EPISODE 83: Maybe You Already Have It All
4/13/202648 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 : 'Thoughts While Swimming' by Theresa Lola feat John Roseboro
Stream it here : https://ffm.to/thoughtswhileswimming
Theresa Lola Website : https://www.theresalola.com/
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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, 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] Do you have a favorite day of the week?
Speaker 2· Guest0:48
Uh, good question. I would say- Great question.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:54
Great question? Good question.
Speaker 2· Guest0:56
Yeah, yeah. Good question.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:58
No. [laughs] Keep going.
Speaker 2· Guest0:58
[laughs] Uh, I would say no. [laughs] All, all days are good. Like, no particular favorite.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:05
That's no problem. [laughs] I like, I like that answer. It says to me that you just enjoy each day.
Speaker 2· Guest1:11
Yeah.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:12
Okay, so let's do this. What, for you, looks like a day really well lived on Earth?
Speaker 2· Guest1:19
Uh, I would say one where I don't work.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:22
So you're not working. This is good. When you wake up, what time? How are you feeling? What are you doing?
Speaker 2· Guest1:27
Ah, mostly, like, 8:00