The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Romesh and Shanthi play a chaotic game of “Would You Rather?”, take aim at coffee snobs (George Clooney included!), and reminisce about iconic old TV adverts. Things go off the rails with dirty genie wishes, awkward gift-giving dilemmas, and an embarrassing misunderstanding about the ingredients of a popular energy drink.

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00:00 Intro
01:45 Red Bull
02:48 Favourite Adverts
07:11 Shanthi on Coffee
11:00 Would You Rather...?
17:41 Genie Wishes
22:10 Advice on Motherhood
28:08 Gifting Dilema
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Writer of Adolescence, Skins and This Is England, Jack Thorne joins Romesh to talk about the global impact of Adolescence and working closely with Stephen Graham. Jack opens up about social anxiety, imposter syndrome and how appearing on Desert Island Discs led to his autism diagnosis. They also discuss incel culture, kindness online, shifting power in the TV industry, Jack’s love of E.T. and work life balance.

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00:00 Intro

00:55 The reaction to Adolescence

01:30 Jack’s relationship with Stephen Graham

02:55 Working with Brad Pitt

04:10 Talking about incel culture

08:25 Finding kindness online

09:40 Critics’ response to Adolescence

12:24 How invested audiences became

14:15 The real-world impact of the show

16:50 Parents’ reactions

18:19 Romesh’s mum’s question

20:40 Romesh’s gift and Jack’s love for E.T.

25:40 Jack’s obsession with the NFL

30:33 Romesh on work ethic

32:20 Work life balance

35:22 Imposter syndrome

42:05 How the TV landscape is changing

43:20 What Jack wants to do next

49:57 Desert Island Discs and autism diagnosis

54:36 Misquoted
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How do you fix toddler tantrums or a child who’s a fussy eater? This week, “Auntie Shanthi” offers some dubious advice to listeners. She also chats to Romesh about her 2026 resolutions, learning computers with a mystery gentleman, and passes judgement on Will Arnett’s famously sexy voice.

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00:00 Intro
03:06 Shanthi’s list
03:58 Complaining
05:29 2026 resolutions
08:13 Shanthi on Will Arnett
10:46 Shanthi’s advice
18:10 Films that made an impression
23:28 Shanthi’s cookery show
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Actor and comedian, Will Arnett joins Romesh to talk about stand-up, passing as a comic and the making of new movie Is This Thing On? They get into BoJack Horseman, social media, being a dad and befriending John Bishop. With an divisive takes on tattoos, football and meeting Jürgen Klopp.

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00:00 Intro
01:45 A gift for Will
02:35 Will on meeting Jürgen Klopp
04:05 Arsenal vs Liverpool
06:11 Working with John Bishop
10:13 The making of Is This Thing On?
14:13 Practicing stand up
18:51 Shanthi’s question to Will
19:30 BoJack Horseman
30:10 Will’s controversial opinion on tattoos
34:50 Misquoted
42:31 Social media
47:44 Misquoted continued
49:40 Being a dad
53:30 Will passes as a comic
55:33 Exclusive
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Shanthi and Romesh answer your questions and act out several scenes from alternative James Bond improv to hypothetical genies. Plus Shanthi's opinion on why some things are worth buying no matter the price. There’s villain energy, big laughs, questionable casting and as per usual, plenty of moments where neither of them can keep it together.

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00:00 Intro01:30 Shanthi & Romesh answer your questions02:49 Shanthi’s acting background04:50 An improvised scene09:03 Shanthi 00711:47 A question about a genie17:33 Expensive perfume

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