# Strangers on a Bench A podcast by Tom Rosenthal. 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. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb ## Latest episodes - [EPISODE 100: Don't Ever Stop Dreaming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/d0a4d98ca269) (2026-08-10, 70 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a74b9e7e188bf946f1fe9d3/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 99: Everyone Deserves To Have Secrets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/a1f893f8800f) (2026-08-03, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a6b65d00bf0e6212fe93c27/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 98: Realistically I Should Be Dead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/919975f1a641) (2026-07-27, 78 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a624f8a562e3ad886006a02/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 97: Seeing Stars in Sea Glass](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/e8140db1d4ac) (2026-07-20, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a5795eee743c69800e6771f/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 96: You and I Are So Different](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/3564589d74b8) (2026-07-13, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a4d32344d6f6e9e98460be5/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 95: Periscopes and Bagels](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/195fbea0b0fe) (2026-07-06, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a456ff7f63987c537abfbc4/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 94: The Most Surreal Meeting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/f7dbe8711554) (2026-06-29, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a396d0630d5ebf3c925565b/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 93: Branches Don't Grow Straight](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/76a38832134a) (2026-06-22, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a34264ef1612f1c69521c78/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 92: Stand By Me](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/a3edfede3c7a) (2026-06-15, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a219e7114e465e5ce63e2a0/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 91: Lads, Crying, and David Attenborough](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/325c3614692f) (2026-06-08, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a1ded56c1105f0d1112f9f0/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 90: So Glad I Didn't Hide Away](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/baa40f457338) (2026-06-01, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a1801afda0413146cec3680/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 89: I Am What I Am](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/f46e8349552c) (2026-05-25, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a0c5fe9910254f053d7e7fe/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 88: Feels Like We're Untouchable](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/71b8601e85b9) (2026-05-18, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6a06eb68382d6c40300bcd84/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 87: Charge It To The Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/4b043e20cdac) (2026-05-11, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69fcfc63051b78474ee9c10b/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 86: Talking To Gina](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/426f5b88091b) (2026-05-04, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69f09564526757e10b3777da/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 85: Where All The Trouble Lies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/7b7985e225a4) (2026-04-27, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69e7a1c7289eeb2c7b4e7c02/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 84: Called To The Fanny](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/b03491b75e8d) (2026-04-20, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69de61f5f02f2470e93085d9/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 83: Maybe You Already Have It All](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/dac3a5107cf9) (2026-04-13, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69d8b963cdaa3e377c5c6d21/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 82: The Only Mussel Road in Cornwall](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/5aaafe78b8e9) (2026-04-06, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69cfe085f57702d2d9812a89/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 81: Down For Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/1a755e2ad3dc) (2026-03-30, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69c15cecfce4b829c51e9003/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 80: Pépito](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/de8e92d3fe9b) (2026-03-23, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69b8f99ca28dd9d562d851bb/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 79: Cormorants and Lewis Hamilton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/30ab3ef2ff7e) (2026-03-16, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69a718d7b5381e1c01fe118a/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 78: We Forget How To Play](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/0c323fe6b998) (2026-03-09, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/699f79a61eb5ccf456458ce3/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 77: I See Dead People](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/774ef9128fd5) (2026-03-02, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/699def5aa4a9e6b7fd6f489d/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 76: Success, Sex, and The Cause](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/6960572e6829) (2026-02-23, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/699839d97012ce5376fb54c4/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 75: Donna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/0da0b00eed3f) (2026-02-16, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/698dcfc95d2bf63a6d97b3c7/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 74: Tuesday is Green](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/0a9917a69cb6) (2026-02-09, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6984742714b868743df9fefc/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 73: Shut The F*** Up and Enjoy Your Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/b0d455697ce0) (2026-02-02, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/697235174b6b88f001745d89/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 72: Just Ask The Trees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/6bf155c459dc) (2026-01-26, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6971d2dcad93e7a4316c447a/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 71: All Plumbers Are Philosophers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/40f866cc6e38) (2026-01-19, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/696818f6e9172b8320440604/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 70: When You Realise Who You Are](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/e135a085a65b) (2026-01-12, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/694685dce13e237fdefa210c/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 69: I've Never Felt This Way Before](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/2d823b411d26) (2026-01-05, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6941a201443ad98913a239f7/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 68: I Hate This House](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/76db25b28dcf) (2025-12-29, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6941a16e443ad98913a20e34/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 67: What We Do To Survive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/dd3d99965b28) (2025-12-22, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/693d2bbcf817d7dbe8a4da08/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 66: Truth Puddle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/7085d0225c9b) (2025-12-15, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/693af4cd593d8f20b6fcf009/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 65: The Thirty-Seven Club](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/c42d86215ec4) (2025-12-08, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/6925b822b1fff443d5e74ac8/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 64: A Letter To My Mum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/c1a1a52c9b1a) (2025-12-01, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/691f1d9c3962bb012e073298/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 63: All You Need Is One Good Night](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/7dc3c035bc79) (2025-11-24, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69171c6cc66f88b0921d05ac/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 62: I Wish That Was My Last Kiss](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/265cdc888118) (2025-11-17, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/690b5eb2d4fac9e84bf92b30/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 61: Seven Paramedics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/7e0b5adb3d07) (2025-11-10, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/69048b47e4f1777b412b685c/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 60: That's What She Said](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/9174992374ad) (2025-11-03, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68f94d70b61ac5dd7cb3ab93/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 59: The Back of His Neck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/4bc2472650f5) (2025-10-27, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68ee5e02ce402940bc0b7df6/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 58: Gratitude, Painted Nails, and The Irish Lottery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/d3a2d004a117) (2025-10-20, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68ed5260ef7cfb1e141a01c9/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 57: Cubed Watermelon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/2cdc52a0f053) (2025-10-13, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68d422005f6bcc1129bfb732/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 56: Rebellion and The River](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/8f28b265b672) (2025-10-06, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68d2f7f87d53f4238ed46871/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 55: It's Like I've Met You Before](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/8863e56a14d4) (2025-09-29, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68cc68d59c7ab07d624e577b/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 54: We'll Be Holding Each Other's Hands](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/815ea5629cb3) (2025-09-22, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68b9db872d913bd33057227b/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 53: A Very Different Place](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/91de457a39ab) (2025-09-15, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68b87f957450e0cb4166aff1/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 52: People Were Scared of Us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/5819cd20c8be) (2025-09-08, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68b01b5a744e1b1a4942e7d9/media.mp3 - [EPISODE 51: A Song For My Daughter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770745380/5e2bc5cb7efb) (2025-09-01, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f5255eae48e0cfdb0b36bb/e/68a6ed2a352b565deb0c6e2b/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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