EPISODE 74: Tuesday is Green
2/9/202656 min
Tom Rosenthal approaches a stranger on a park bench and asks if he can sit down next to them and record their conversation.
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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 : 'Running into Colour' by Lemoncello
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First 90 secondsTom Rosenthal· Host0:00
[footsteps] Hello. Sorry to bother you. Um, can I ask you a slightly odd question?
Speaker 2· Guest0:08
Yes, certainly.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:09
Um, I'm making a podcast, um, called Strangers on a Bench.
Speaker 2· Guest0:14
Oh.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:14
Where essentially I talk to people I don't know on benches for- That'll be me ... 10 or 15 minutes. Um, are you up for that? Do you wanna give it a go? [upbeat music] You feeling ready?
Speaker 2· Guest0:46
Yeah. Okay.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:48
[laughs] [laughs] Um, what's your favorite day of the week?
Speaker 2· Guest0:52
Tuesday.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:54
Oh, good answer. Why?
Speaker 2· Guest0:57
'Cause it's green.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:58
It's green?
Speaker 2· Guest0:59
Yeah.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:00
What do you mean?
Speaker 2· Guest1:01
Tuesday's just a green day.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:03
Green.
Speaker 2· Guest1:04
Every day has a different color.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:05
And Tuesday's green?
Speaker 2· Guest1:06
Yeah.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:07
So first question is why is Tuesday green?
Speaker 2· Guest1:10
I don't know. It just always has been.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:12
[laughs] [laughs] Fantastic. And that it is green, why is that good?
Speaker 2· Guest1:19
I like green.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:21
[laughs] What do you like about green?
Speaker 2· Guest1:25
It's just a lovely color. It's, look- It is.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:27
It's all over- All around ... it's above us now.