EPISODE 18: Snowy Arrivals and Father Figures

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

Conversation, Strangers, Park, Society & Culture, Random, Bench, Documentary

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tom Rosenthal approaches a stranger on a park bench and asks if he can sit down next to them and record their conversation.

This is what happened!

Produced by Tom Rosenthal

Edited by Rose De Larrabeiti

Mixed by Mike Woolley

Theme tune by Tom Rosenthal & Lucy Railton

Incidental music by Maddie Ashman

End song : 'Snow in the city' by Abimaro

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, sorry to bother you.
0:05.0	Can I ask you a slightly odd question?
0:09.0	I'm making a podcast called Strangers on a bench
0:14.0	where essentially I talk to people I don't know on benches for 10 or 15 minutes.
0:19.0	Are you up for that? Do you want to give it a go? What is your favourite day of the week?
0:47.3	The day I was born, so Thursdays.
0:50.3	Nice.
0:51.3	I thought I like that.
0:53.3	So that's the day. Yeah.
0:55.0	Does that mean you tend to have a better day on the day you were born?
0:58.0	Normally, normally.
1:00.0	It's kind of a superstitious thing with me since I was young.
1:04.0	I've always had more fun on Thursdays.
1:07.0	In school, he was on Thursdays, I was like, yeah, I like this.
1:12.3	I could do it with Thursdays being like my Fridays.
1:15.9	Do you know what time of the day you were born as well?
1:20.2	I think I was born afternoon reaching nighttime, but I'm not too sure because my mom keeps changing answers.
1:29.3	Like every other mother.
1:31.3	What's you trying to hide?
1:32.3	I did ask once if they didn't swap me at the hospital.
1:36.3	What did she say to that?
1:39.3	She was like, well, if they did, I'm sure he's well and safe somewhere he is, and you're safe here
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