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

2:22Romesh Ranganathan:It's rhyming slang.

2:23Shanthi Ranganathan:Okay. I must get a book and learn all those.

2:26Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah.

2:27Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah.

2:28Romesh Ranganathan:Okay. But with it, so for example, you sort of go, I've got on the old dog on bone because my trouble and strife had a right boat on her.

2:34Shanthi Ranganathan:Oh, right. Okay, okay.

2:36Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah?

2:36Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah. Now I know. Okay. Yeah, yeah.

2:39Romesh Ranganathan:I don't think you do, but all right. Could you introduce the show with a Cockney accent?

2:44Shanthi Ranganathan:God blimey, Governor. Welcome to the Romish Rangelitan Show. Yay!

3:00Romesh Ranganathan:With me, Shanti. On Monday, Mum, we had Josh Widdicombe on the show.

3:06Shanthi Ranganathan:Oh, lovely.

3:07Romesh Ranganathan:You like Josh?

3:08Shanthi Ranganathan:I do like Josh, yeah, yes.

3:11Romesh Ranganathan:Can you do an impression?

3:13Shanthi Ranganathan:He talks to the nose, doesn't he?

3:15Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. Oh, God, I've lost it now. Oh, God. You used to do it nicely. Yeah, but I think you go in and out with impressions. I need like a... You know what I need? I need a starter phrase for Josh. Oh, unbelievable.

3:29Shanthi Ranganathan:Unbelievable. I want to talk to the podcast. I'm promoting my podcast.

3:35Romesh Ranganathan:What a podcast that's smaller than my own podcast. I couldn't believe it. What am I doing? I might as well shout out the window.

3:49Romesh Ranganathan:And him and his dad came on prayer this evening, didn't they? Yes, they did. Got a big beard.

3:53Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, I know, I know. I remember him. Yeah.

3:57Romesh Ranganathan:Last leg he does with Adam Hills and Alex Brooker. Yeah, yeah. Channel 4, you like that?

4:00Shanthi Ranganathan:They all came on parents' evening. I met them all. Adam Hills didn't. No?

4:05Romesh Ranganathan:No. Okay. Alex Brooker did, though, with his mum. Oh, that's it. That was fun, wasn't it?

4:09Shanthi Ranganathan:That was really funny, talking about the toilet seat, isn't it? Does he wash it with the toilet seat?

4:14Romesh Ranganathan:Does he wash it with the toilet seat? No, no.

4:16Shanthi Ranganathan:The mother said he got some brush or something to scrape his bum. Is it true? Some special thing that he uses.

4:24Romesh Ranganathan:It was a Gerberit version of a Japanese toilet, I'm pretty sure.

4:29Shanthi Ranganathan:Oh.

4:30Romesh Ranganathan:What did you think? He was using the toilet brush to clean his arse? No. Thank you for continuing to send in your voice note questions on Dilemmas. We are loving them. For example, we love talking about how much we shit, don't we, mum? What's your shitting like? No, Rob.

4:44Shanthi Ranganathan:I'm not fucking answering this question, OK?

4:47Romesh Ranganathan:OK, fine. A reminder, if you don't already have it on speed, dial 07731 623 355. You can dial that quicker than it takes to take a shit. Send us a voice note or a message if you're feeling shy. Today's messages all have a theme. Mum, can you guess what the theme is?

5:03Shanthi Ranganathan:Shitting.

5:07Romesh Ranganathan:No, it isn't. It is food. The thing that happens before shitting. Our first question is a voice note, and it's Amy from Bristol. Hi, Romas and Shanti. It's Amy from Bristol. I hope you're both well. We are. I absolutely love watching you both. It makes me so happy. Please make your podcast longer. I have a question. I'm a very passionate vegan and I'm known to be a really good vegan cook. Even thinking about creating my own recipe book. And I just wondered if either of you had a really nice go to vegan dish that you prepare. Romesh, obviously I know you're vegan. Yay to us. And Shanti, I know you're not vegan, but I'm sure that you sound like a very good cook and you probably cook for Romesh sometimes.

5:57Romesh Ranganathan:I wondered if you had anything as well. Looking forward to hearing what you both cook. Lots of love. You know, when we get messages from people like that, you just think, what lovely people listen to this podcast.

6:07Shanthi Ranganathan:I know, so beautiful.

6:08Romesh Ranganathan:Amy sounds so sweet. I know, I know. Okay, mum.

6:11Shanthi Ranganathan:What other recipe you're going to give?

6:12Romesh Ranganathan:Well, I think we should start with you. You're the cook.

6:15Shanthi Ranganathan:Vegan, I love. I'm going to give it a try for Romesh. Pumpkin curry. Pumpkin curry is really, really tasty with coconut milk. Everything vegan. If you want, I can give you the recipe. You can put it in the book. I will write it down. Okay. Pumpkin, you haven't tried Romesh. It's garlic, pepper, everything comes in there. Good for your gut. Okay?

6:41Romesh Ranganathan:Okay.

6:41Shanthi Ranganathan:Right. Good. I will give it to you. And why do you need a good gut?

6:45Romesh Ranganathan:for shitting.

6:46Shanthi Ranganathan:Here we go again. Don't talk about the whole anymore.

6:51Romesh Ranganathan:Sorry, because they tell me to not talk about shitting, it's making me go the other way.

6:57Romesh Ranganathan:Anyway, pumpkin curry.

6:58Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, pumpkin curry.

7:00Romesh Ranganathan:You do need to like pumpkin for that, don't you?

7:01Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, you can't cook it with the English pumpkin.

7:05Romesh Ranganathan:Oh, what pumpkin do you have to use?

7:06Shanthi Ranganathan:You have to have the Sri Lankan pumpkin.

7:07Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah.

7:08Shanthi Ranganathan:It's very...

7:09Romesh Ranganathan:Smaller and narrower, isn't it?

7:10Shanthi Ranganathan:That's aubergine you're talking about. We don't want a description of your aubergine. We'll talk about... Talk about large pumpkin, okay?

7:28Romesh Ranganathan:Hold on a minute, though. Can I just ask a question? So your aubergine curry is vegan, right? Of course it's vegan. Yeah, okay, fine. That's vegan.

7:35Shanthi Ranganathan:This is new. The dal is vegan, right? Dal vegan.

7:37Romesh Ranganathan:Soy curry is vegan. Soy curry is vegan. Spinach is vegan. This is a new... A new vegan dish. Okay, fine.

7:44Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, I cooked it and it was so lovely.

7:48Romesh Ranganathan:So Amy's allowed to put your recipe in their book?

7:51Shanthi Ranganathan:I will give her the permission to put it on.

7:53Romesh Ranganathan:Can you say I will give them the position?

7:55Shanthi Ranganathan:I'll give them the permission to put it in a recipe book.

7:58Romesh Ranganathan:Okay. Do you want a commission?

8:00Shanthi Ranganathan:I don't want any commission. No money? No money, nothing.

8:03Romesh Ranganathan:Do you think that's wise?

8:04Shanthi Ranganathan:It is wise.

8:05Romesh Ranganathan:I mean, Amy sounds very nice, but I'm just saying you're giving away a recipe for nothing.

8:08Shanthi Ranganathan:I like them, yeah.

8:10Romesh Ranganathan:Okay. Yeah, yeah. But it's not your, unless I misunderstood this, Shanti, It's not your recipe, is it?

8:15Shanthi Ranganathan:My recipe? Is it? We cook with my mum and grandmother. Oh, right, okay. What's your fucking problem then?

8:22Romesh Ranganathan:What the fuck? I thought you said you tried and you... Sorry, correct me if you're wrong. Yeah. You are wrong. Okay. You need correcting. How fucking dare you? I just thought you couldn't charge if you'd taken the recipe from somewhere else.

8:34Shanthi Ranganathan:Recently, I went to...

8:34Romesh Ranganathan:Well, somebody's owed some money, aren't they? It's not just come out of the fucking ether. Who invented the recipe?

8:43Shanthi Ranganathan:When I was growing up, my grandmother cooked it first. Then I passed it on to my mum. Maybe that's the way they cook in my village or town, whatever. I loved it. I loved it. So I saw the nice pumpkin when I went into the grocery and I cooked it.

8:58Romesh Ranganathan:Ben seems to think the little Sri Lankan woman couldn't come up with her own recipe. And it must have come from somewhere else.

9:03Shanthi Ranganathan:You are creating that word. I'm not creating the words.

9:06Romesh Ranganathan:He said... I misunderstood. No, I can't give somebody else's recipe.

9:11Shanthi Ranganathan:He assumed it must have come from He must have nicked it from a white person

9:19Romesh Ranganathan:Mum, I genuinely Will's shaking his head at me You know what I don't think I've ever cooked for you Is that true?

9:28Shanthi Ranganathan:Never cooked for me

9:29Romesh Ranganathan:No, I made you shepherd's pie years ago Vegetarian shepherd's pie No, moussaka you cooked I made moussaka, yeah Lasagna A lot of layered stuff It's a dish-based. I'm a big fan of putting out the layers, sticking it in the oven for a bit. That's my speciality.

9:48Shanthi Ranganathan:I want you to learn to cook.

9:50Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah.

9:50Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah? The Sri Lankan dish. I don't think Lisa is interested because she...

9:55Romesh Ranganathan:No, it's another... Honestly, I think... Actually, do you know what I think? If Lisa wasn't so averse to any public attention whatsoever, we'd have to get her onto the podcast to do a right to reply because you are drawing this picture of this...

10:09Shanthi Ranganathan:What did I say wrong? I said...

10:11Romesh Ranganathan:What I'd love to do is...

10:13Shanthi Ranganathan:Because with all the...

10:14Romesh Ranganathan:Will.

10:15Shanthi Ranganathan:You didn't let me finish the bloody sentence. Okay, go on, go on, go on. I said, she has dog to look after, pick up the boys. So you have a Sri Lankan blood in you. Yeah. So one day when I'm gone, you fancy something. And if you learn to cook... Yeah, good idea. You can cook it.

10:33Romesh Ranganathan:Good idea.

10:34Shanthi Ranganathan:And enjoy the food, that's why.

10:35Romesh Ranganathan:It's a good suggestion.

10:36Shanthi Ranganathan:I didn't finish the sentence. Lisa, why? What's wrong with you?

10:42Romesh Ranganathan:Very spiky.

10:43Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah.

10:43Romesh Ranganathan:Now, Mum, we talked about doing a cooking show.

10:47Shanthi Ranganathan:Yes. I want to experiment one day. We'll do the aubergine curry and pumpkin curry and see if it works out. Yes.

10:56Romesh Ranganathan:Okay, great. We're going to do a little pilot, aren't we? John, Will, are you all coming? Yeah. Ben? Why did you take so long to say me? I didn't take so long. Yeah. Did I take so long? You seemed to invite everyone and then you paused. Pause. Well, I just thought it was better to start with people that actually believe that mum came up with a recipe rather than... It's my grandmother's recipe.

11:16Shanthi Ranganathan:Her mother taught her how to... I believe you, Shantiba.

11:20Romesh Ranganathan:Thank you, Daddy. Why would I lie? I also believe you. Listen, Fear Loaded.

11:25Shanthi Ranganathan:Correct me if I'm wrong.

11:27Romesh Ranganathan:Okay.

11:28Shanthi Ranganathan:For legal reason, he said that.

11:30Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, okay. Now, sticking with the kitchen theme, let's hear from... Oh, Amy, thank you so much for your message. Can I just say, not only did we have a nice chat off the back of it, I loved your tone. So you've got a beautiful manner about you. Okay, let's hear from our second listener. This voice note is anonymous, apparently to protect all parties, but I've not heard it. Hi, Roman Shanti. I hope you're well. I really love you. I love the podcast. Congrats. Thanks. I've got a question I'm hoping you can help me with. It's about my mum. She's a really great cook. Love her food. however her food hygiene practices leave a lot to be desired um me and my siblings have been food poisoned by her quite a few times now um so for instance things she'll do is like she will take a um i don't know a packet of chicken out of the fridge an hour before she's got to cook it to come to room temperature uh i don't know why she does this she thinks it cooks it more thoroughly but obviously it's just like generating bacteria before it goes in the oven uh how do i broach this subject of like look mom can you stop food poisoning us without her getting offended i don't know she'll just say like we don't like her cooking and she does not like to be criticized by her children yeah any advice much appreciated thank you bye okay i'm gonna do an impression now and you won't see what it is I'm doing the impression of, but I just want to give you listeners and viewers a bit of an insight.

13:04Romesh Ranganathan:This is Ben during that voice note.

13:10Romesh Ranganathan:Okay, in my defence. Okay, why are you getting so annoyed? Because of the chicken thing? You disagree with that? Well, I think you should bring it to room temperature. Listen, I think eating dead chicken is morally reprehensible, so I don't care how you bring it out of the fucking fridge. But what, because it makes it, you don't want to, it's a muscle, isn't it? So like it contracts. If you cook it and it's like from cold, it like goes, and it gets really tough.

13:35Shanthi Ranganathan:You are absolutely right. So you need to let it come to room temperature. I don't cook chicken if I put it in the freezer, straight from the freezer. I leave it until it's completely thawed. Right. Then I cook it because all the juices will get in. If it is frozen one, it doesn't taste the same. It's nice. It's horrible.

13:55Romesh Ranganathan:An hour. I think hours are the tops. 15 minutes, 20 minutes. A lot of people say the best way to serve chicken is just free, living in a field, to engage in a happy and healthy life. Or fajitas. Or fajitas. Or a gel fraze. Or you can just eat the wattle.

14:22Romesh Ranganathan:Ben, so why did that cause food poisoning then?

14:25Shanthi Ranganathan:Because it's not cooked inside properly.

14:27Romesh Ranganathan:I think it's the length of cooking rather than the rest of it, I would say. Okay, fine.

14:32Shanthi Ranganathan:How long it's been in the fridge. Yeah, it won't get cooked. Have you ever gone through your mum's cupboards?

14:39Romesh Ranganathan:Is this a euphemism? I don't. I had to go through my mum's cupboards. I bought out mayonnaise from, I want to be accurate here, 2003. Okay. Is that bad? 2003 from the fridge you should eat it within like a year surely I don't know I find mayonnaise morally reprehensible what can I relate to you on pickles no they're actually last for ages

15:06Shanthi Ranganathan:no that's last

15:07Romesh Ranganathan:but mum you've got that haven't you you've got that problem occasionally we look in mum's cupboards and there'll be like a tin of tuna from 1977

15:16Shanthi Ranganathan:did you check the I know what this has come from you were at home I had some tuna in where the plates are.

15:23Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. The story's pretty consistent with what I said, isn't it?

15:25Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, I checked the date. They're fine. I made sandwich out of it.

15:30Romesh Ranganathan:I'm not dead. No. I'm still here. How does she deal with her mum? Her mum's given him food poisoning. And she doesn't sound like she's going to receive...

15:37Shanthi Ranganathan:What she should do, mum, you sit down. We'll do the cooking today. Right. And she's down in this chair. She should watch her cooking.

15:43Romesh Ranganathan:And what sort of chair do you think?

15:46Shanthi Ranganathan:Such a comfortable chair in the kitchen.

15:48Romesh Ranganathan:Comfortable chair in the kitchen. Oh, OK. Like an armchair?

15:50Shanthi Ranganathan:Mum, I... Why are you wasting my time? Bloody hell, Romesh. I'm serious here. What kind of chair? Fuck you, Romesh.

16:06Romesh Ranganathan:Okay, go on.

16:07Shanthi Ranganathan:So I think I need to throw this for a certain time, and, you know, it tastes better. Tell her. If she's clever enough, she will get the point. Just step by step, you tell her, I'm doing this.

16:21Romesh Ranganathan:So you're saying, teach her.

16:26Shanthi Ranganathan:Don't show that you are teaching.

16:27Romesh Ranganathan:No, that's what I mean, secretly, covertly teach.

16:29Shanthi Ranganathan:I am learning from you, mum, but I'm doing this. Is that right? Ask her. Don't upset her.

16:36Romesh Ranganathan:No.

16:36Shanthi Ranganathan:Never upset your mother, okay? That's it.

16:40Romesh Ranganathan:Okay.

16:40Shanthi Ranganathan:You have to put it in nice words and she will get the message.

16:44Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah.

16:44Shanthi Ranganathan:Oh, you're poisoning us. If you say, she'll be very upset. They're all old, including me. So be kind to us. Okay?

16:53Romesh Ranganathan:Okay.

16:54Shanthi Ranganathan:It's true. It's true. Maybe she doesn't realise. She panics, oh, children, I better cook quickly and serve the food.

17:02Romesh Ranganathan:So she's undercooked the chicken and given them food poisoning.

17:05Shanthi Ranganathan:There you are.

17:06Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, I sort of agree with your advice.

17:08Shanthi Ranganathan:Thank you. Thank you, son.

17:10Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. You're wonderful. Yeah, and you can throw it in conversation, can't you? like I made chicken the other day and I cooked it for, how long do you cook chicken for? Depends how you're cooking it. What kind of, in the oven or grilling it. Yeah. Stir fry is quite quick if you chop it into pieces. How long does the body take to be ready? You can stir fry it in what, like eight minutes, nine minutes? Yeah. Right, so I don't know how much she's under cooking it then if it's a nine minute. Maybe she might be oven cooking it then it's about 20 for a breast and depends whether it's got the bone in it.

17:39Romesh Ranganathan:20 per breast? Yeah. If you've got two breasts, what are you doing? Oh, I've got an idea you could do. you could buy a meat thermometer as a present.

17:47Shanthi Ranganathan:That's a good idea. What were you saying with the toothpick? Toothpick. Just put it there and take it out.

17:53Romesh Ranganathan:If it comes out clear. Eat it.

17:56Shanthi Ranganathan:Lick it and see whether it's tasty or it's a raw thing.

17:58Romesh Ranganathan:What the fuck are you talking about? What the fuck? Can we just... We do not endorse that advice at all. What the fuck are you talking about?

18:10Shanthi Ranganathan:Like you check the cake.

18:12Romesh Ranganathan:yeah cake fine but if a cake's undercooked you can't oh it tastes like food poisoning sorry yeah don't do that don't do that bloody hell okay time for our last question of the day this is from Jordan and it's a whatsapp message I'm going to read it hi Ramesh and Shanthi I'm Jordan big fan of the podcast absolutely love it Quick question for you both. I'm a Sri Lankan Tamil guy trying to get lean and lose some weight, but it's hard having a Tamil mum. Every time I say I'm dieting, she gets personally offended and responds by feeding me mutton curry, mutton rolls, string hoppers, sambal and kottarati.

18:55Romesh Ranganathan:I'm talking 20 mutton rolls and four plates of food a day. If I refuse, she gets upset. If I eat, I get fatter. Holy shit. Holy shit, yeah. How do you tell a Sri Lankan Tamil mum you're trying to lose weight without starting World War III? If you know, get back in touch, Jordan.

19:11Shanthi Ranganathan:I will get back in touch. I'm a Sri Lankan mum. How old is he? He lives at home, so I'm going to guess 21. 21, okay.

19:20Romesh Ranganathan:Let's assume 21.

19:21Shanthi Ranganathan:Where has he got his brain?

19:23Romesh Ranganathan:Jordan?

19:23Shanthi Ranganathan:You are going on a diet. First of all, Jordan, I hope you wanted a second Tamil mum,

19:29Romesh Ranganathan:because you've got one. Let's hear the advice, mum.

19:33Shanthi Ranganathan:Right, tell your mum nicely, mum, I want to give you some rest. I'm going on a strict diet. I want to make me look a bit thinner. Can you cope with me? I'm going to eat this food, this food, this food. So I'm going to skip all these things. Do you think your mother is going to cook and force you to eat?

19:54Romesh Ranganathan:That's exactly what Jordan's saying.

19:55Shanthi Ranganathan:No. No, say no.

19:57Romesh Ranganathan:Say no. To your mother.

19:59Shanthi Ranganathan:Why can't you say no?

20:01Romesh Ranganathan:Because you always have to. Don't upset your mother.

20:04Shanthi Ranganathan:Do I ever say that?

20:04Romesh Ranganathan:You shouldn't upset your mother. This is advice you've given on this episode.

20:08Shanthi Ranganathan:He's 21 years old. and time to get married. You are so unpredictable.

20:15Romesh Ranganathan:It's, holy shit. Don't upset your mother, you said.

20:19Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah, don't upset, say it nicely. I'm not asking you to shout at it.

20:24Romesh Ranganathan:imagine I'm going to be a Tamil mum.

20:25Shanthi Ranganathan:Yeah.

20:26Romesh Ranganathan:You're going to be the son.

20:27Shanthi Ranganathan:Okay.

20:28Romesh Ranganathan:All right?

20:28Shanthi Ranganathan:Okay.

20:29Romesh Ranganathan:Okay. I'm cooking for you

20:31Shanthi Ranganathan:all the time,

20:32Romesh Ranganathan:making you mutton rolls and stuff like that, and you're going to approach me because you're trying to get white. All right, ready? You can be Jordan.

20:38Shanthi Ranganathan:Jordan?

20:38Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah?

20:41Shanthi Ranganathan:I'm the son. Yeah. Okay.

20:43Romesh Ranganathan:Alright, ready? Okay. Okay, ready? Oh yes. Hello darling, I made you another 20 mutton rolls. Would you like to have some? I made you string hoppers, also short eats. Would you like it? I'm also baking a cake. Would you like a cake?

20:58Shanthi Ranganathan:So why didn't he let her know in advance?

21:02Romesh Ranganathan:Mum, mum, mum, this isn't your breaking character, the first thing you say. You're Jordan in this. Okay? Hello, son. How are you? I made you some mutton rolls and some vade and some kotharotti. I know you like it.

21:17Shanthi Ranganathan:No, I'm on a diet, mom. I hope you understand. I want to lose. Everybody's calling me fat ass. So I want to lose some weight and look good. So you don't like my cooking? I'm not saying I don't like my cooking.

21:29Romesh Ranganathan:I can't believe it. I slave and slave and slave to make food for you. Oh my God, dear God, please forgive my son. All I do is make food for you. You throw it back in my face. Dear God, why did you give me this boy? I make food, he rejects it.

21:52Shanthi Ranganathan:Sri Lankan mother doesn't talk like that. Like a mad woman. It sounds like a mad woman. Oh God, I don't talk like that, do I? it's exaggerating you are okay if you tell me that you are going on a job why would i disturb you

22:12Romesh Ranganathan:okay yeah no i won't do that listen um jordan i do actually have some advice for jordan yeah please go ahead uh your mom loves cooking for you she loves seeing you eat her food we are talking about i believe what we're talking about is a quantity problem so i i think that rather than saying you don't want to eat her food at all i think you need to find a way to fold in her food into a healthier kind of gains-based diet yeah you need to you know watch your protein if you're trying to get lean you're looking at trying to maintain a calorie deficit you can eat mutton rolls and string hoppers and cotterotti and all that and still be on a calorie deficit so you know what you what you're not doing is you're not cutting your mom's cooking off at all.

22:59Romesh Ranganathan:But you just say mum, and you can frame it in a really positive way, you can say, mum, I love your cooking. But that's proven to be part of the problem, because you're cooking so delicious. I'd like to find a way to still enjoy your cooking, but also figure out a way for me to feel like, you know, I'm moving towards the targets I want to move towards. And with your mum, work out a way of eating sort of more, less calorie dense food, a more nutrient dense food. But also So having the mutton roll and everything. One of the mistakes you can make is thinking that these foods are bad and these foods are good.

23:31Romesh Ranganathan:Actually, it's about balancing all of that together. So you don't have to cut it all off. You can find a happy medium. And hopefully you'll then grow into a happy medium. Like you. Little pun. I'm not medium. I'm XL. Even on a good day.

23:46Shanthi Ranganathan:Okay. That's a good advice. What do you think of that advice? Fantastic advice. And you are not upsetting your mother. No. so if she cooked rice and curry or something small amount small amounts oh yeah that's it

23:58Romesh Ranganathan:okay great

23:58Shanthi Ranganathan:that is it

23:59Romesh Ranganathan:for this Thursday's episode of the Romachang and Nathan show thank you for listening we're going to be back on Monday with another exciting guest who is it you'll have to wait and see thank you and goodbye do you want to say goodbye

24:10Shanthi Ranganathan:thank you love you all suck it why why

24:15Romesh Ranganathan:so unnecessary yeah have a nice time keep it in thank you so much for watching this episode of the Romesh Ranganathan Show. I've been told that some of you are watching this, enjoying it, wallowing in it, but you still haven't subscribed. That's mad behaviour. You're going to miss episodes. Very silly. So follow and subscribe to the Romesh Ranganathan Show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. We drop new episodes every Monday and Thursday. On Monday, I'm here with amazing guests talking about their career, what they're up to, having a laugh with them. And then on Thursdays, I'm joined by my mum, widely regarded as the audience's favourite Ranganathan.

24:50Romesh Ranganathan:And we answer your questions, your stories and your family dilemmas. We'll be back on Monday with another great guest and then mum will see you again on Thursday. Send your questions and stories to podcast at rangaby.com voice note or text on 07731 623 355. We genuinely love hearing from you and there's a good chance you'll hear yourself on the show. See you next time.

25:12Shanthi Ranganathan:Oh, shut up, Romesh.