The Romesh Ranganathan Show

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

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Show Notes

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 Intro04:26 Shanthi's Halloween traditions05:29 Trick or treat role play07:27 Would You Rather: Halloween edition11:03 Listener questions17:11 Romesh's cane plans20:30 A very expensive embarrassing mishap27:19 Shanthi's solution28:47 Style dilemma34:40 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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