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92 episodes

EPISODE 92: Stand By Me
2026/06/15 | 53 mins.
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 : 'You Come Around' by Calÿpso
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Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :
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EPISODE 91: Lads, Crying, and David Attenborough
2026/06/08 | 1h 6 mins.
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 : 'Tynemouthing' by Jes Lowe
Stream it here : https://ffm.to/tynemouthing

Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :
https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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EPISODE 90: So Glad I Didn't Hide Away
2026/06/01 | 1h 2 mins.
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 : 'Pyrrhula pyrrhula' by Him Gone Ape
Stream it here : https://ffm.to/pyrrhulapyrrhula

Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :
https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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Instagram : @strangersonabench
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EPISODE 89: I Am What I Am
2026/05/25 | 44 mins.
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 : ''I Am What I Am' by Hetta Falzon
Stream it here : https://ffm.to/iamwhatiam-soab

Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :
https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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Instagram : @strangersonabench
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EPISODE 88: Feels Like We're Untouchable
2026/05/18 | 54 mins.
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 : 'To Cairns and Back' by Juni Habel
Stream it here : https://ffm.to/tocairnsandback

Listen to all the end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :
https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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Instagram : @strangersonabench
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About Strangers on a Bench

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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