-old boy? And the question to Shanti is, what do you miss about 10-year-old Romesh? Thank you. sorry Tom are you under the impression that 50 years ago I'd have been 10
13:07Tom
13:07Romesh Ranganathan:I'm waiting for an answer 38 years ago yes very good I would have been minus 2 brother because I'm 48 best years behind me ready to quit but what would I say to my 10 year old just wait another 20 years you're going to lose your virginity
13:30Romesh Ranganathan:actually do you know what based on what actually happened in my life I know you think things are smooth now it's about to get real fucked up muckle up and settle in for about a decade of turmoil that's probably what I'd say to my 10 year old self and I'd be more encouraging than that what was Tom's question to mum and the question to Shampy is what do you miss about 10 year old Romesh What do you miss about 10-year-old rubbish? Miss about 10-year-old. That 10-year-old boy, he used to hang around with me all the time. Everything, mom, mom, mom, mom. Can you make this mom? Can you buy this mom? Then when he reached 15-year-old and he came and said, give us the cash, mom.
14:13I will buy our own clothes. That's a big hit for me. It meant like I was shocked. that gradually he started to change like he become independent so that's also nice but the little boy who used to hang around with me all the time I miss him so much I do
14:36Romesh Ranganathan:yeah sad thank you Tom how old do you think Tom is based on his voice note by the way let's have a go shall we 31 every week Monday and especially Thursday day because I love Shanti Moan at Romesh for not seeing her enough. I reckon he's early 20s. Yeah. Early 20s? I was going mid 20s. He sounds super young. Really young. Okay. Shall we go to the next one? Definitely. This episode is brought to you by Wimbledon. There's something about summer that we all look forward to. It's the smell of freshly cut grass, the taste of strawberries and cream or the rhythm of the rally being played on centre court.
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16:23Romesh Ranganathan:It's a voice note from Dan in Nottingham. Hi, Roman Shanti. It's Dan from Nottingham. I love you both. So my question is, what would you have done in this situation? So I took my daughter to a screening of Spider-Man Homecoming, which we both love, by the way. Great film. but in there's a scene in it where ned spider-man's friend is in a computer room trying to help him out by looking things up and a teacher walks in and says what are you doing and rather than say helping spider-man in the moment he says watching porn which obviously got quite a big laugh in the cinema not however as big a laugh as my daughter at the top of her lungs saying what's porn daddy and then when that got a bigger laugh than the original joke this that became louder and my daughter ever the little performer then increasingly asked this over and over again louder and louder and louder to the point of a man a few rows down said you better tell us something mate so in i think i said something along the lines of their films for mummies and daddies and when that didn't work i gave him my popcorn so uh yeah i just wondered what you guys would have done in that situation love you both thank you i love you too dan i would say describing porn as films for mummies and daddies is an interesting description um that's difficult porn i will tell her the truth i'd love you to okay so can we let's see this um what's poor i'm gonna be the kid okay ready uh can you drop us into a cinema will yeah okay mom mommy what's porn Ned said porn what's porn?
18:01you don't need to know that now in three years time I'll explain everything to you so that's a horrible word you don't want to know
18:12Romesh Ranganathan:what is porn though? the porn is how people make love
18:23okay?
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18:24Romesh Ranganathan:what do you mean? because you're pestering me What's making love? Making babies? What's that? Do you know how to make babies? No. No. How do you do it? That's the porn. So what's porn? To get into mood. Into mood? You put the porn to get into... Then make the babies. So what is... How do you make the babies? That I can't explain. So what's porn? You have to wait for another three years to find out. What's porn? Porn? Porn.
18:58Porn is porn, my dear.
19:00Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, what is that? Get people into mood. How? How, mummy? What do you mean? Will you shut up? What is it, though? What is it? That's all the information I can give you at the moment. You have to be patient. In three years' time, I'll tell you everything. Okay. End scene. Next scene. Three years later. Mummy. Three years ago, you said to me you'd explain what porn is. So what is it? The man did get into the vagina. That is porn.
19:42Romesh Ranganathan:The man what? Get into the vagina. The man gets into the vagina. The vagina, yeah. Porn is when a man gets into the vagina. What else? Makes a lot of noise. It seems too small. You do a lot of noise. It seems to... So the man gets into the vagina and goes... His dick gets into the vagina. His dick? Yeah. His dick gets into the vagina. Mum, okay, end scene. Mum, what the fuck? Because what is porn? Yeah, I'm playing the kids. What the hell do you want me to say? Dan, I... How the hell does Dan deal with this? I don't think she screamed what is porn he just said that she did if he doesn't want her to know you misunderstood my dear it's a corn that's the thing so you want her to believe that Ned said I'm watching corn I think that's not bad I don't think that's bad it's happened to me when I went to my Christmas tree Christmas tree You will justify it and defend anything, won't you?
20:54Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, yeah, it's true. I think I would do. She wants a satisfied answer. Yeah. No, he's talking about corn. She's saying, shut up. Like corn on the cob or what? I think, doesn't the child want, they want, so firstly, everyone else has understood a joke that they don't get. Yeah. So they're like, they want to know what's funny. That's it. Not in a nasty way that girl has. Inclusive. Yeah. That's all. It's a very silly thing to watch corn. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. so that's the joke yeah which would you work in comedy right yeah i know i'm not saying i would write that as a gag i'm saying you didn't like that would that i think that's good what i think it's like you've got the kid wants the like at least a kind of the the like salacious thing that feels naughty it's like what's the naughty thing everyone's laughing at and you could literally say like it's photos of boobies and they'd be like oh right yeah fair enough it's a bad shot it depends how old your daughter is true how did you learn how to do it do what whatever how did I learn how to do it you watch porn movies isn't it well that you hitting on a bigger problem here which is a lot of young people are learning how to have sex from watching porn it's a big problem but we haven't got time you know we're just dealing with Dan's Nottingham voice note you know the guys who
22:20Romesh Ranganathan:this is not the podcast to engage with that I think I look my inclination would be I actually don't I think I think the corn thing isn't bad but I think I would make up something I think John you're close that you deserve it's like a I don't know a rude or it's a you know it's a it's a thing that you shouldn't be watching it's like a rude film that you shouldn't be watching and then don't go into any further details part of the problem is of you know if you say corn then what you don't want is her to then use porn and corn into like you know interchange those words she's clearly heard him say porn and asked repeatedly porn right and they're laughing and so now then you go what's porn and then you go it's corn and they thought you were saying corn but what's he saying then Ben gaslighting your child yeah I think that's a slippery slope we should have got enough from finding porn but I think I think that you're getting yourself into a whole load of shit there which can also happen in porn
23:35Romesh Ranganathan:but I think you're vague being vague is probably the solution I think I would go the other way and I'd go look here's a VPN it's difficult to access it now you don't want to have to take a photo of your driving license just to fucking rub one out so pretend you're in Canada and watch some porn but that's just me this is an email from Lupin, it might be Lupin here's an email from Lupin dear Romesh please say happy birthday to my friend hmm please say happy birthday to my friend Monthke we might have to put that up on the screen dear Romesh please say happy birthday to my friend Monthke he is 32 years old today and a big fan of your show like you is a vegan however sometimes he sucks on sausages to get the flavour but then his wife who is not a vegan will eat them we've tried to explain this is not vegan practice but he says it's because he doesn't actually eat any of the sausage please can advise if this is true well i don't know if it's true if he doesn't actually eat any of the sausage many thanks lupin what do you think mom he's month is he is sucking on sausages and then passing them to his wife i can't believe i'm saying these words out loud what she suck up the sausage what
24:59Romesh Ranganathan:month is vegan yeah sucking on a sausage and passing them to his wife who then eats them and he's saying that's vegan friendly. I don't like this question. Okay. So I skip it. Yeah, that's good. You know what? Whenever you want to skip, that's great for the podcast. Just so you know. Month, what the fuck are you doing, bro? Yeah. You are taking on board meat particles. Wash it and give it to her. Okay. He's not sucking it to clean it. You're allowed to smell it, aren't you? you're still taking in particles yeah i would argue smelling a sausage do you put your hands over your nose no if i'm around sausages i i'm not going to hold my nose but i'm also not going to do a line of it do you know what i mean do you like the smell no well i did used to when i first went veggie and vegan i did like the smell of like meat cooking but i don't know what's happened but Now, as it's gone on longer and longer, now I don't really like it at all.
26:05Romesh Ranganathan:I'll tell you, the one exception to that, bacon. Would you ever lick bacon? Would I ever lick bacon? Or suck it up to you? You like bacon? No, I like the smell of bacon. The smell of bacon is quite tempting, yeah. But I wouldn't eat it. But I would suck on it and pass it to Lisa. No. If you do that, Romy, you're not my son. Oh. Carl. Can you imagine that on the table? Sucking it and giving it Lisa. I will just get up and walk off. Okay. Do you want to come around this weekend?
26:44Romesh Ranganathan:Month, I don't think you should be doing that. But it's up to you. I mean, if you and your wife don't mind you sucking on sausages and then passing them to your wife, that's fine. But it's not vegan practice. But if you want to do that, if that's something you guys enjoy, then feel free to do it. He can buy the flavor of sausage flavor, put it on the plate and lick it. Why you suck the sausage? You can get all those kinds of sauces and flavors. It's a bloody sausage. I know. It's like Inuendo Bingo, this. And let's get veggie sausages now. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's true. But they don't taste the same, do they?
27:29Romesh Ranganathan:yeah it's not vegan practice Lupin thank you so much for your email I found it a bit odd though he has no table manners learn that learn that table manners you don't suck anything in the table no you go under the table for that
27:56Romesh Ranganathan:that is the way people diet though isn't it they'll like lick they'll just have like a bit of something a taste of it and then yeah yeah i think dieting is different to veganism though there's a lad down the road for me when we grew up and he would always get a chocolate bar and then just like suck on it but not actually swallow it and spit it out and then he'd take off another cube and do the same. Oh. Weird guy. Why is that? Just to enjoy chocolate without eating it. Without eating it. I need to start doing that with Percy Gage. When I went to have lunch Monday, I didn't read properly. Quiche.
28:31Romesh Ranganathan:Quiche, yeah. Yeah. And while I was eating, I put bacon slices inside. When I came, after, I didn't want to make a fast front of that lady and she's eating the same. came home I felt sick so badly and I was so guilty I ate that. I mean with some pieces I hated that smell. Mum the Jolly Hog sent you an entire pig and you ate that. Why is a couple of bits of bacon and a quiche made you feel ill? They're Holly Hog. Holly Hog yeah. Holly Hog. Jolly Hog. Jolly Hog. Whatever. Whatever. They are Jolly. Good looking men. Okay. What about that smells different right beautifully made I loved it okay there you go but the bits of bacon in the quiche made you feel I don't know what kind of bacon I really like it at all okay fine alright it's very difficult to predict what your reaction is going to be thank you so much for your emails and messages we'll be back on Monday with another exciting guest don't miss it and if you haven't already please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts whether that be email or what's it Instagram yeah Facebook yeah whether that's email or Instagram or Facebook send email is easier for us yeah okay yeah we will definitely like and subscribe via email yeah please do it'll be easier for us to keep track of who has liked and subscribed so podcast at rangabi.com just email like or subscribe and we will get that sorted out for you.
30:09Romesh Ranganathan:Thank you so much for listening to the episode. It's goodbye from me. From Shanti as well. Love you all. Take care. Go suck a sausage, you bitches. Oh, you did a really nice start to the episode this time. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Thank you so much for joining us. Yeah. We will see you next time for the Ramesh Ranganathan Show with... Shanti Ranganathan. Fuck you! Thank you so much for watching and listening to this episode. Before you go, if you've enjoyed this episode and you've not subscribed, that's a bold decision. Crazy behavior. Follow and subscribe to The Romesh Ranganathan Show wherever you listen.
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From the publisher
Can Shanthi solve your life problems... and give you the perfect masala dosa recipe?
Shanthi's back answering your questions, but not before revealing the mantras she lives by, how she rebuilt her happiness and why staying busy is the secret to a good life.
Elsewhere, Romesh shares the advice he'd give his younger self, Shanthi teaches us how to make her famous masala dosa, and the listener dilemmas spiral from awkward parenting moments to one of the strangest vegan questions we've ever received.
A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:39 Mantras and happiness
03:16 Romesh explains Alice And Steve
05:26 Answering your questions
10:41 Shanthi’s Masala Dosa recipe
12:27 Romesh’s advice to his younger self
16:09 Awkward parent questions
23:44 A sausage sucking question
29:12 Outro
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