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Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis

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From Weddings, Food Vans and King Prawn PuréeMay 21, 2026

Excerpt from Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis

Weddings, Food Vans and King Prawn PuréeMay 21, 2026 — starts at 0:00

Yeahum ye Yeah what'd you want? Beakle jaws, sters or fur, sharp teeth or feet with claws, Whateers prefer? Just kidding every word in his songs about two grown men dressed up as a bird and a doll. Hello friends. This is the wolf and O emo Oh God Jesus. I was just so excited. This is the wolf and the Banter Cannon one Welcome to the email spepecial of the Wolf and Banter Cannon You know who you could get that you got to give that shirt to. David Hay Be he sort of sees himself So the bantnce cannon as well. Yeah, he is the bant can Yeah. J's shooting everywhere. Okay. Wolfalpot at Gmor. com I neverever ever done this before it's gone the band has gone because obviously you got a gown of cannon the same jokers had a runner into two episodes.ice first The idea of that you and David Hay both wearing those shirts By't way, you just did a thing with your peets then I he could have how Well you could do that. That's what a thing that stack people do. So just for yeah Ram Yeah Ramish is flexing so hard. since I mentioned David Hay ye he's doing like a thing in his banner cannon t shirt Okay, Dear Wolf and Al, I'm a long time listen. I started back in twenty twenty two when I first found out about the pod and I was newly in a whirlwind relationship where I moved in a lived ro room afterfter the first meeting. Wow twentyenty four hours after we started talking online, this sounds like limerance to me Limerance haveave heard about limerance? I'll talked about it in a minute Happy to say that four years it doesn't sound limerance. It actually sounds like love. Four years, four dogs, six chickens, two rabbits and a lot of life forward we're engaged. Oh this is happy planning wedding for September this, don't wery I' not here to extend an invite. We' planning a registry office wedding and then celebrating with a garden party at home, including walking the aisle AK my garden path With my fiance's brother in law officiating after being ordayed by the Church of Dudism. Oh man, I love this. This is my happiest thing My question is this, what from your own weddings or other weddings you've attended? were real stand up moments you think I could include in a celebration like mine U just want to have a nice day fillmed with fun and bringing two families together and having a pork pine cheese. Oh my God This is an incredible wedding. As as well as a wedding cake as I've not got a huge sweet tooth and a lemon wedding cake for my husband Andy ideas is would be greatly appreciate it but overall I'm just happy to email in and hopefully hear your thoughts I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult So I relate to Tom so much and appreciate his openness Loss of love from the lucky Leopard A'tach an inspo pick for the pork and cheesecake for Tom's enjoyment. Oh my God, I' fucking shit. That's incredible Do you hear that Sounds like breakfast is ready Because Quak's coming in hot with morning nutrition, one hundred percent whole grain oats, and a good source of fiber to fuel the rhythm of your morning and kickstart your day. And that sounds absolutely delicious. Fuel to start whatever's next. Quaker, official sponsor of FIFA World Cup twenty six And we're live on Matchdayay as Doug reaches for a buffalo wing. He's got it. Oh and he's gone for a can of Bsy too. What a finish! There's no doubt about it. It just tastes better. Match days deserve Bepsy. How many calories reckon in that st? That's a lot. that's an incredible thing. Beause cheese is just pure calories Yeah.ure fat, isn't it? Yeahah Yeahah. ye Well, thank you so much. That's a beautiful thing Have you heard about Limberrance? No what it iss Limberrance? I might have got this wrong. But Limerance is like, do you know when you first meet somebody? Yeah and you're just It's a really heady period. Yeah, ye, R. And you I think limerance, true limerance is when you become chemically addicted to the other person. Yeah, yeah yeah. I've had that. you become addicted to idea of what that person is rather than the reality of them. So you So you meet somebody And you've got this idealized version here shouldB And then every time they don't meet up to that, it's incredibly upsetting for you because you've decided what this person's like Yeah and they can they'll fall in love and make future plans with somebody. Yeah Despite having known them a few days orever. You know like that's Limerance. I think I do that a lot. Do you think so? Yeah So apparently so then limerance happens a sort of limerance happens whenever you meet somebody. like it would have happened to like a version of limerance would have happened. I might be getting this wrong. A version of limerance might have happened when you first got together with Cat. Yeah. And then what happens is That's when you're chemically bonding to each other or neurochemical, I don't know, I'm using theong terms And then what happens is that fades because you can't be Yeah, you can't be like that forever And then you see what actually Do you know what mean? Be that That sort of infatuation sort of dies down settle into a thing And sometimes people they get limerant about people and become really obsessive and then the idea that they won't end up together is fucking heartbreaking But she's not real They're in love with a version of them That's limerance.. That's why when when the Lucky Leopard said we got together very quickly that is one of the hallmarks of limerance. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've done that. I've done that But it doesn't sound like I mean, it could have been Limerance that's turned into a real Yeah, I think there's an name of limerance with me and Katherine. Do you think so? Yeah. I think there's aimitera limits N not with me, but Lisa was so thirsty W she? Oh I can't imagine I just chill out I can't imagine. I could imagine you being like that Right know co here Can't you see me Um Fny. just everything I'll say right now. all I can look at you I just think is The banic U Apologies, but you've just been hit By the banter Canon. you've been hitting a warning Iope you' enjoying the wedding Just quick, here's something you could do at the wedding. Here's a quick I could come along,, H here's a quick warning Be careful that you don't catch any strays from the banter canannon What's our forliverance guest? I told you about Limerance. I thought I thought you were in Limerance, but you're married now, so Firstly I think your wedding by the way sounds amazing. they're doing the stuff they want to do. Yeah, exactly. That's I think the stuff that when you break against convention a bit do things a little differently I think it's fun. I think I think my wedding of my favorite days of my life, but I think your wedding was? Yeah, I think we had a great day. but then there's some bits of it. I wish we'd just been a bit more a fuckget and just gone with We originally were probably more like this. and then you get fall into a place of convention. we've got to do this at a certain time. How did he do that you regret Do know I not cast Fantic Canon locked. I wish the Bantic Cannon was there. That's one of my big regrets. I didn't know you well enough at that time But I invited you to my val Yeah fucking ass as a runner if you want to runner Jesus Christ, wouldould you clip up all the bits where you bring this up? I feel really bad about that And a bloody tour show.ish I wish I was there I wish I cancelled that bloody show now. Yeah. I wish stinker as well. The I wish do you know photos? I wish we hadn't done but like the stage phot stage one. The stage photos. We hated. We've never looked at them Yeah because they're awful. They're But actually the pictures of us having fun with our guests and enjoying our moments together weren't opposed A lot better thanah the people that people at the wedding to Candid snaps. Yes. Oh wow, I love that The candid saps Noor here just for Bana Canon confer some sense too U please. I'd love it if you got me one that says Sense cananon too. Oh, he's worried about the result, boys These got shedcanns shown I would say I always think yeah, things are a little bit different. like a photo booster was a laugh, I think but they've become all the rage now We had a prozseeco van as that was quite a cool thing. A little little self little gotan a little prozseeco trart. I went to one wedding and I just had all the street foods. was one of the best things I've ever seen. Ben and Green had a pizza van turn up. Oh yeah, that's bad for you.. He's a classy guysy b Yeah. We had such great food our vour and year. We sort of looked at the guests and got stuff that they'd like, but obviously we didn't have to take you into account because what did you? You didn't come What did you have? what sort of food? We had like little snacky bits there was a samosa s I wish I' being there for them U supposeose the station Yeah, there's like a little podiy with like those some weird like Biscuits and sandwiches. we had like cool stuff. What's the difference between a stall and a station Don't know actually I you just s, isn't it? Late on in the evening. Yeah brought out some burritos. Oh wow. You love burritos. ten thir even. Yeahah. You're a burrito guy. I'm aurit guy. You know what I like? little tiny little soft shell tacos. Yeah, nice. Rack ' them up, skinem up yourself Little mouthful, beautiful. I heard a story of. You should have those lucky leeopards It's tacos. a story of a guy who It was a good burrito maker And then decided to branch out as a friend of a friend's birthday. and he got sort of everyone wass like, You should do your burritos at his birthday. I didn't go to this it was a friend of a friend and they said that the panic attack that this guy had because basically he turned up to do therito I was thinking oh this would be great. I'm doing britos for everyone and everyone wanted his buros. and he had no like he had no experience in running a kitchen So it was just apparently really overwhelming with people just shouting out different flavours and different things they wanted and He the guy that I know who went he was like my was It was an absolute panic attack Have you ever thought about opening up a food thing I'd love to What would you do? What if I was? Be I think this is a bit of you actually. When you sort think about people taking up side hustles. Yeah. Like you ha in a food truck Yeah, that is I'd love a on brand for you is tough, Poy You know the thing that Lucky enough for me, I've had a few health issues we I don't want get into' luckily. Luckily I've had some health issues. It's given me some content for the book No, but I was on this diet work and back now I've had to reintroduce things slowly. The only food that I just at one point they were like, you might stay away from this this and this. The food that I was Genuinely devastated. I' was knar in tears about spicy food I like, you might not be able to eat spicy food. the thought of going for the rest of my life would never eating a curry again I was like, and now I can. I've had well Kathine was like, okay. where did you get ca? I'm saying you're easing yourself back in Yeah that's a Masadas and ease back in a fucking coma All right. I have a coma if Kaffine's got a coma, I have some of it. I'm not ordering a coma. Okay fine. literally that was And that is a good principle to have. You leat somebody else's comner, but an not aderinguck it out. What an edgy go. What a real reconnaissance King Pom Puree Yeah Rogan, Joss U but yeah I'm back on the. I was it eating the curry are you nervous? Yeah, because I was like this is yeah, you know, like, you know mean football has been injured like soccer's been out of the game for a while. Yeah It's like fucking on that first touch of the ball, the first kick and we still got did you order I a P Pureuro to start. My King P Pureo, this guy makes the best. Yeah. I I mean I don't have heard that dish before you said it just now. What King King prawn puree. Yeah. o What do you call it? I don't know. you're a Kingpuro Chi R is like Puree is like mashed up Yeah, based like yeah I've never heard that. King prawn puree pay you U, I think Hurry All right. ' been called it purei for years. King Prawn Purri is a popular Indian restaurant startter featuring spicy tang and saucecwns. Oh, on a puri. Yeah I've been calling it a king Pom puree for the last twenty years Is not All me of me and my friends call it that Oh God That's that is it. that that's the dish. That's the d right It's the best thing. Yeah And where's the puree in that dish? I thought it was the sauce. I probably minceded up the garlic. Yeah I think the sauce that's why. King prawn puree, when you said it, to me, that's just like they give you a bowl of like baby food. No. So How's it pronounced? Puree. Puree, yeah. anyway. King prawn puree. I had that. I think if you're getting puree, just if you're getting what you want and when you say that, just keep saying. I can't change your hand to say, Oh no, I feel shameful I've got that wrong moto because I can' You go to an Indian restaurant, right? My favorite sort of food and I'm getting the name wrong And they're so sweet and nice that they never turn out and go, by the way, it's this. But you've not only been to that restaurant, so that's happening. Yeah been going ye but this is the problem with my kind with me is like we turn up and they they feel so like what we should do is just go, Oh actually how do we pronounce that? We just take it as itold a second. We do that in Spain. We do it in France. Hold on a second You're being a bit harsh on yourself here You thought it was called King Prompuri? Yeah. Puree, sorry puree yeahah, so I mistakenly pronounced it correctly. So you thought it was called King prrom puree. Yeah. You've gone to an Indian restaurant and you said, canan I get king prom puree? Yeah And they've brought you the dish that you wanted. Yeah. At what point are you supposed to reflect on what you' said? Be that's not But you didn't know that.'re you're going to the thing You're asking for the thing they give you the thing you want. Yeah, but no before though, I just feel bad that that's not how it's pronounced. But But look, you know now Yeah, But I don' think you startop feeling bad about the fact you've been calling it puree all this time. You so not the dish. Yeah, but you didn't know that you Anway. You're getting the dish you wanted. Yeah I think you're being too harsh. I went back in. Cry was great. But I will say the thing that I long for And I'm still not is a good burger. Yeah. I think a burger van would be wide. Like a good high class burger van. Yeah, I think you should open one No yeah will. Maybe should. whereere would I have it like on industrial states and stuff? Yeah. Well we could go into film sets it's sad for. It's so funny you go get for something, you don't get it and then ye. and then you go, lookook, and know I don't get the part, but you will be seeing me. Yeah, you might see me with my taco truck U think about it the way conditions have gone, that could be something I might do. We've only done one email. We've got to wrap up. Lucky Leopard we'll see at the wedding. Well by the way, if that is an invite, I think that would be an amazing. It's not an invite quitelar. But I think you DJ, me, I could bring the burger van reat ora. If your burgers and music, ye summer Yeah. threeree, A N T A B the Cver Tick, boom Are you ready for me yet? Wolflpod at Gmail. com get in touch. We love hearing from you. call from Tom Davis the Wolf and me, the M fucking banner cananon. Pace

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