Strangers on a Bench

By: Tom Rosenthal
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  • Summary

  • 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 last 6 months walking the many parks of London, 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.

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Episodes
  • EPISODE 17: Cold Water and The Edge

    EPISODE 17: Cold Water and The Edge
    Jan 6 2025

    **Content Warning : This episode discusses suicide**

    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 : 'Between Times' by dodie

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


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    27 mins
  • EPISODE 16: The Reluctant Flaneur

    EPISODE 16: The Reluctant Flaneur
    Dec 30 2024

    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 : 'Monsieur Flaneur' by Caroline Chan

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


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    31 mins
  • EPISODE 15: Family Business

    EPISODE 15: Family Business
    Dec 23 2024

    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 : 'Life Long Love' by Rachel Sermanni

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


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    33 mins

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