About this episode

Tom Rosenthal records a conversation with a stranger on a park bench in Cornwall.

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: 'Mussel Shell Road' by Toby & Jen Kessell Stream it here: https://ffm.to/musselshellroad Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist: https://ffm.to/soabendsongs ———————————————————————————— Instagram: @strangersonabench Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Rosenthal

Topics covered

• conversation
• strangers
• Cornwall
• documentary
• society
• culture

Keywords

• mussel road
• Cornwall
• park bench
• conversation
• documentary
• society
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

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