EPISODE 95: Periscopes and Bagels
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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
So you ready? First question? It's an easy one. What are you hoping this first question is going to be?
Is that the first question?
It is a question, but it's not the first question.
What am I hoping it's going to be? To be honest, just something easy.
Relaxed.
How does the guest feel about their work schedule at the bagel shop?
And it is.
Is there a day of the week that you favour
Oh, it's a good one. So I work in a bagel shop and the shift pattern completely changes every week. So I don't have the routine, which means that generally I actually don't have a favorite because every single one looks different pattern wise every single week.
The classic bagel shop pattern.
Classic bagel shop pattern. That's what they call it, isn't it? Yeah, that's... In the books.
Disorientating. You don't know who you are.
Yeah, every day is kind of a Sunday. Like, this is a day off for me.
Okay, well, let's play a small game.
Okay.
Let's imagine this Sunday, which could be a Wednesday or whatever, you know what I mean? A day... free of bagels there's not one bagel not a single bagel you've not even think about it but basically basically take me from like waking up all the way through to going to bed what for you is like a really great bagel free day so to speak um
Well, I love being in nature, so I think I would wake up... In nature? Yeah, well, not in nature. Well, okay, if we're talking dream, dream day... Yeah, let's do this. My dream day would be I would be on a through hike with one of my best friends, and we would wake up in the tent, and then we would get out of the tent and have a terrible breakfast, and then we would walk all day... And then we would stop for lunch. And the lunch would probably be like fish out of a tin, which probably doesn't sound like the dream to many people. And then we would set up our tent and go to sleep.
After lunch?
No, after walking for the rest of the afternoon.
What's happening in this tent? I get it, I get it. Funny enough, I actually did have fish out of a tin for lunch.
What does a perfect bagel-free day look like for the guest?
Did you? What kind of fish did you have?
Trout.
Really? I've never had trout out of a tin. It sounds quite bold.
It is really nice, actually.
Yeah. Did you just eat it?
Yeah.
And you had nothing else?
No.
Wow, good source of protein.
It's just like gets it done. Yeah. You know?
It really does.
Okay, let's go back. It's a through... I'm through hiking. What's that as opposed to hiking?
So through hiking is when you've got a big bag and it's got your tent and everything you need in it and you hike. I'm Scottish. So in Scotland, you can legally wild camp anywhere. So that's kind of my favourite thing to do.
What's the only non-essential thing in this bag of yours?
Many non-essential things. Really? Yeah, I'm not one of those ultralight campers that likes to have... You just shove it all in there? They saw a toothbrush in half so that they don't have too much weight. I'm not like that.
What insights does the guest share about through hiking?
The biggest non-essential... I was thinking about this as I walked up here.
What? As you walked up here, you were thinking about non-essential camping items?
I was thinking about non-essential...
Were you really? Not even essential ones? Because that would be maybe make sense.
What I was actually thinking about is, so, because your hair gets disgusting when you through hike because you can't wash it. But then I was thinking, because the weather's so nice and I'm about to hike Hadrian's Wall, all of it, can I wear this? And then I was thinking, is that an essential item? How much weight would it take up? Would it be worth doing? And then I was thinking, who am I kidding? I'm not one of those ultralight through hikers. It doesn't matter. I'm going to bring the head scarf thing with me.
This headscarf thing we should be wearing now.
Yeah, I think it'll come.
I think you just shove everything in there.
Yeah.
You know, it's your hike.
It's my hike.
There are no rules.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the concept behind 'Strangers on a Bench'?
0:04–1:00
2
How does the guest feel about their work schedule at the bagel shop?
1:00–2:45
3
What does a perfect bagel-free day look like for the guest?
2:45–3:33
4
What insights does the guest share about through hiking?
3:33–4:34
5
How does the guest describe their experience with friendship breakups?
4:34–5:58
6
What are the rules of hiking according to the guest?
5:58–7:34
7
What does the guest find most challenging about working in a bagel shop?
7:34–9:36
8
What reflections does the guest have about moving to a new city?
9:36–1:06:53