Drag Queens, Peer Pressure and What To Watch

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:00)
Oh, you look so good now. Normally, the selection of clothes, beautiful. Yeah.
Who selected it?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:07)
Me.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:09)
No.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:10)
Yeah. Who selected yours?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:13)
Me.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:14)
No. See, it hurts, doesn't it?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:18)
Doesn't hurt me.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:20)
Ready?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:21)
Yeah. With me, Shanthi.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:35)
Liquor in peace. It's time for the Thursday edition of the Romesh Ranganathan Show. People have, a couple of people have commented that I shouldn't swear in front of you.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:46)
In front of me? I don't mind, but if people don't like it, especially Sri Lankans, they are saying that there's no respect for your mother.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:56)
I know.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (0:56)
That's what it is.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:57)
And what do we say to them? Fuck you.
Every Thursday, we discuss Monday's episode and answer your questions. You can ask us anything, can't you, mum?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:06)
Of course, anything.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:07)
Yeah.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:08)
We are open to it.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:09)
Yeah.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:10)
Yeah. Ask anything. Yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:11)
You're right.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:12)
I'm fine. I'm fine.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:13)
You look like you went to cross your legs and then thought better of it.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:16)
Yeah, because I thought, yeah, I can, can I?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:19)
Yeah. I don't know. Can you?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (1:21)
Yeah, I guess. Thank you.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:23)
Okay, good. And what you do? You got an imaginary cat? No. Okay. Every Thursday, we discuss Monday's episode and answer your questions. You can ask us. I've already said that bit. As always, I'm joined by my mother, Shanthi Ranganathan and the team.
Somebody said, I saw a comment saying they're getting used to the disembodied voices. So that's nice, isn't it? That's good. And it has to be nice because, trust me, you don't want to see them. You know, pardon? Why not? It's like looking directly into the sun.
Mom, how are you enjoying the summer?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:03)
So much I'm enjoying.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:04)
Yeah.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:07)
I love my garden.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:08)
Yeah.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:09)
Morning, I go and have a coffee there. Yeah.
Sometimes two cups of coffee. Jesus. Look, look at my garden, and I think how blessed I am.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:18)
Yeah.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:19)
Yeah. And the little birds run around it. Really enjoying the summer.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:24)
Do you mind when it gets really hot?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:26)
I don't mind at all. I will never complain because I don't know how long it's going to last. So make the most of it and enjoy. Enjoy it. While you can.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:35)
It's clearly a sign of us abusing the environment.
It's probably another indicator that we're on our way out, but might as well enjoy it while it lasts. It's going to get better before it gets worse. Glasgow's like the Bermuda's right now, and it's cool, and it's all because we keep burning tires. Mum, some people listen to the show as they wake up.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (2:55)
Yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:56)
Could you introduce the show by pretending you're a talking alarm clock?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:00)
Okay, I'll try my best.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:02)
Okay, go for it.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:06)
Good morning. Wake up.
Time to get up and wash yourself and enjoy. Okay, have a wonderful, blessed day. Ringing.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:22)
Yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:25)
Really good. That was great.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (3:27)
Thank you.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:29)
And now for a special part of today's show, Stories That Make You Feel, it's brought to you by Hulu on Disney Plus. I love it when a series of film gets you right in the fields, like Only Murders in the Building, which we talked about last time. But now it's time for me and my mom to dig in some more Hulu stories that have really made us feel good.
And today we're talking about Alice and Steve.
Alice and Steve is a show about two people who are in their 50s, late 40s, 50s. And a man and a woman. And they've been friends their whole lives. And the show starts, the beginning of the series. He goes back to her house after they have a night out. And her daughter has come back from, she's just gone through a breakup. And then he and the daughter, who's about 26, 27, sleep together.

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (4:33)
I thought, I imagine.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (4:35)
Did you?

**Shanthi Ranganathan** (4:35)
That's the story about, yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (4:36)
Right. And then they decide to have a relationship.