Celebrating One Year Of The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Who does Shanthi want next on the podcast? In this special, one-year anniversary episode of The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Romesh and Shanthi celebrate a whole year of the podcast with a little help from the team and a surprise message from none other than our first guest, Michael Sheen. The pair look back at some of their favourite moments from the show, reflect on how far the podcast has come, and discuss what they’d like to do next, including a potential trip to Los Angeles and a team yacht holiday. They also tackle a listener dilemma about dogs at parties, pet boundaries, parent and child tattoos, and discuss Romesh’s ambition to get on Below Deck. Plus, Shanthi has some very sweet words about Romesh and the team behind the podcast. It’s a special anniversary episode celebrating one year of The Romesh Ranganathan Show. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media. Chapters 00:00 Intro 07:32 Celebrating one year of the show 10:28 A message from Michael Sheen 11:15 Rom’s takeaways from the podcast 15:08 A holiday question for the team 17:43 Romesh wants to get on Below Deck 23:20 A question about dog boundaries 32:21 Convincing your mum to get a tattoo 39:22 Who do we want next on the pod? 42:11 Shanthi’s thoughts on Romesh 45:25 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• 0:00Speaker 00

  What's wrong?

• 0:00Speaker 01

  We're not very happy with the way your one is. It's sort of coming out the back. Can you move it, Rom? No, it's all right. Just move, move it to one side a little bit.

• 0:06Speaker 02

  Maybe just more behind you. Ah.

• 0:08Speaker 01

  More.

• 0:13Speaker 02

  Ronnie!

• 0:14Speaker 01

  Do you know what? I, I thought you might stand up and turn around for a second, but that was stupid of me.

• 0:18Speaker 00

  Well, I'm trying to host the show.

• 0:19Speaker 01

  I know, I know. No, you're doing a great job.

• 0:23Speaker 01

  Thanks, thanks for your help.

• 0:27Speaker 02

  You can do anything later.

• 0:28Speaker 00

  No, I can't, not on this podcast. Um, looks like after the way I've just been spoken to, it's the first and last birthday of the Romesh Ranganathan show. Let's see how this group of animals and my mother get on without me. I'm fucking done.

• 0:47Speaker 00

  Week in and week out, I'm week in and week out. That, you can't phrase it like that. That sounds like it's a fucking grind. That, that's, that doesn't sound celebratory. Celebratory? Doesn't sound celebratory. We're supposed to sound celebratory. That doesn't sound celebratory.

• 1:02Speaker 01

  Try and.

• 1:03Speaker 00

  I think it should be each and every week.

• 1:05Speaker 03

  Nice.

• 1:06Speaker 00

  Each and every week, I'm joined by my, but week in and week, week in and fucking week out. She fucking turns up. So do these pigs. And then it says, we've been doing this for a while now.

• 1:22Speaker 00

  Okay, let's try.

• 1:22Speaker 01

  I think we've tried to embrace the way you tend to speak.

• 1:24Speaker 00

  Right, okay. All right, let's do it. Week in and week out, day after day, I'm joined by my mum. The one and only, thank God, Shanti. And this team of fucking creatures who are basically like leeches sucking the blood of revenue stream from my neck. We've been doing this for such a long time now, Mum. How long is it?

• 1:46Speaker 02

  One year.

• 1:47Speaker 00

  Fuck, is that all? The podcast is one this week. It feels like it's a hundred. It's the Romesh Ranganathan First Birthday Special!

• 1:58Speaker 00

  Thank you so much for all of your support. We really appreciate it. Uh, and listen, I know, I know you prefer my mum, but I don't mind, actually. You're the, you're the best thing about this podcast. Uh, thank you to Mum for being continually hilarious. Uh, and to the team. Thank you. Happy birthday to you as well. It's, um, you've been really, um, good on this and it's, um,

• 2:25Speaker 00

  I couldn't do, I couldn't do it without you.

• 2:32Speaker 00

  I couldn't do it without you and you're essential to the ongoing success of this.

• 2:35Speaker 02

  Are you crying?

• 2:36Speaker 03

  I think so.

• 2:37Speaker 02

  Emotional?

• 2:37Speaker 00

  I feel sick.

• 2:38Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 2:39Speaker 00

  Uh, no, and also it says you've done really, really well. To sort of overcome your, uh, natural deficiencies to be able to help put this together has really been, it's been amazing. And you've all gone on a journey this year. You know, like sometimes

• 2:55Speaker 00

  they, it feels like I'm talking to people.

• 2:59Speaker 00

  When we first started this, they were just, they looked even more disgusting than they do now. They would turn up just

• 3:07Speaker 00

  belching and farting and sitting there. And a lot of the episodes, a lot of people sort of say, why aren't the mum episodes longer? We record for about 90 minutes. We lose an hour of it because of the noises and the sounds that come out of these beasts.

• 3:24Speaker 00

  And you can't isolate, so you just have to cut it. Loads of good stuff is gone because one of them is just fucking let rip with a anal fissure inducing fart.

• 3:37Speaker 00

  Happy birthday! No, you've got, the team are great, aren't they, Mum?

• 3:42Speaker 02

  Yeah, beautiful. I can't live without them. Honest to God.

• 3:46Speaker 00

  You couldn't live with it. If you can live with it, I don't, I don't mind, I don't mind complimenting them, but we can live without them, that's.

• 3:53Speaker 02

  I have known everyone now. It's a long time.

• 3:56Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 3:57Speaker 02

  It's in my heart.

• 3:58Speaker 00

  Is it?

• 3:58Speaker 02

  So I, I, I bless them and I pray for them, for their happiness every single day. Because.

• 4:06Speaker 00

  You pray for this team every single day?

• 4:08Speaker 02

  Every single day because the podcast will do well, that's why.

• 4:11Speaker 00

  Right, so it benefits us, I guess.

• 4:16Speaker 01

  God, it is getting emotional, isn't it?

• 4:17Speaker 00

  Yeah, it really is. Uh, how have you found the year, Mum?

• 4:21Speaker 02

  Very interesting. I'm enjoying it. Soon as I got the date, I'm all excited.

• 4:26Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 4:27Speaker 02

  And, uh, ready, the, the morning comes.

• 4:34Speaker 02

  What do you call, I energize myself. Adrenaline comes.

• 4:39Speaker 00

  Nice.

• 4:39Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 4:40Speaker 00

  That's something you've learned this year.

• 4:42Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 4:44Speaker 02

  I do enjoy coming in, but, yeah.

• 4:46Speaker 00

  Um, it's been a year, like, let's be honest, team, we didn't think we were gonna do this well, did we?

• 4:53Speaker 00

  You did.

• 4:54Speaker 01

  We thought, we, I think we were, we thought we'd do all right, yeah.

• 4:57Speaker 00

  Did you? Come on, you guys, you couldn't have predicted it was gonna go this well.

• 5:00Speaker 03

  No one could have predicted the unprecedented success we've had.

• 5:03Speaker 00

  Fucking smashed it. It's ridiculous.

• 5:07Speaker 01

  But in a humble way.

• 5:08Speaker 00

  There's been, lots of other podcasts have been going longer than us. We decided to set one up and we've shat on all of them.

• 5:14Speaker 01

  Let's have some humility, I guess.

• 5:16Speaker 03

  We learn a lot from those other.

• 5:18Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 5:19Speaker 01

  Was it standing on the shoulders of giants?

• 5:21Speaker 00

  How shit must the other podcast be? For us to wander in with a herd of animals.

• 5:29Speaker 00

  And beat them all. No, I'm joking, I'm joking.

• 5:30Speaker 03

  A lot of very talented producers.

• 5:32Speaker 01

  Yeah, really talented producers.

• 5:33Speaker 00

  Yeah, um, there's, I'm sure there's loads. Can't think of any at the moment. Uh, no, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. It's been great. It's been really good. And we've had a lot of fun, haven't we?

• 5:43Speaker 02

  They gave me so much happiness, coming and talking about.

• 5:47Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 5:47Speaker 02

  Then I had the chance to talk about me, you know, what I went through.

• 5:51Speaker 00

  Hmm.

• 5:52Speaker 02

  This is the opportunity. I'm so grateful.

• 5:54Speaker 00

  Yeah, it's good, it's good.

• 5:56Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 5:56Speaker 00

  To do that here in lieu of therapy. Now, um,

• 6:03Speaker 00

  Mum, why don't you introduce the show? And as you introduce it, just what you wanna say to the listeners and viewers who've been supporting us for this last year?

• 6:15Speaker 02

  Hi, my wonderful people. We only have come this far without you. I'm so, so grateful. Be kind to us and support us and watch us on YouTube.

• 6:31Speaker 00

  Spotify.

• 6:32Speaker 02

  Spotify.

• 6:35Speaker 02

  So many other platforms, okay? Love you all. I'm here. I, as much as I can do, I will give you advice and enjoy your day. Enjoy your life. Be happy.

• 6:47Speaker 00

  Welcome to the?

• 6:49Speaker 02

  Welcome to the Romesh Ranganathan. What is it?

• 6:53Speaker 00

  Show. What is it? Fuck me!

• 6:55Speaker 02

  No, the, fuck you too.

• 6:58Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 6:59Speaker 02

  The reason I ask, do I have to say that one year podcast?

• 7:04Speaker 00

  Oh, I see. Okay, fine. It's a legitimate question. All right, okay.

• 7:07Speaker 02

  Okay, you do that then. You say it.

• 7:09Speaker 00

  Welcome to the birthday edition of the Romesh Ranganathan Show!

• 7:20Speaker 04

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• 8:28Speaker 02

  With me, Shanti!

• 8:31Speaker 02

  Oh my God.

• 8:32Speaker 00

  Oh shit.

• 8:33Speaker 02

  I got it.

• 8:35Speaker 00

  I, um, once a...

• 8:40Speaker 00

  What is the fuck is wrong with you?

• 8:43Speaker 01

  Sorry, I just thought I'd get some more.

• 8:46Speaker 00

  Can we slow mo that?

• 8:53Speaker 00

  I really shat myself there. I thought you were just throwing the tube at me.

• 8:58Speaker 01

  Why didn't you go to catch it?

• 8:59Speaker 00

  What?

• 9:00Speaker 02

  I know.

• 9:01Speaker 00

  I was just defending myself.

• 9:02Speaker 01

  Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

• 9:04Speaker 00

  On Monday, we had the almighty actor Stephen Graham on. Mum, did you watch Adolescence?

• 9:09Speaker 02

  I did.

• 9:11Speaker 00

  Did you?

• 9:12Speaker 02

  No, I didn't watch it.

• 9:12Speaker 00

  Okay, cool.

• 9:14Speaker 02

  I didn't want to like you.

• 9:15Speaker 00

  You sort of forwarded quite quickly under questioning there, didn't you?

• 9:19Speaker 00

  What do you think of toxic masculinity, Mum?

• 9:22Speaker 02

  I don't know what to say to that.

• 9:24Speaker 00

  In that case, you need to watch Adolescence.

• 9:26Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 9:28Speaker 00

  It's exciting, it's our birthday. What are you guys doing for our first birthday?

• 9:33Speaker 01

  We still haven't gone out for like a team like...

• 9:35Speaker 00

  No, actually, we've never been out as a podcast team, have we?

• 9:38Speaker 03

  No.

• 9:38Speaker 02

  Yeah, I'm still waiting for the date to go as a dinner and celebrate and get drunk.

• 9:44Speaker 00

  Ben was supposed to organise it, but...

• 9:47Speaker 02

  Why are you blaming him? Why can't you organise?

• 9:49Speaker 00

  Because it's his responsibility.

• 9:54Speaker 01

  Got a sort of somber atmosphere now at this party.

• 9:56Speaker 00

  The only thing you want to say to Ben about the fact he's not organising?

• 9:59Speaker 02

  No, when he has time, he will organise.

• 10:01Speaker 00

  When he has time, he can organise it. Okay, cool.

• 10:03Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah.

• 10:04Speaker 03

  So we shouldn't tell people that we've never gone out because they'll think they've got like a riff in the team.

• 10:07Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 10:08Speaker 03

  You know, that gives them a competitive advantage. We should tell them that we always hang out.

• 10:14Speaker 00

  But then that takes a bit of the sheen off me, doesn't it? If people think I'm regularly hanging out with you...

• 10:20Speaker 03

  Yeah, that...

• 10:20Speaker 00

  Do you see what I mean? I've got a certain, not a reputation, but like a...

• 10:25Speaker 03

  Maybe we should tell them we did it once and it was really good.

• 10:28Speaker 00

  We went out, didn't we?

• 10:30Speaker 01

  That was great. Oh, we had a good time.

• 10:31Speaker 00

  Oh my god, it was so much fun, yeah.

• 10:34Speaker 01

  Such a good time.

• 10:35Speaker 00

  Went temping bowling.

• 10:37Speaker 02

  And we had hoppers.

• 10:38Speaker 00

  We had hoppers, went temping bowling.

• 10:40Speaker 02

  Because I'm Sri Lankan, you are Sri Lankan.

• 10:43Speaker 00

  Well, that's not why we did that. But it was nice, yeah.

• 10:46Speaker 02

  Nice.

• 10:46Speaker 00

  And then we got kicked out of the bowling alley because Ben stuck his dick in one of the finger holes.

• 10:52Speaker 03

  Yeah, it happens.

• 10:53Speaker 00

  Yeah, yeah.

• 10:54Speaker 03

  Some of us stayed out late and did a bit more dancing.

• 10:57Speaker 00

  Yeah. And then we had to go to hospital, get it removed, get it removed from Ben. He kept shouting, "Strike!"

• 11:08Speaker 00

  Let's put in the hardworking people at the hospital off.

• 11:15Speaker 00

  And then he was sort of doing his little bowling jokes, hope it doesn't end up being a split, you know?

• 11:21Speaker 00

  All that kind of stuff. Before we get to the questions, we've got a surprise message, Mum. Let's have a listen.

• 11:27Speaker 06

  Hey, Romesh and Shanti, hello, hello, hello.

• 11:31Speaker 00

  That was Michael Sheen.

• 11:33Speaker 06

  On making it to one year. God, I mean, when I... Look how far you've come. When I first came in, it was just a tiny room with three sweaty blokes and a dream. And it's still three sweaty blokes. And still in a tiny room. And the dream's dead, but, um... Well, you know, you've lasted well longer than anyone expected, so...

• 12:01Speaker 06

  Yay.

• 12:03Speaker 06

  Congratulations.

• 12:05Speaker 06

  Bye!

• 12:07Speaker 02

  Bye!

• 12:08Speaker 00

  Thank you so much, Michael, for... I don't know what that was. Nice little surprise message. That was good, wasn't it?

• 12:14Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah.

• 12:15Speaker 01

  Can I ask, did you, since Michael Sheen, do you feel like you've gone on any sort of journey across the year? Do you feel like you've learnt something about yourself?

• 12:24Speaker 00

  I've learnt the revenues are surprisingly high in this game.

• 12:28Speaker 01

  I think... The connection with the audience?

• 12:30Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 12:33Speaker 00

  Yeah, it's obviously valuable creatively, but I just can't believe there's so much more money in it than I thought there'd be.

• 12:38Speaker 01

  No, I said connection with the audience. Do you feel like you've got to know the listeners and the viewers? Do you feel like...

• 12:43Speaker 00

  Yeah, I think like the viewers to this have enabled this to become more lucrative than a lot of TV jobs.

• 12:51Speaker 03

  What about like skills wise? As an interviewer, do you think you've improved?

• 12:56Speaker 00

  Well, I think they were more... Yeah, I think I've got... No, I don't actually. I think I'm being the same as...

• 13:01Speaker 02

  I felt...

• 13:02Speaker 00

  I think I've got better as an interviewer.

• 13:03Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 13:03Speaker 00

  I think when you know how much money could potentially come in if it goes well, that, that kind of, sort of inspires you to get better, do you know what I mean?

• 13:15Speaker 01

  Also, genuine curiosity with some of the incredible guests we've had all across the...

• 13:18Speaker 00

  Yeah, curious of how much money it can get to, like because you sort of think even though we're doing okay, the sky's the fucking limit. I mean, look at Joe Rogan, you know, he's smashing it. He's terrible at interviewing. You know, so, so...

• 13:34Speaker 01

  Such a privilege to have these people in and have a couple of hours of their time.

• 13:37Speaker 00

  Such a privilege to come in, do this, and then to be paid that amount of money for the amount of effort you're putting in.

• 13:42Speaker 01

  Do it for free, wouldn't you? Do it for free in a way.

• 13:44Speaker 00

  Do it for free, but thank god I don't have to. Believe me, it's so far from doing it for free. No, I'm really joking. It's genuinely... Okay, if we can be serious for a moment.

• 13:54Speaker 01

  Sure.

• 13:55Speaker 00

  This podcast is just us, being us. And I've had the opportunity to interview people that I really respect and admire.

• 14:05Speaker 02

  I know.

• 14:06Speaker 00

  And spending this time every week with you, it's an incredible gift. And it's been an amazing year.

• 14:13Speaker 02

  For me as well.

• 14:14Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 14:14Speaker 02

  Yeah, I feel when I come here, I have my family here. That's how I feel.

• 14:19Speaker 00

  I am your son.

• 14:24Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 14:24Speaker 00

  That's why it feels like that. It's like me going... Sometimes when I'm doing this, genuinely, the first episode, I feel like I'm here with my mother.

• 14:35Speaker 00

  You mean these people are your family? I say people. There you go. You can tell it's a birthday, eh? Fucking hell. There you go, guys.

• 14:43Speaker 02

  No, honestly, coming here, don't cry.

• 14:46Speaker 00

  I'm not crying.

• 14:47Speaker 02

  No. Yeah, it was wonderful, Mum.

• 14:49Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 14:50Speaker 02

  So I'm so grateful for you all to give me this opportunity. I am emotional and I pray and pray that they should grow up and we have a wonderful time.

• 15:02Speaker 00

  Yeah, okay. Well, let's hope so, but to be honest with you, I should take this opportunity. So I'm thinking of...

• 15:08Speaker 02

  Well, finishing it off, what does it mean?

• 15:13Speaker 00

  I would say, you know, we're not going to be doing this forever, are we?

• 15:16Speaker 03

  Ten more years.

• 15:18Speaker 00

  Ten more years?

• 15:19Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 15:19Speaker 00

  Well, I hope you're fucking recording those episodes way in advance.

• 15:26Speaker 00

  But, you know. No, it's been amazing. Like genuinely incredible. Love doing this podcast. Love doing it. Mum, you've got a little bit of confetti in your hair.

• 15:35Speaker 02

  I want it there.

• 15:36Speaker 00

  You want it there?

• 15:37Speaker 02

  I want it there.

• 15:37Speaker 00

  Okay, good for you. All right, it's time for the listener question section. If you have a question that you think we could help with, please send your WhatsApp messages and voice notes to 07731623355 or email [email protected]. And don't forget, if you haven't already, please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Please do it. It's our birthday. We've got an...

• 16:05Speaker 00

  First up, we have an email from Trudy. "Hi, Shanti-Roman team. Oh, I would like to ask the amazing team a question first. If you were to go on a luxury holiday and could only take either..." You know what the answer to this is going to be. "If you were to go on a luxury holiday and could only take either Rom or Shanti, who would you choose?" Second question is the same for Shanti. So Shanti, "If you were to go on a luxury holiday and could only take Rom or Dinesh, which one would you choose? Absolutely love the podcast, guys. Much love, motherfuckers." Yes! Huh? I knew. See, I'm getting some blowback for this swearing stuff, but fuck yes, Trudy. Tell them to stick up their fucking chuffs.

• 16:46Speaker 00

  It's our birthday, you fuckos.

• 16:50Speaker 00

  Fucking suck a ball bag, you gooch licking shit eaters.

• 16:56Speaker 00

  Okay, shall we deal with the questions? Trudy, you've made my birthday, the show birthday. Okay, first question. Team, I wonder where this is going to go. "If you were to go on a luxury holiday and could either take me or Mum, who would you take?"

• 17:14Speaker 02

  None.

• 17:15Speaker 03

  Well, it's a very tough decision, obviously.

• 17:20Speaker 03

  With a lot of deliberation, but I think I'd probably take the person who most treats me like a human being.

• 17:26Speaker 01

  Makes sense. Makes a lot of sense.

• 17:29Speaker 00

  By enabling you to earn a living wage?

• 17:32Speaker 03

  And I think, you know, sort of like speaks to me with loads of respect and when I talk to them, doesn't like walk away in the middle of the office.

• 17:42Speaker 03

  So I think it would probably have to be Shanti.

• 17:44Speaker 00

  Oh, that was a big twist at the end there. The way you were describing it, I thought this is definitely, he's definitely going to choose me.

• 17:52Speaker 00

  Okay, what about you, Ben, you fucking pig?

• 17:54Speaker 01

  What about Alfie?

• 17:55Speaker 02

  Oh, god.

• 17:57Speaker 00

  Alfie?

• 17:59Speaker 02

  You haven't really cooked for me.

• 18:00Speaker 03

  Yet, Rom. Um, so I'm gonna have to go Shanti as well.

• 18:04Speaker 00

  Okay. All right, so that's okay, because I haven't served you. You won't take me on the holiday. Okay, Georgie.

• 18:13Speaker 07

  Would you consider chartering a boat for the whole team?

• 18:17Speaker 02

  Oh.

• 18:19Speaker 01

  Or a private jet.

• 18:20Speaker 00

  Georgie, what a way to announce you leaving the podcast. Incredibly ballsy manoeuvre.

• 18:27Speaker 07

  You said you were gonna try gifting more.

• 18:31Speaker 00

  Oh, nice. Did I say that?

• 18:32Speaker 03

  She makes a note of everything.

• 18:33Speaker 02

  John is still waiting for his last.

• 18:35Speaker 00

  But Georgie, there's a step between starting to gift and chartering a fucking boat. Although, I will tell you this, I, this is embarrassing. I looked, I did quite a lot of research into how to get on Below Deck as a customer.

• 18:52Speaker 01

  What do you mean get on Below? Do you mean the programme? Or do you mean just how to get a boat?

• 18:56Speaker 00

  No, I wanted to get a boat, but not just a boat, a boat that would be included in Below Deck.

• 19:04Speaker 01

  So you plan to buy a boat to then put Captain, whatever his name is?

• 19:08Speaker 00

  What's his name? Captain? Jason, if you get in the, if the Down Under one, or Captain Sandy.

• 19:14Speaker 01

  Sandy, that's who I'm thinking of, yeah. You love Below Deck, don't you? That's like.

• 19:19Speaker 00

  I love it.

• 19:21Speaker 01

  Didn't you do that launch, even though you had nothing to, you did like the launch party?

• 19:24Speaker 00

  Funny story about that, actually. I, um, I was asked to do an advert for Below Deck. And they had this whole thing lined up, and I couldn't make the dates for the, for the actual shoot. So they said that you can do a separate one and they'll chop it all in. So they found, because I was like really hectic, they found a studio near Gatwick. Like a little studio that they turned up in and I could do some bits as, dress up as a captain and do some bits. As I'm pulling in, into the car park at the studio, have I told you this story before? There's a woman there, um, with, uh, two blokes and they're sort of getting some stuff out of a car. And as I drive past into the car park, she waves at me. I don't think anything of it. I don't know her, but I just assumed she'd recognise me. I go in, I do my Below Deck stuff.

• 20:09Speaker 00

  Anyway, I come out and go home, and she was, she was coming out at that time, waves at me again. Then she sent me a message on Instagram, saying, really good to see you. Uh, I was just finishing a shoot off myself. And then I clicked on her profile and she was an adult actress. She, I think they'd been filming a smash scene next door to where I was doing Below Deck.

• 20:34Speaker 00

  So what I'm saying is versatile little set of studios.

• 20:40Speaker 00

  Anyway, I looked into it, four days, no, I think it's three days on that boat, $200,000.

• 20:46Speaker 01

  Is that how much it is?

• 20:47Speaker 00

  To charter it, yeah.

• 20:49Speaker 01

  Well, we could do two days.

• 20:52Speaker 02

  Half week, half week.

• 20:53Speaker 00

  If you think I would get to the point where I could be on Below Deck, my dream show,

• 21:02Speaker 00

  that I would take you guys, you're right, I would. Hundred percent.

• 21:10Speaker 00

  Um, it's a lot though, isn't it?

• 21:11Speaker 01

  It's a lot.

• 21:12Speaker 00

  I mean, I knew it would be something like that, because when they do the tip, the tip's about 20, 30 grand, right?

• 21:18Speaker 00

  It's mad. But they do everything. You can literally ask for anything.

• 21:24Speaker 02

  What do you mean, anything?

• 21:25Speaker 00

  Like, if you.

• 21:27Speaker 01

  If you did hire it, we could do the podcast from the boat.

• 21:30Speaker 00

  I don't think.

• 21:31Speaker 01

  Couldn't we? We could like, get people on, like, they could come on the jet ski. Who's that coming? It's Tom Cruise. Get the mics up.

• 21:38Speaker 00

  Yeah. Do you think, what do you think the chances are Tom Cruise would agree to appear on an episode of Below Deck?

• 21:45Speaker 01

  I don't know if he had, does it have to be a Below Deck crossover? Can it just be just us on a boat?

• 21:49Speaker 00

  What's the fucking point?

• 21:50Speaker 01

  I don't know why.

• 21:51Speaker 00

  I wanna meet Captain Sandy. Or Captain Jason. Any of the captains. Uh, okay, uh, Mum, if you were to go on a luxury holiday, you could only choose, so basically, am I right in saying unanimously it's Mum?

• 22:04Speaker 01

  I might choose you, Rom, because I feel like, as, uh, I feel like, we're not, I, I feel like we should be better friends maybe than we are. And if we went on holiday together, that might be a really good chance.

• 22:15Speaker 00

  Oh, no, that would be good, so, yeah.

• 22:16Speaker 01

  That might be a really good chance for us to connect, to connect, do you know what I mean?

• 22:20Speaker 00

  Are we not good friends?

• 22:21Speaker 01

  Well, sometimes you sort of, you know, like John was alluding to, call us an animal and, and it sort of feels like, you feel like we're sort of clinging on to your coattails. Sort of leeches, I think was the word.

• 22:33Speaker 00

  Did I say that?

• 22:34Speaker 01

  Blood sucking leeches, yeah.

• 22:35Speaker 00

  Oh, I said that today, didn't I?

• 22:36Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah.

• 22:39Speaker 00

  I mean, look, it, it, okay, it's a birth episode, so I'll say this. The only reason I say stuff like that is because that's how I feel.

• 22:49Speaker 00

  So, you know, don't, don't, don't, don't read any more into it than that, do you know what I mean? That's how I think and feel about you.

• 22:57Speaker 01

  I'll take Shanti.

• 22:58Speaker 00

  Okay, great.

• 23:00Speaker 02

  You man. Birthday bridge!

• 23:03Speaker 00

  Yeah, yeah.

• 23:08Speaker 00

  Um, okay, Mum, if you could go on a luxury, if you were to go on a luxury holiday, you could, holiday, and you could only take Rom or me or Din, fuck you now, which one would you choose?

• 23:18Speaker 02

  I won't choose any of you.

• 23:20Speaker 00

  Do you go alone?

• 23:21Speaker 02

  Friends.

• 23:22Speaker 00

  No, that's not the thing.

• 23:23Speaker 01

  We're available, we'd all go with you.

• 23:25Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah, that's it. Why would I choose you or Dinesh? I won't leave you both.

• 23:29Speaker 00

  If you took them, they'd have to go, you have to go into quarantine for a while, wouldn't you?

• 23:36Speaker 02

  That's horrible.

• 23:38Speaker 00

  It's fair to say that you, okay, look, I know that you don't love me or Dinesh more than the other, but you'd rather go with Dinesh than me, wouldn't you?

• 23:45Speaker 02

  No, no, no.

• 23:48Speaker 00

  You'd have a better time if you went with Dinesh.

• 23:52Speaker 02

  No.

• 23:53Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 23:54Speaker 02

  I want both of you. I will never change my thing for me. If you are going on holiday, both sons should agree. I want you to be happy for rest of your life. I don't want to pick one and upset the other one. It's not in me, okay?

• 24:09Speaker 00

  But why do you prefer Dinesh, generally?

• 24:11Speaker 02

  I didn't say I preferred Dinesh.

• 24:15Speaker 00

  Happy birthday! Okay, listen, I'm only joking, Mum, I know.

• 24:18Speaker 02

  I know, I know.

• 24:19Speaker 00

  Next up.

• 24:22Speaker 04

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• 24:50Speaker 04

  Whenever fall comes back around, it always feels like a fresh start. This year, I've been layering in some styles from the new Lululemon Fall Drop, because the weather is shifting and I find I have to be ready for the entire day and not just one part of it.

• 25:03Speaker 00

  Lululemon's Fall line has some really versatile transitional pieces, so I can just wake up, throw on a matching set, add a jacket or a fleece and head out, knowing that I'll feel comfortable enough to go wherever the day takes me. Check out the new fall arrivals in store and online now at lululemon.com. We have an email from Mikey. Hi, Romesh and Shanti, long time listener, first time caller. Finally excited to pose a question to you both. Following on from your energetic interview with Diane Morgan. Was it energetic? Is that sarcasm?

• 25:35Speaker 03

  Could be sarcasm, because in the episode, we spoke about how both of you were low energy.

• 25:40Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah, that's right.

• 25:42Speaker 03

  I think it's a bit of a callback, it's a bit of fun.

• 25:43Speaker 00

  This is part of the problem with these things, is like, when you, I can never remember stuff like that. So then somebody will do a callback to something and it shows that they're really invested in the thing, and then I give them that kind of reaction. They're probably very excited. Mikey's probably thinking, oh, this is gonna be a good way to open the email, and then I've gone, were we? Is he being sarcastic?

• 26:00Speaker 03

  Well, let's do it again now that we know.

• 26:02Speaker 00

  Right, right. Keep all that in, so the people can show how much I care, but.

• 26:05Speaker 03

  Nice.

• 26:06Speaker 00

  Hi, Romesh and Shanti, long time listener, first time caller. Finally excited to pose you both a question. Following on from your energetic interview with Diane Morgan.

• 26:18Speaker 00

  We're both low energy, you bloody tinker.

• 26:24Speaker 00

  Mikey, you little shit.

• 26:27Speaker 00

  Bloody bastard. Um, I didn't realise that you were such dog fanatics. I actually thought they'd piss you off, like, quite a lot of things in life. Had you as a cat man, they share your energy, it's fair. Uh, anyway, backstory before the question. Both mine and my partner's families over the past seven years have all got dogs. All different breeds, all different temperaments, some great owners and some neglectful owners, my parents. The final sibling and mostly responsibleist decided to get a dog too. The only issue is that when all five dogs get together, holy shit. Only ever seems to be at our modest house. Now we have two young children and there are eight other children in the family. That's a lot of bodies in the home. That's a horrible way of describing it. We're also getting a bit sick of the garden becoming a shitting ground for the kids. Just kidding.

• 27:09Speaker 00

  Becoming a shitting ground for these doggos, having trodden in turd that wasn't picked up following my kid's birthday party. Now, this is a sensitive one. The question is, can we say no to dogs for future family parties? I understand that there's a chance that this will rip my family apart. I'm not too fussed about my partners, only joking. I'm so sick and tired of the dogs' barks sending each other off, them shitting everywhere in our garden, having to cater for a bonus meal so that the dogs don't eat the bones, and having more people interested in their dog than having a chat. My partner thinks this must go to the grave with us and obviously, and we can't ask for that. We can obviously choose a dog friendly pub or venue to host our parties, but I don't wanna drop two plus K on a birthday party. That seems excessive. Love the pod, love you Mum, love you. Cheers, Mikey.

• 27:52Speaker 00

  Thank you so much, Mikey, for your email. Appreciate you, bruh. No, I do love dogs. I think dogs are goddamn legends. And Mum, you love our dogs, don't you?

• 28:00Speaker 02

  I love your dogs, yeah, but I, I love to have one, but when I think about all the problem and looking after them.

• 28:07Speaker 00

  Yeah, they're difficult to look after.

• 28:08Speaker 02

  It's difficult.

• 28:08Speaker 00

  Let's not make light of the fact it's a huge ball, like.

• 28:11Speaker 02

  It is for me. You gotta take care of them, take them for a walk and.

• 28:16Speaker 00

  Yeah, do you know what I mean? It's like.

• 28:19Speaker 02

  But it's a good companionship though. I think so.

• 28:22Speaker 00

  Yeah, you should get one.

• 28:23Speaker 02

  They do feel, they do feel our sadness when they are happy. And they can sense if something is going to go wrong and, back home, that's the way we feel.

• 28:36Speaker 03

  I can see what this person means though, because it is really annoying if you've got loads of dogs in a place and then you can't have a proper conversation, because you're always being interrupted or distracted by dogs. That's quite annoying.

• 28:46Speaker 00

  I, um, think, Mikey, that you have got yourself into a situation where, um, people, basically people feel comfortable, your family feel comfortable to bring their dogs around. We've got dogs. If people turned up at our house with their dogs, I'd be like, what the fuck are you doing?

• 29:05Speaker 02

  They smell their ass, don't they?

• 29:07Speaker 00

  Huh? Yeah. Not to mention the pets.

• 29:16Speaker 00

  Can you drop like an air horn in there?

• 29:19Speaker 03

  Can you do the noise?

• 29:20Speaker 00

  Huh?

• 29:20Speaker 03

  Can you do the noise?

• 29:22Speaker 00

  Not to mention the pets.

• 29:33Speaker 00

  Um, but I, I think you need to speak to them. It's like totally reasonable that, that no, people don't bring their dogs around to your house. It's wild.

• 29:41Speaker 02

  Well, your dogs are well behaved, my, because when I go, they will be in bed.

• 29:48Speaker 00

  No, we had to, we had to get them a bit trained because they were getting excited when people come into the door. So now when people come, come around, we go bed and then they run to their bed and sit down there.

• 29:58Speaker 02

  Sit down there.

• 29:58Speaker 00

  And then they wait and then when you go finish, they come off.

• 30:01Speaker 02

  They come and jump on you and welcome you and put their head on the lap and start to lick.

• 30:09Speaker 00

  Okay, it's so weird the way you said that. It, it, like, it's all pretty wholesome and then started to lick.

• 30:18Speaker 02

  Because I don't like their licking.

• 30:21Speaker 00

  No, licking people, licking is, but that, what they'd, actually what I read was, so licking is like they're kissing. They're showing you a bit of affection and then when you like shoo them away.

• 30:33Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 30:34Speaker 00

  It's actually a bit of a rejection.

• 30:36Speaker 02

  They won't come to you after that.

• 30:37Speaker 00

  Well, it's not, that's not, but you don't want them to lick you, do you?

• 30:40Speaker 02

  Well, I remember one day when I went, they were not trained well that time and I, Reggie jumped on my back. Put his paws on my shoulder, so I made sense.

• 30:51Speaker 00

  But this is not, by the way, guys, this isn't.

• 30:53Speaker 02

  He said, Mom, Reggie has been horny all morning. Go along with it.

• 31:00Speaker 00

  No, I did not say that. Mum, I did not.

• 31:04Speaker 02

  That's what I understood.

• 31:05Speaker 00

  That's not what I said. I didn't, basically that suggests that I said, I'll just let the dog fuck you.

• 31:12Speaker 01

  I think she put up a bit of a fight first.

• 31:14Speaker 00

  Yeah, I think you show him that, otherwise he won't be able to do it in the wild. You've got to give a bit of resistance, but then eventually acquiesce. That's what I said.

• 31:25Speaker 00

  Um, Mikey, we've got to say, do you kiss your dogs or like share ice creams or anything like that? No, no, I do not. No, and look, I don't want to get into trouble with the dog community. If you do do that, it's disgusting.

• 31:43Speaker 00

  Do you know what I mean? I don't want to upset anybody, but it's rank, your rank. Stop doing it. Uh, no, I just think, I just like, any, I can't do that.

• 31:53Speaker 02

  What, you never, I never had a dog when you were young. Now, the way you love your dogs, it's unbelievable.

• 32:00Speaker 00

  I love them, but I don't want them to lick my face. I don't want their tongue to go anywhere near my mouth. I don't want to share food with them. Uh, any of that.

• 32:07Speaker 02

  What do you mean?

• 32:09Speaker 00

  We don't even, anyways, they don't even, uh, eat any of our food like, uh, they are, they, when we're eating, they have to go to bed, like they're going to sit on their bed.

• 32:19Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah.

• 32:19Speaker 00

  Cause otherwise they start begging and shit like that. I don't like that. But I mean, and then obviously, uh, after the meal, they go in their cage.

• 32:27Speaker 02

  No, not the cage. What's a room?

• 32:32Speaker 00

  No, they have their own room.

• 32:33Speaker 02

  Own room, yeah.

• 32:34Speaker 01

  Wow, of course they do. Um, so.

• 32:38Speaker 00

  It's also got the washing machine in and stuff, but that's their own.

• 32:41Speaker 02

  Utility room.

• 32:42Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 32:42Speaker 01

  Yeah. Um, do you, uh?

• 32:45Speaker 00

  Sorry, are you, sorry, are you, I just wanna, I just wanna ask this question. Are you asking me to check my privilege?

• 32:55Speaker 00

  Is that what's happening here?

• 32:56Speaker 01

  No, sorry.

• 32:56Speaker 00

  No, just, just with the dog room and everything. Um, so do you assert, is that partly asserting dominance? Like you're meant to be the alpha of the, is that what that thing is about the food is? No, it's just because it's annoying when they come around and like, first of all, it's, it's, it's not, we feed them a certain amount of food to keep them healthy. And then if you're, if you start giving them food from the table, first of all, you, you lose control of how much they're eating. And then also you're encouraging them to hover around the table when you're eating and we can't trust our kids either. They'll just give them everything. So we just thought it's easier to, so they know when we're eating, they go and sit over there.

• 33:35Speaker 00

  And then it's like, that's a separate time because otherwise it's just, but one of the vets, one of the vets that we took the dogs to said that that's one of the main reasons that dogs get overweight and unhealthy or whatever is because people are just giving them their food willingly and they're not thinking about it. So they're giving them healthy dog food and then they're just giving them loads of other stuff and that's what, so we're trying to stop that happening. Do you know what I mean? But I let, I, I let them bun a, I'll give them a blowback or whatever. That I don't mind. I think like you're in control of that. Do you know what I mean? I just go, come on over here, Reggie. He's all fucked up. Eyes go red or whatever, but I then put on some like dancehall and we'd have a nice little evening. Vibing, man, so sick.

• 34:18Speaker 00

  Uh, okay. Thanks, Mikey. Hope that helps. Uh, next up, we've got a voice note from Emma.

• 34:26Speaker 00

  Hi, Romesh and Shanti. This is Emma from across the pond. Uh, love the show, love y'all's dynamic. Um, my mom and I are also super close. Uh, maybe a little bit less fuck you, um, being exchanged in our relationship than y'all, but very entertaining. Um, so my question is a two parter. I have a good amount of tattoos already. I would love to get a tattoo, um, ideally with my mom. Doesn't have to be matching, can be coordinating, but something, uh, you know, for us. She's sixty eight, she's retired, so she can do whatever she wants at this point, uh, without having to worry about repercussions.

• 35:05Speaker 00

  Um, so how do I convince her to do this first off? And two, um, if y'all had to get tattoos together, what would you get? Doesn't have to be the same thing. It could be just to represent each other. Um, or I have a feeling, uh, Shanti, you're probably going to say, none for me. Um, and I'm the mom, so I can do whatever I want and that should be respected, which heard. Um, in which case, if you could make Rom get any tattoo that you wanted, what would it be? All right. Love you guys. Bye. Who, who sent this voice note in?

• 35:41Speaker 01

  Emma.

• 35:42Speaker 00

  Emma, what a great voice note. I also love her going, y'all. What tattoo would y'all get? Uh, Mum, would you ever get a tattoo?

• 35:51Speaker 02

  No. Uh, yes, I like to.

• 35:54Speaker 00

  Oh.

• 35:54Speaker 02

  Like a, like a, uh, lovely butterfly, butterfly.

• 35:59Speaker 00

  Right.

• 35:59Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 36:00Speaker 00

  Where would you get the butterfly?

• 36:02Speaker 02

  On my arm, here?

• 36:03Speaker 00

  I think.

• 36:05Speaker 02

  Not in my ass.

• 36:06Speaker 00

  I honestly thought you, I honestly thought you were going to say ass. Where on your arm?

• 36:11Speaker 02

  Here, and I can see and enjoy.

• 36:14Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 36:14Speaker 02

  Okay?

• 36:15Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 36:15Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 36:16Speaker 00

  Um.

• 36:20Speaker 02

  What my grandchildren's name.

• 36:22Speaker 00

  Yeah, okay.

• 36:23Speaker 02

  Five of them, I can put that. It's a little butterfly on the bottom.

• 36:27Speaker 00

  I don't, I, I don't know if you suddenly rocked up with a load of names on your forearm. It feels like it would ruin your kind of look a little bit, if you don't mind me saying.

• 36:36Speaker 02

  You think so?

• 36:37Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 36:37Speaker 02

  Well, then forget it then.

• 36:38Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 36:41Speaker 00

  What a journey we've had. It's sort of.

• 36:46Speaker 00

  That, that is, uh, yeah, it's really gone right around the houses. Um, what if we got matching tattoos? What would you like to get?

• 36:53Speaker 02

  Yeah, whatever.

• 36:54Speaker 00

  What do you want?

• 36:55Speaker 02

  Uh, something nice.

• 36:58Speaker 00

  Um.

• 36:59Speaker 02

  You, you are covered in tattoos. Where, where are I going to put it?

• 37:02Speaker 00

  I've got lots of space.

• 37:04Speaker 02

  Where?

• 37:05Speaker 00

  Uh, all over, like all, most of this arm's uncovered. I've got Biggie here. I've got something, I've got the boys' names here.

• 37:13Speaker 02

  Uh huh. Okay. Well, we'll find a place.

• 37:16Speaker 00

  I've got the podcast contract revenue amount on my, on my wrist.

• 37:26Speaker 00

  Uh, to refill the old ink gun there.

• 37:29Speaker 02

  Okay, okay, okay.

• 37:31Speaker 01

  We could do a tattoo special, couldn't we? And bring a tattoo artist on.

• 37:34Speaker 00

  I'd love to do that, actually. Would you get tattoos as well?

• 37:37Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 37:38Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 37:38Speaker 00

  Yeah, we're part of the team, aren't we?

• 37:40Speaker 01

  You wouldn't know, wouldn't really know.

• 37:41Speaker 00

  I'd know.

• 37:42Speaker 01

  Yeah, but I wouldn't want to waste.

• 37:43Speaker 00

  And I'd hold you to it.

• 37:45Speaker 01

  Yeah, but I wouldn't want to waste the sort of airtime because no one can see us.

• 37:48Speaker 00

  Yeah, we do it off camera, but then we do a reveal.

• 37:51Speaker 01

  I think it seems, no one cares about artists, but I think you guys doing that would be.

• 37:54Speaker 00

  You're part of the team, remember?

• 37:56Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah.

• 37:57Speaker 01

  He was only.

• 37:58Speaker 02

  Now, now they are part of the team. Is it all these times they're animals? Now part of the team. What, what are I talking about? You, you are like, uh, the, the.

• 38:07Speaker 01

  Bully.

• 38:08Speaker 02

  Bully and the change color, that animal thing. What's that?

• 38:12Speaker 00

  Chameleon.

• 38:13Speaker 02

  Chameleon, yeah.

• 38:14Speaker 00

  Um, why don't we, okay, how about this? Change of plan. We get tattoos and you get branded.

• 38:28Speaker 00

  Would you ever get a tattoo for this podcast, Mum?

• 38:31Speaker 02

  I will.

• 38:32Speaker 00

  Look, I'm gonna tell you now, if you, if you wanted to get, if we wanted to do a tattoo special and we get tattooed while we're doing it, I'm not for that. You up for that?

• 38:39Speaker 02

  I'm not for that.

• 38:39Speaker 00

  Why don't we get a little one that doesn't cause too much discomfort? So for example, T R R S, the Romesh, Rang and Athan Show.

• 38:45Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 38:45Speaker 00

  We could get that on us.

• 38:46Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah.

• 38:47Speaker 00

  Yeah?

• 38:47Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 38:48Speaker 00

  We get that live, can you sort it out?

• 38:49Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 38:50Speaker 00

  I can get Mike, shall I get Mike, shall I get Paul, the guy that does my tattoos, to come down here and do it on the podcast? Yeah?

• 38:55Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 38:56Speaker 00

  Okay, great.

• 38:56Speaker 01

  Would you get it across your chest?

• 38:58Speaker 02

  Oh, I can't do it.

• 39:00Speaker 01

  Not you, sorry, not you, Shanti, sorry. I was looking at Romesh.

• 39:02Speaker 00

  What the fuck is, what the fuck?

• 39:05Speaker 01

  I was looking at Romesh.

• 39:06Speaker 00

  What the fuck, man? I cannot believe you would ask Mum that.

• 39:11Speaker 02

  No, he didn't ask. I didn't come on with it.

• 39:14Speaker 00

  No, don't cover it for him now. Let's just get this out in the open. Everybody knows it. He was looking at, why are you asking my Mum that? To tattoo it across her chest? What's wrong with you, man?

• 39:26Speaker 01

  That's a no?

• 39:28Speaker 00

  I don't know, you ask her.

• 39:30Speaker 03

  Just high on the happy birthday vibes.

• 39:31Speaker 02

  Yeah, that's it, yeah, yeah.

• 39:33Speaker 00

  Yeah, we'll get it done.

• 39:34Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 39:35Speaker 00

  Live on the poddy.

• 39:36Speaker 02

  Not on the chest, but.

• 39:37Speaker 00

  Not on the chest, no.

• 39:40Speaker 00

  You, do you want the, you can get the, maybe Mum can get the butterfly as well?

• 39:43Speaker 01

  That'd be nice.

• 39:43Speaker 02

  Oh, that would be lovely. Pink one.

• 39:47Speaker 02

  Pink and turquoise.

• 39:48Speaker 00

  Let's let, get, let Paul deal with that.

• 39:50Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 39:50Speaker 00

  All right. Paul, pink and turquoise butterfly, please. Good luck.

• 40:00Speaker 03

  Well, the follow-up question, the follow-up question there was also if Shanti had to choose one.

• 40:03Speaker 00

  Oh, Mum, what tattoo would you, what would you rather get a tattoo of? T R R S or Idris? Would you get a tattoo of Idris?

• 40:11Speaker 02

  Why would I do? Idris is not coming here, is he?

• 40:14Speaker 00

  Okay, what if Idris messes us?

• 40:16Speaker 02

  If Idris comes, I'll have the Idris on my hand.

• 40:17Speaker 00

  Would you get an Idris tattoo?

• 40:19Speaker 02

  Yes, I will.

• 40:20Speaker 00

  Idris Elba?

• 40:21Speaker 02

  Because all the, my big mouth, I will do that.

• 40:26Speaker 00

  Idris, this is a message to you from the Romesh, Rang and Athan Show on our anniversary episode. My Mum will get a tattoo of you on her... Face?

• 40:40Speaker 02

  On my arm.

• 40:41Speaker 00

  On her arm.

• 40:42Speaker 02

  Everybody can see, yeah?

• 40:44Speaker 00

  Everybody can see. What would you get? The word Idris or his face?

• 40:47Speaker 02

  His face.

• 40:49Speaker 00

  Your face? This is, okay, now I'm starting to have doubts. You're gonna get his face on your forearm?

• 40:53Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 40:57Speaker 00

  And there you go, that's the tattoo warning system that we have when it feels like someone on the podcast is gonna make a bad decision. Mum has just triggered it. Idris, Mum will get a tattoo of you if you come on the podcast. Will you come on the podcast? There you go.

• 41:14Speaker 02

  Please, please come on the podcast.

• 41:16Speaker 00

  Hmm.

• 41:16Speaker 02

  We are waiting. I don't know, no point you.

• 41:18Speaker 00

  He's not coming on the podcast. But speaking of that, who would you like to see in the next year, Mum? On the podcast?

• 41:27Speaker 02

  Who knows?

• 41:29Speaker 00

  Who's your dream guest that we could get on here? Not that you'd be here, because you're only a Thursday episode gal.

• 41:34Speaker 02

  I can't think of anybody. I can't think of anybody at the moment, nobody.

• 41:38Speaker 00

  Nobody?

• 41:38Speaker 02

  No. Give me a surprise, that would be lovely.

• 41:41Speaker 00

  It's a surprise, even the ones that we've had on in the past are a surprise to you. But who would be the ultimate, your ultimate hero that we could have on the podcast?

• 41:53Speaker 02

  Tom Selleck?

• 41:54Speaker 00

  Tom Selleck, okay.

• 41:58Speaker 00

  Team, if you could make Tom Selleck happen?

• 42:00Speaker 02

  Come here.

• 42:01Speaker 01

  What about you, Rom? Who, who are you hoping to meet next year?

• 42:07Speaker 00

  Look, I'm gonna be honest with you. This podcast is so much fun. And I enjoy it so much. Every episode's a dream guest.

• 42:19Speaker 00

  And the money!

• 42:25Speaker 00

  What's our next, what's our next special? By the way, we've done Australia, we've done, what else have we done? Chiliol?

• 42:32Speaker 01

  Well, we've got a tattoo special, it sounds like.

• 42:33Speaker 00

  We've got a tattoo special locked and loaded. We did an art special, didn't we?

• 42:37Speaker 01

  It feels like at some point there'll be an Idris special.

• 42:40Speaker 00

  He's not coming on.

• 42:41Speaker 01

  Okay, and then, what about an LA special, where we're all in America?

• 42:45Speaker 00

  Yeah, I'd love to do that, yeah.

• 42:46Speaker 01

  Yeah, take it on the road.

• 42:47Speaker 00

  We could go quite minimal with that, because in LA, they're used to shooting, aren't they? So I guess what we'd, we'd go out, wouldn't we?

• 42:53Speaker 01

  Full team, kind of like road trip.

• 42:55Speaker 00

  I don't think he needs a full team. That feels, feels like a very.

• 42:57Speaker 01

  On the road, guys!

• 42:58Speaker 00

  Feels like a very carrying Colston Newcastle vibe. I feel like Mum and I could go.

• 43:03Speaker 01

  Yeah, with the team.

• 43:06Speaker 00

  What, what is not.

• 43:07Speaker 01

  Do we all travel business class? How does it work when we do that?

• 43:10Speaker 00

  Let me take the business class off the end. The question is, do we all travel? And the answer is no. Nobody's saying about Los Angeles, nobody can film a podcast out there.

• 43:21Speaker 03

  Not, not the same way we can.

• 43:22Speaker 00

  Yeah, I.

• 43:24Speaker 01

  There's a certain magic, isn't there?

• 43:25Speaker 00

  Is there?

• 43:25Speaker 02

  I can get the money from the bank if we go.

• 43:27Speaker 00

  Yes!

• 43:31Speaker 00

  And then you can come back and you can shit it all away on an outdoor shed.

• 43:35Speaker 02

  Yeah, why not, why not?

• 43:37Speaker 00

  On your seating area.

• 43:38Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 43:38Speaker 00

  Uh, yeah, we'll do an LA special, that'd be great, wouldn't we? Have a nice time. And we'll, obviously we'll send all the, the rushes back to you and you guys can edit up here, so that it's all ready for when we get back, yeah?

• 43:49Speaker 01

  So you'll, you'll take care of all the producing out on the ground?

• 43:51Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 43:51Speaker 02

  Yeah, oh.

• 43:52Speaker 00

  What is it, what does it take? An email? The Romesh, Rang and Athan Show's coming out, film it, we'll pay you. And they'll go, holy fuck, that international smash. Oh my god, of course we've heard of you. We call you Romesh Rogan out here.

• 44:05Speaker 02

  Oh.

• 44:08Speaker 02

  You are a good.

• 44:09Speaker 00

  We call you Rogan Rang and Athan.

• 44:10Speaker 02

  I must tell you, everybody says, you, you've got a lovely son, very helpful, even at school, you help a lot of people. You put yourself down sometimes. I think sometimes I had to pinch myself. What a nice boy I have produced. You are a wonderful man, Romesh. I have to tell you, yeah.

• 44:30Speaker 00

  Why are you saying that?

• 44:31Speaker 02

  It's true, son. I get people talking to me and telling me how wonderful you are. I don't know what to say sometimes.

• 44:41Speaker 00

  Hmm.

• 44:43Speaker 02

  You, you, your son is so good and very helpful.

• 44:45Speaker 00

  This is too much.

• 44:47Speaker 02

  Oh, cry then.

• 44:48Speaker 01

  So nice.

• 44:49Speaker 00

  That's really, really nice.

• 44:50Speaker 02

  Yes, I do hear.

• 44:52Speaker 01

  Someone like that takes the team with them wherever they go, doesn't it?

• 44:54Speaker 02

  No, they do, they do, yeah, yeah. Instead of calling fucking animals.

• 44:59Speaker 01

  Business class as well.

• 45:00Speaker 00

  I didn't say fucking animals.

• 45:01Speaker 02

  Oh, sorry, okay, animal. Cut that fucking.

• 45:05Speaker 00

  Can you cut the fucking out of when Mum said fucking animals?

• 45:09Speaker 02

  Please, I.

• 45:10Speaker 00

  Uh, no, Mum, that's really sweet, but I can't, I don't really, I'm not really good at taking compliments. I feel much more comfortable with the abuse, and I assume that's what's true of everyone else, which is why I. I talk, I talk to you creatures so honestly.

• 45:22Speaker 02

  I can talk about you now, because it's one year podcast. There was a girl who rang the, I don't know where this is, radio show. And she talked about you, and she said, I was very down, I was upset, and, and I spoke to Mr. Rang and Ethan while I was studying in history. And he explained so many things. Now, I'm, uh, I'm, I'm, I'm a doctor now, he said. I did everything, I listened to him, and because of him, I'm in this position, he said.

• 45:57Speaker 00

  Yeah, well, I think it takes a bit more than year nine maths. But yes, thank you, I appreciate the compliment.

• 46:03Speaker 02

  You spoke to her. You advised her, that's why she come down, yeah, because of you.

• 46:10Speaker 00

  I can't handle, I prefer, just be, say something horrible now, just to balance it out.

• 46:13Speaker 02

  Okay, why are you gonna cry?

• 46:15Speaker 00

  No, wait, wait, let me try. Shall we do like a little emotional? Do you know like how they do on Diary of a CEO? Okay, Mum, say something nice to me and I'm gonna try and, and then can you like go to black and white and add some you?

• 46:25Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 46:25Speaker 03

  Yeah, so, Shanti, you, you, you say something nice and then we'll just leave a really long gap. That's what they do on Diary of a CEO.

• 46:34Speaker 02

  Everywhere I go, Romesh, they always ask about you. And how wonderful you are, how lucky I am to have a son like you.

• 46:53Speaker 00

  Well, I, uh. That's, um.

• 46:59Speaker 00

  It's a really wonderful thing to hear. And, um.

• 47:05Speaker 00

  Thanks so much for saying that, means a lot.

• 47:08Speaker 02

  You're welcome, son.

• 47:13Speaker 02

  Oh my god. Makes me so, oh nothing, oh my, oh my boots.

• 47:21Speaker 01

  I haven't watched Diary of a CEO, but I think they do that as well, don't they?

• 47:25Speaker 00

  Thank you so much for joining us on this birthday episode of the Romesh, Rang and Athan Show. We hope you had a good time on the Rang and Athan Show. We'll see you for another, probably a year, then we'll wrap it all up. But thank you so much. Join us next week when we'll be a week older. Peace out. Thanks for, keep liking, subscribe please, and keep sending in your messages and stuff like that. We'll see you next time, you pricks. Bye!

• 47:56Speaker 00

  Suck it, you fuckers! Thank you so much for watching and listening to this episode. Before you go, if you've enjoyed this episode and you've not subscribed, that's a bold decision, crazy behaviour. Follow and subscribe to the Romesh, Rang and Athan Show wherever you listen. It helps me, really, like, really helps me, it helps the team, and it costs you absolutely nothing. We drop episodes every Monday and Thursday. Mondays I'm joined by great guests, Thursdays my Mum Shanti joins me to answer your questions and family dilemmas. We'll see you Monday with another great guest and back here with Mum on Thursday. If you've got a problem you want to solve or a story you wanna share, send it to [email protected].

• 48:36Speaker 00

  Voice note or text us on 07731 623355. We can't promise good advice, but you might end up on the show. See you soon!

• 48:46Speaker 02

  Oh, shut up, Romesh.

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