Mike Paterniti
speaker
232 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 28 Jun
Mike Paterniti’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So I wasn't, you know, I didn't have the most optimistic feelings about humanity.
And I thought I was going to find something there.
You thought you were kind of like a hopeful figure.
Yeah, I mean, hope, perseverance, generosity.
But as soon as I got on the bridge, I realized that all those notions were completely absurd.
I mean, I got instantly depressed.
First of all, there's this four-mile-long bridge and this one man out there sort of trying to pick out who was going to jump.
And he has this little moped and does a little cruise on the bridge every once in a while.
But even that is, you know, a somewhat comical sight to behold.
You know, he's on this little broken down moped putting through the crowd with his big pair of binoculars around his neck.
You know, I sort of thought maybe this isn't even real.
Like maybe this blog is a complete figment of his imagination or a fiction that he constructs, you know, once a week.
And I just don't see how this guy can save anybody out here.
Yeah.
He was really grumpy and unwilling to acknowledge me.
Um, I think I did ask like, why, why, why are you standing here as opposed to any other spot on this four mile long bridge?
And, uh,
He turned and lifted his binoculars and focused out toward the river and then brought his binoculars down, turned the other way, put his binoculars up and focused in the other direction on the crowd.
Well, that's it.
He doesn't even respond.
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