Strangers on a Bench

EPISODE 53: A Very Different Place

*Content warning : this episode contains references to suicide and self-harm.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 RosenthalEdited by Rose De LarrabeitiMixed by Mike WoolleyTheme tune by Tom Rosenthal &amp; Lucy Railton Incidental music by Maddie Ashman End song : 'Thunder and Lightning' by Clara Mann Stream it here : https://ffm.to/thunderandlightning Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :https://ffm.to/soabendsongs ———————————————————————————— Instagram :<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strangersonabench/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @strangersonabench</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Have you ever walked past a mysterious stranger on a park bench and wondered about their lives? Tom Rosenthal (singer-songwriter by trade) has spent the past year walking through various parks across the UK and Ireland, approaching random bench-dwellers and asking if he can sit next to them and record their conversation. Every stranger remains anonymous, neither name or place of work is ever revealed (even to Tom himself), leading to greater openness, intimacy, and surprising revelations from the participants.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.