The Romesh Ranganathan Show

ShxtsNGigs On WORST Fan Interactions, Imposter Syndrome & Touring

14 Jun 2026

1h 14m

15691 words

2 speakers

14 Jun 2026

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How did ShxtsNGigs become one of the biggest podcasts in the world? James and Fuhad join Romesh to talk about taking ShxtsNGigs from a side project to a global phenomenon, selling out arenas, building a loyal audience of millions and navigating the pressures that come with success. They discuss imposter syndrome, awkward fan encounters, life before podcasting and the challenges of balancing friendship with business. They open up about mental health, finding purpose in work and why positive male friendships matter more than ever in times of the manosphere. Plus, a classic question from Shanthi, stories from the road, the reality of podcast touring and a game of Misquoted. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform. Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:23 ShxtsNGigs call out Romesh 03:11 Sweating 05:07 Imposter syndrome 07:04 Rom’s bad job 10:15 A gift for ShxtsNGigs 11:35 Rick Glassman’s pod 12:52 What were their podcast goals? 18:23 Going on tour 20:43 Tobi hate 21:33 Can Romesh be a friend? 29:16 A Shanthi question 34:21 Trying not to be rude 36:37 Strange fan interactions 46:26 Work and friendship 48:33 When Fuhad was done 52:22 Positive male role models 59:02 Misquoted 01:10:00 An exclusive 01:13:47 Outro 📺 Follow us for new episodes! 📲 Head to our socials: https://linktr.ee/theromeshshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chapters

1. How did ShxtsNGigs become a global phenomenon? 2. What challenges did they face with imposter syndrome? 3. What awkward fan encounters did they experience? 4. How do they balance friendship and business? 5. What are their thoughts on positive male friendships? 6. What is the reality of touring for a podcast? 7. What humorous stories do they have from their experiences?

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Bruno Satin

Romesh Ranganathan

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O2 Shits and Gigs

Transcription

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Chapter 1: How did ShxtsNGigs become a global phenomenon?

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Black is small. I've never seen a small black. Oh, yeah. Okay. No, it's not a dick.

Chapter 2: What challenges did they face with imposter syndrome?

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It's curiosity. I think they're just giving out smaller ones now. Yeah, they're giving smaller. That's a piss take. Sorry, Rob. Interesting. I've got to be honest with you. I didn't notice that we'd put it up. Because how many subscribers have you got? So I said to them, I don't really think we should put the plaque up for 100,000. It's like embarrassing. We've got 100,000 plaque up as well.

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Yeah, but you've got other plaques now, right? Yeah, but we didn't before. We didn't, exactly. No, I think it's something to be proud of. It's a bit muggy, man. No, no, no. Considering you said we're doing this seven months, 100K in seven months, come on, man. Yeah, what are we talking about? It took us like two and a half years. Exactly. Yeah, okay. Where?

47.483 - 48.304 Romesh Ranganathan

We're happy with it.

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You should be happy with it.

49.246 - 50.568 Bruno Satin

I was disappointed. To be honest with you.

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You're disappointed that you hit a milestone. That we've got the plaque up. Guys.

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Chapter 3: What awkward fan encounters did they experience?

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Girls. Hello, my name's James. And my name's Fuha. Together we are Shits and Gigs. And apparently, we're going to be on the Romesh Ranganathan show. Let's go. Enjoy. Oh, shut up, Romesh. Okay, I'm going to do an intro. You've got as many opportunities as you like.

Chapter 4: How do they balance friendship and business?

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If you don't like what I'm saying, it's supposed to be positive. It's supposed to put you in a good mood for the podcast. All right, cool. But you're sceptical? I'm not sceptical. Did you write this?

Chapter 5: What are their thoughts on positive male friendships?

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I had a hand in it. I didn't write it exactly. I've approved it. Okay, that's fair. But obviously, you've got your own perception of how you should be seen, right? I guess, yeah. My guests today are best mates who turned their unfiltered banter into clippable gold and a podcast smash hit.

Chapter 6: What is the reality of touring for a podcast?

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That's good, isn't it? Yeah. What was wrong? It's a good start. Go on, sorry.

Chapter 7: What humorous stories do they have from their experiences?

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Now, Wild Stories, Uncensored Chat and Listener Advice have earned them over 2 million YouTube subscribers and almost 9 million TikTok followers as well as a seriously devoted fan base. This is ChatGPT, isn't it? Yeah. No, it's not. Okay. Okay. They've sold out the O2, toured North America, South Africa, and Australia, and they're currently on the road with their latest show, Daddy's Home.

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It's James and Fahad, the amazing podcasting duo, Shits and Gigs. Yay. Legends of the podcasting game. How do you feel about being on another person's podcast? A lesser one as well. Nah. Stop. Why are you doing that? Why are you doing that? I'm not... Go on. Why are you being so nice? Why wouldn't we be nice? With the self-deprecation. We've been in the room for two minutes.

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That's my whole thing. Oh, I see. Do you know what I mean? I like to just sort of... I mean, you know, I've got imposter syndrome. Do you actually? Yeah. Do you not? Yeah. This long into the game, you've still got imposter syndrome? Yeah, 100%. Yeah, you're like, what, 40 years in? Something like that. Something like that. It's a good few decades. Yeah. Longer than we've been doing this for sure.

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We grew up on you, bro. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We were yay high. Grew up on you, bro. Do you know what? We were yay high. That is the worst thing. We were yay high. Do you know, I went to see... I'm sweating already. I'm sweating a lot. I'm sweating a lot. We've got spritzers. What is that? A cooling spray. Yeah. Oh, fair enough. And that's for you to keep, by the way. Sensitive skin.

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Has it made it worse? Yeah, obviously. Yeah, obviously. If you're trying to look less sweaty, the spraying water on your face is... Okay, there we go.

215.518 - 219.144 Romesh Ranganathan

We'll make it work. We'll do it.

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You should do it like a 90s R&B, Donny. Just have a towel around your neck the whole time. Yeah, and then you just stare into the camera and just... That would be clutch. In between songs. Funny, that was actually... I was going to pitch that to you for the tour. To just have the pianist just play an R&B melody and you just stand there sweating, stare and see how long you could just last.

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And see how long people would cheer. During the end, I'm assuming? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just me specifically because I sweat? Yeah. Do you sweat more than... The average Joe, yes. Have you thought about Botox? We had this discussion yesterday. Really? Yeah, yesterday. So apparently it's amazing. for stopping sweating. So I've heard. Yeah.

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Cause like, my tour manager is Lee Evans' tour manager, or when Lee Evans did Stand Up. Talk about the sweatiest man. The sweatiest guy, yeah. And that was, I mean, it was, listen, Lee Evans is one of the best to ever do it, but it was disgusting. Yeah. Those suits were drenched, absolutely soaked. Wow, what a throwback. Those suits were fucked. I know, really fucked.