EPISODE 76: Success, Sex, and The Cause
2/23/202639 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: 'paint dry' by Olive Klug
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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
[laughs] 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 or 15 minutes. Um, are you up for that? Do you wanna give it a go? [gentle music] Do you have a favorite day of the week?
Speaker 2· Guest0:47
Uh, off the top I'm gonna say Sunday.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:52
Why?
Speaker 2· Guest0:54
I always get the most rest on Sunday. I feel like I set myself up with the least expectations, and that feels good.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:04
What do you expect of other days in your life?
Speaker 2· Guest1:06
Oh, you know, pressures of productivity and getting certain things done. But Sundays I usually just let the wind blow and tell me what I'm gonna get up to, you know?
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:22
Mm.
Speaker 2· Guest1:23
There's a looseness to it that feels really good.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:26
I like that. Um, you know what?