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

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices