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Strangers on a Bench

EPISODE 85: Where All The Trouble Lies

4/27/20261 hr 6 min

*Content warning : contains one graphic description of violence*. 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 : 'The Night Before Your Wedding Night' by Matt Maltese

Stream it here: https://ffm.to/thenightbeforeyourweddingnight

Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :

https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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Clips

Showing 10 of 12
Wouldn’t Seek Secret Children
Marriage As Lifeline, Confession
Losing His Wife, Sudden Shock
Stabbed At The Door
Seventy Percent Chance, Maybe Three
Millionaire’s Daughter, Violins
Favorite Encounter: Wedding Night
Estrangement And Grieving The Living
Half His Lungs, Still Smoking
After Survival: Money And Meaning

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Tom Rosenthal· Host0:00

    [footsteps] Hello. Sorry to bother you. Um, can I ask you a slightly odd question?

  2. Speaker 1· Guest0:08

    Yeah, sure.

  3. Tom Rosenthal· Host0:09

    Um, I'm making a podcast, um, called Strangers on a Bench.

  4. Speaker 1· Guest0:14

    Okay. Oh.

  5. 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? [upbeat music] Do you have a favorite day of the week?

  6. Speaker 1· Guest0:48

    Um, can't say I do really. They're all pretty much the same. Sometimes I wonder which day it is, you know?

  7. Tom Rosenthal· Host0:59

    Do you know what day it is today?

  8. Speaker 1· Guest1:00

    Uh, I was gonna say Sunday, but it's Monday.

  9. Tom Rosenthal· Host1:02

    There we go. Can you remember the best Monday of your life?

  10. Speaker 1· Guest1:06

    [laughs] No.

  11. Tom Rosenthal· Host1:09

    Can you remember a time in your life when you enjoyed Mondays the most?

  12. Speaker 1· Guest1:14

    I've had a few jobs where I couldn't wait to get back on the Monday, yeah.

  13. Tom Rosenthal· Host1:18

    What were those jobs? Well, if you could think of one particular job where you were most- [laughs] ... excited to get back.

  14. Speaker 1· Guest1:23

    The one that comes to mind straight away is I worked in an ice cream factory.

  15. Tom Rosenthal· Host1:28

    Wa-hey.

  16. Speaker 1· Guest1:29

    And it was,

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