Patrick Radden Keefe

I'm Edith Vale.

And I'm Maureen McGillicuddy.

And we host Another Cuppa.

It's a darling little program where we natter away with some of Australia's biggest names.

Like Poling Yow.

Now, would you like a cuppa?

I would love a cuppa.

How do you take it, love?

Um... As often as possible.

I wish.

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So in the summer of 2023, I was living in London.

I normally live in New York, but I had moved my family over to London because we were producing a television drama based on my book, Say Nothing.

And I was an executive producer on the show.

And it's funny because executive producer can mean different things.

And some days it just means you're somebody who kind of sits around looking important, but not doing much of anything.

And that would generally be the description of me on this particular day.

There were times when I was very involved in this series, but on this day I was just sitting around on my phone and a stranger plopped down next to me and we got to chatting.

I try to engage strangers in conversation as often as possible.