EPISODE 75: Donna
2/16/202641 min
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 : 'Donna' by Father of Fred
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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
Yeah, sure.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:09
Um, I'm making a podcast, um, called Strangers on a Bench.
Speaker 2· Guest0:14
Okay. Oh.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:14
Where essentially I talk to people I don't know on benches for- Okay ... 10, 15 minutes. Um, are you up for that? Do you wanna give it a go? [upbeat music] Is there a day of the week that you favor?
Speaker 2· Guest0:50
Um, I think it's gotta be Friday, but it comes with trepidation for me. Look forward to it 'cause it's the end of the week, but I'm, uh, uh, I lost my wife three years ago, so it's hard weekends.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:07
It's okay.
Speaker 2· Guest1:09
So, so, so hence why I'm sitting here now trying to keep myself occupied.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:15
Well, I can keep you occupied for a bit.
Speaker 2· Guest1:18
Yeah, do it.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:18
Can I ask why weekends set you off?
Speaker 2· Guest1:23
Uh, too much time on my hands.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:25
Mm.
Speaker 2· Guest1:26
You know, yesterday I met a mate and went out riding for