The Halloween Special: Terrifying Costumes, Would You Rather & Spooky Dilemmas

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

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Thursday, 29 October 2026 - 39 minutes

Happy Halloween! How does Shanthi deal with Trick or Treaters?

It’s Thursday, so Romesh’s mum Shanthi is here to answer your questions and family dilemmas, this time with a Halloween twist.

Expect some trick or treat role play, a Halloween edition of Would You Rather, and plenty of unexpected answers.

Plus, there are listener dilemmas covering school nightmares, an expensive embarrassing mishap and a workplace outfit that got out of hand. As ever, Shanthi has her own strong opinions.

Happy Halloween from Romesh, Shanthi and the whole Ranga Bee team.

A Ranga Bee Production.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
04:26 Shanthi's Halloween traditions
05:29 Trick or treat role play
07:27 Would You Rather: Halloween edition
11:03 Listener questions
17:11 Romesh's cane plans
20:30 A very expensive embarrassing mishap
27:19 Shanthi's solution
28:47 Style dilemma
34:40 Outro

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