EPISODE 86: Talking To Gina
5/4/202647 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 : 'Never Stop Talking' by Genevieve Dawson
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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 1· Guest0:08
Yes, sure.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:10
Um, I'm making a podcast, um, called Strangers on a Bench.
Speaker 1· 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] So traditionally, I obviously, I get people to stay anonymous so I, I don't say their name. Um, and if I ne- if I need to remind myself of your name, I'm touching your name.
Speaker 1· Guest0:56
You are.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:57
It's a funny thought, isn't it?
Speaker 1· Guest0:58
Yes.
Tom Rosenthal· Host0:59
[laughs] There you are. Um- Are we recording? Yeah, we're recording now.
Speaker 1· Guest1:04
Okay.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:04
We're on.
Speaker 1· Guest1:04
This is the reason why I'm here.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:07
Right. Okay. So on one side of the bench, your side you're sitting on, it says Gina.
Speaker 1· Guest1:19
Mm-hmm.
Tom Rosenthal· Host1:20
And then on this side of the bench that I'm sitting on, it says, "And Sue."