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May 26
35m 27s

EPISODE 37: Pain Softens Your Heart

Tom Rosenthal
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**Content warning : contains description of violent abuse**

Tom Rosenthal approaches a stranger on a park bench and asks if he can sit down next to them and record their conversation.

This is what happened! 


Produced by Tom Rosenthal

Edited by Rose De Larrabeiti

Mixed by Mike Woolley

Theme tune by Tom Rosenthal & Lucy Railton 

Incidental music by Maddie Ashman


End music: 'My Friend Robin' by Edward Cross

Stream it here: https://ffm.to/myfriendrobin


Listen to all end songs featured on the podcast (so far) on one handy playlist :

https://ffm.to/soabendsongs

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