

The Romesh Ranganathan Show
Ranga Bee & Listen
The world’s biggest stars join Romesh for candid conversations and loads of laughs.
Every Monday, Romesh Ranganathan meets actors, musicians, comedians and icons who share stories you won’t hear anywhere else, combining humour, heart and genuine insight. Expect backstage anecdotes, untold tales from the spotlight, and extraordinary insight into what makes them tick.
On Thursdays, Rom’s mum Shanthi joins the show to share family stories, answer audience questions, and offer her no-nonsense take on life, proving that the funniest and most relatable conversations often happen around the kitchen table.
Leave a voice note for Romesh and Shanthi by messaging +447731623355, @theromeshshow on Instagram, or emailing podcast@rangabee.com.
A Ranga Bee Production in Partnership with Listen.
Every Monday, Romesh Ranganathan meets actors, musicians, comedians and icons who share stories you won’t hear anywhere else, combining humour, heart and genuine insight. Expect backstage anecdotes, untold tales from the spotlight, and extraordinary insight into what makes them tick.
On Thursdays, Rom’s mum Shanthi joins the show to share family stories, answer audience questions, and offer her no-nonsense take on life, proving that the funniest and most relatable conversations often happen around the kitchen table.
Leave a voice note for Romesh and Shanthi by messaging +447731623355, @theromeshshow on Instagram, or emailing podcast@rangabee.com.
A Ranga Bee Production in Partnership with Listen.
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Nov 13, 2025 • 44min
Shanthi on Girlfriends, Overprotective Parents & “Love You, Mummy”
Romesh and Shanthi are back, chatting dental fears, turmeric-stained teeth, and Romesh’s table tennis win over Sir Andy Murray. Plus, listeners ask for advice on tricky girlfriends, mummy’s boys, and a mother-in-law on a hen do???A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen.
0:01 - Shanthi’s “Royal Albert Hall” Introduction
1:22 - Dentist Fears & Turmeric Teeth4:45 - Shanthi reacts to Romesh vs Sir Andy8:32 - Rom’s Greatest Win?10:44 - The Disliked Girlfriend12:58 - Shanthi meeting Girlfriends18:02 - 18 Year Old Romesh21:06 - “Love You, Mummy” – Red Flag or Not?23:49 - The Irrigation28:36 - The Mother-in-Law32:17 - Birthday Party for Dogs?35:53 - Married at First Sight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2025 • 1h 17min
Andy Murray: Retirement, Tennis Grunts & Finally Feeling Pride
What does life feel like when you’ve already lived your dream? Sir Andy Murray joins Romesh for a candid chat about life after tennis – touching on everything from competitive parenting to an exclusive on what he'd like his next career move to be. Plus, Andy shares thoughts on toilet etiquette, Romesh puts him to the test identifying famous tennis grunts, and the pair debate what ruins a fruit salad.
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00:00 Toilet Etiquette: Sit Down Wees
03:40 Intro
07:00 Romesh's Gift for Andy
09:00 "Romesh Can't Hit a Ball"
11:50 Competitive Parenting
14:45 Drawing Dogs and Failing Art Class
18:00 Speaking Tour and Fans
22:35 Andy & Romesh's Failed Podcast Pilot
24:40 Bad Headlines, Nerves and Mistakes
27:32 Pressure and Crowd Abuse
28:30 Switching to Golf
33:36 Retirement and Pride
38:25 Looking Back on Achievements
39:35 Home and Being a Famous Dad
44:20 GAME: What A Grunt
48:30 Why Does Grunting Help in Tennis?
50:47 Misquoted (Andy's Issue with Bananas)
55:00 My Mum Thought I Was Useless
58:30 Haircuts and Moustaches
01:01:20 Bizarre Things Mums Say
01:03:00 I Loved Working With My Mum
01:05:00 Andy Is Out Of Shape
01:07:20 Exclusive: Andy's Next Career
01:11:00 Table Tennis: Murray vs Ranganathan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2025 • 41min
Romesh & Shanthi Open Up
Romesh and Shanthi get surprisingly heartfelt about Romesh's upbringing – discussing infidelity, jealousy and Shanthi's "toughest years". Shanthi also plays Round 2 of Nottolenghi and explains why she loves The Great British Bake Off so much. Plus, Romesh puts his foot down on the upper age limit for trick or treating.
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00:00 Garage Freestyle
02:45 Unexpected Compliments
07:15 Romesh Gets Serious on Family
10:40 Who is Loyle Carner?
13:00 Nottolenghi: Round 2
15:40 Meringue Eating Technique
16:30 People Get Jealous of Me
18:50 Ben's My Best Friend
21:22 Halloween Feedback
26:50 Romesh vs Dinesh fight
30:00 Altogether Different
32:30 Shanthi Loves Bake Off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2025 • 1h 5min
Loyle Carner: Glastonbury, Ottolenghi and James Bond Exclusive!
Is perfection the enemy of a great show? Rapper, actor and cook, Loyle Carner joins Romesh to talk about the parallels between comedy and music on stage. Ben puts Loyle to the test with a (terrible) food-themed gameshow – and Loyle opens up about his new album Hopefully!, and how he sees it as a time capsule for his children.
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00:00 Pizza shops and bakeries 02:56 “Thinking woman’s crumpet” 04:20 Mumsnet's 7th sexiest man06:36 Romesh’s formal intro to Loyle Carner08:02 Surprise Game - Ottolenghi or Nottolenghi?17:42 AD — Santander Edge credit card18:25 Glastonbury: Why mistakes are good23:32 Inspired by Lianne La Havas 28:10 New album & feeling pressure 31:59 Touring with kids33:16 Getting parenting wrong36:07 Shanthi's voicemail39:02 GOAT rappers43:02 Privacy vs literal45:53 MISQUOTED: We're not heroes. We're weirdos. 47:04 Tesco-bag raps50:49 Bluey wisdom52:07 Acting in Mint (BBC)55:49 James Bond Exclusive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2025 • 20min
Shanthi Holds a Grudge & Romesh SINGS Whitney!
What's the weirdest family tradition you've ever heard of? Join Romesh and Shanthi as they talk about some of theirs, alongside Romesh's shoe addiction – plus the listeners get in touch with story of Glastonbury guilt.
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00:00 Shanthi's Airhorns!
01:00 Like "Mel Gibson"
02:50 Romesh's Wedding
08:00 Listener Glastonbury Confession
10:30 Holding a Grudge
11:30 Romesh's Trainer Addiction
13:00 The Bodyguard and Romesh Sings!
15:15 Shanthi attempts to sign off
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Oct 27, 2025 • 1h 19min
Daisy May Cooper & Charlie Cooper: Ghost Hunts, Sibling Rivalry & Threadworm
What do you say when a fan recognises you… while you’re buying threadworm tablets?
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper join Romesh to relive their most mortifying moments, talk about ghost-hunting in a haunted prison, and explain how a viral story nearly ruined their lives. They also get honest about fame, sibling rivalry, and why Daisy might be the only person to take sleeping pills on a paranormal show.
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00:00 Intro
01:20 “I Was a Bit of a Tw*t Before Fame”
03:00 How Important Is Being Famous?
04:45 Charlie on THREADWORMS
07:00 “Where’s the Fish in That Story?”
10:15 Daisy’s Viral Audition CONFESSION
11:50 Emotional Support Ghosts & Haunted Hotels
15:00 Daisy and Charlie Really Believe in Ghosts
18:00 Daisy Sleeps Through the Paranormal
20:00 Fake Tan in Prison
22:00 Telepathy Test
27:00 Charlie & Romesh’s Argos Jobs
33:00 Shanthi’s Question: Working with Siblings
37:00 Competing for Mum
40:00 The Hustle vs Family Life
44:00 Oscar Fixations
51:00 “You Were a Bit Boring – Now You’re Boring with More Money!”
53:00 The Pilot That Nearly Killed This Country
54:00 Daisy Pays Charlie a Compliment (Finally)
56:00 Daisy’s Creepy Tarot Reading
01:00:00 Misquoted
01:03:16 Who Wrote the Best Line in the Show?
01:04:50 Why the Runners Hate Daisy
01:07:30 Wetting Yourself
01:15:00 Romesh’s Josh Widdicombe Impression Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 22, 2025 • 40min
Controlling Romesh's Life & What Shanthi Looks For In A Man!
Join Romesh and Shanthi as they argue about spending time together, reply to awkward questions about dating, and react to Jameela Jamil's embarrassing story.
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00:00 Family time
03:50 Weird Bedroom Talk
07:00 On Jameela Jamil
08:50 Reacting to Jameela’s DJ Story
13:00 Audience Questions: In-laws
21:10 Ben’s Apples
24:21 Shanthi Are You Dating?
28:56 Controlling Romesh’s Life
33:00 Shanthi Nails the Santander Line
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Send us YOUR questions and dilemmas!
Email: podcast@rangabee.com
Whatsapp: 07731623355
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Oct 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Jameela Jamil: Accidentally Becoming A Hollywood Star & Why I Don’t Trust Journalists
What do you do if your school bully edits your Wikipedia?
Jameela Jamil chats to Romesh about her huge success in Hollywood and how she accidentally got her role in The Good Place. Jameela also tells us her problem with journalism and her embarrassing moment live on stage in front of 6,000 farmers…
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00:00 Intro
01:20 Jameela Impersonates Priyanka Chopra
02:26 “No Marlon Randos”
05:00 COLONIC Irrigation!
07:50 Cake Break
09:40 Journalists and Wikipedia
17:26 “I’m not a profound thinker”
18:12 Shanthi’s Question
21:15 Jameela’s SUCCESS: "How did you do it?"
22:30 BULLIES and Standing Ovations
27:00 The Good Place AUDITION
28:20 Changing Philosophies
36:00 Outrage and LOLS
37:17 Larry David’s Wedding
38:45 On Being Brown
43:50 Turning 40
46:20 Shame and Humiliation
47:15 “Misquoted”
51:45 ORG*SMING on stage!
56:00 Laurence Fox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 2025 • 29min
Romesh's Medical MIX UP & Should Grandparents Choose Their Nicknames?
Join Romesh and Shanthi as they chat about the mix up at the doctors when Romesh was younger, whether grandparents should pick their name and how easy it is to make the perfect Tiktok.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Shanthi's Weather Forecast
01:20 Romesh's Could Improve
02:43 Shanthi is Unimpressed by Tim Minchin
04:08 Shanthi Sings for Social Media
07:01 Ben on "Dwerking"
08:59 Listener Questions: Grandparents Theme
13:58 Romesh's WORST Habit
16:44 Names for Grandma
19:00 I Thought You Were Cutting my ***** Off
20:55 A Question on the EDGE
Send us YOUR questions and dilemmas! Email: podcast@rangabee.com Whatsapp: 07731623355
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Oct 12, 2025 • 53min
Tim Minchin: How I Wrote Matilda the Musical! Quitting Social Media & Imposter Syndrome!
Does imposter sydrome actually exist?
Tim Minchin talks to Romesh about the award-winning musical 'Matilda' and how big a part Tim played in it. The problem with social media and how to deal with sudden success!
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Tim Minchin’s Life GOALS
2:57 Technical ISSUES & False Optimism
3:18 Imposter Syndrome
6:59 Stylophone JAM
9:05 Matilda and Creative Pressure
15:16 Ben’s Miss Honey CRUSH
17:16 New Album, Old Songs
19:11 Opinions, Social Media & Sanity
21:21 Performing in Your Own Way
23:30 Positive Stuff is as BAD as Negative Stuff
27:22 Addicted to the LOVE
29:09 Shanthi’s Voice Note
30:01 Edinburgh 2010: So You Think You’re Funny?
32:06 From Edgelord to Responsibility
38:10 Laughter Isn’t the Only Currency
39:25 Kids Aren’t Fans
43:33 Misquoted and RUINED
48:02 EXCLUSIVE: “No Anuses” The Musical… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


