Shanthi’s Free Holiday, Romesh’s Underwear & Vegan Teasing

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

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Thursday, 15 October 2026 - 52 minutes

How should you react when your son offers you an all-expenses-paid holiday?
On this edition of The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Romesh tells his mum Shanthi he’s taking her to Portugal next May. Her first reaction is not what he’d hoped for, so they try again.
Before that, there’s a public plea to Next for freebies and an embarrassing underwear moment from Romesh’s teaching days.
Then it’s your questions: what to do when a child repeats the wrong line in public, how to handle friends and family teasing you for being vegan, and Romesh’s very questionable translation of a Portuguese doughnut chant.
A Ranga Bee Production.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:57 Next owes Shanthi freebies
06:55 Romesh’s underwear at the till
08:29 What did Tom Hiddleston whisper to Idris Elba?
12:09 Would Shanthi climb Everest?
13:35 Are the Northern Lights overrated?
16:23 Romesh’s holiday announcement
18:28 “We’re not going to Portugal”
20:03 Take two: the redo
20:38 Taking the podcast to Portugal
21:28 Lisa meets Jamie Redknapp
24:58 Romesh helps an injured cyclist
33:11 Does Shanthi swear?
36:02 The Portuguese doughnut sellers
45:56 Would Shanthi ever go vegan?
48:20 Outro

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