Chapter 1: What is the concept behind 'Strangers on a Bench'?
hello sorry to bother you um can i ask you a slightly odd question um i'm making a podcast um called strangers on a bench where essentially i talk to people i don't know on benches for 10 or 15 minutes um are you up for that do you want to give it a go
Why am I nervous all of a sudden?
Because it's a terrifying proposition talking to a stranger on a bench, no? Because it's just life. And it's all possible. You ready?
I'm ready.
Great. Do you have a favourite day of the week?
Not really, no. I guess Friday. But it kind of is meaningless because I work any day. So I think that's just ingrained leftover from school.
Yeah. Okay, let's imagine a Friday.
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Chapter 2: How does the guest feel about talking to strangers?
Okay.
You have complete freedom. You don't have to work. How would you spend that day? What for you represents a really good day spent on earth on that Friday? I...
I'm in the very fortunate minority where I love my job. So realistically, probably... Doing the job. Probably doing the job. I mean, it's a fucking slog. Am I allowed to swear?
Just have.
Okay.
Well, I've done it now. You've done it now and you are allowed to swear.
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Chapter 3: What does a perfect day look like for the guest?
Okay. Yeah, it is a fucking slog.
A job? Yeah. Right. But you like a slog. Love a slog.
I would feel like it was a day well spent. I think if I was left to my own devices, I probably would like to sleep in.
You'd just rot away. You wouldn't know what to do.
No. I mean, what I usually do, to be fair, is that this is my favourite place in London.
This particular park?
This particular bench?
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Chapter 4: How does the guest describe their daily routine?
Not even this bench.
Is it dedicated to you?
It's not, actually.
No.
But I have made it known that when I die, I will be getting a bench here.
yeah all right so you're always on benches here i am usually in this park doing the crosswords on my day off yeah fantastic okay let's do a day off so so far we know you like doing crosswords yeah but if you take me from like waking up what time okay well so basically i don't wake up at a normal time i'm actually waiting to get sleep study done
because shift work has slightly ruined my circadian rhythm. So today I woke up at 2 p.m. and then I was like, shit, there's sunshine, must seize the day.
You woke up at 2pm?
Yeah, so I ran out of the house, go to a little bakery and get my coffee. I go to the same place every day, which is kind of nice. I like it. It's like a little community. Do they know you?
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Chapter 5: What unique experiences does the guest have as a midwife?
Yeah.
How much do you know about them? First name terms?
First name terms, yeah. Quite a lot of people have just left. I haven't met the next gen yet.
Was that a sad moment when they left?
It is kind of, yeah, because I tend to go to the same places always because I like building relationships with people.
It is nice to build relationships with people.
Yeah, I don't massively plan, I just go on vibe.
What are the tactics?
One stone at a time? It's hard to get me to shut the fuck up. To be honest, I feel like I'm more just subjecting people to my personality and then eventually they'll lose stamina and think, Jesus, and probably fake that they need the toilet and leave.
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Chapter 6: How does the guest handle emotional challenges in their profession?
Yeah. I wouldn't surprise me.
Is that how people actually do react to you? No, they don't.
I don't think to my face, no. But I feel like I probably... What do people not like about you, do you think? I think people can find me too much.
Really?
Yeah.
But I feel like... Is that their problem, though?
Yeah, then go find less.
Exactly.
It used to bother me a lot as a kid. I was always told I was too much.
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Chapter 7: What insights does the guest share about relationships and parenting?
Yeah.
Oh, by who? Everybody?
Everybody. But then I got diagnosed with ADHD like a year ago. So it all sort of made sense. And then I was like, oh, I am too much, but it's clinical. So you can't be mean.
Yeah. What did it do to your kind of general spirit to be constantly told you're too much? I mean, looking at you now, does it look like it's been overly dampened? No. But maybe it has.
No, I feel like out of pettiness, I will continue to be too much and quite annoying.
This is perfect.
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Chapter 8: How does the guest view their personal growth and future?
Yeah.
When was the last time even you were considered like, I really did go too hot and heavy there?
Probably earlier today. I woke up and I was really excited that the sun was shining. My flatmate at the moment is visiting her parents, so she's got somebody subletting. Luckily this girl is lovely and I really get on with her, but I like bounce into the kitchen when I saw the sun had come out and was like dancing. And I think she was a bit shell shocked. Maybe I'm just a small dose person.
That's really all you need, just like a line. You just need a little bump of my personality.
If I only could have had one question, what one question should I have asked you?
That is such a confusing question. What question would I want you to ask me? Isn't that your job? Why am I coming up with the questions for you?
What would be a good question? What would really arrow in?
What is a good question to ask me? I don't know, because as soon as it'll be in one ear and then something else will pop in. So the question is kind of irrelevant.
Yeah. Let's go back a bit. So you woke up at 2pm because you were doing what in the night?
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