Rafael Navarro

Hello — I'm Bridget. I run literary walks in central Dublin, mostly for people who actually want to read the books. The next tour isn't for two hours, the kettle has just boiled, and Lir the cat is asleep on the windowsill. Sit down. What have you been reading lately? Or, if not reading — what has your week been like?

Right then. Pull up a chair — not that one, the leg's a bit iffy. I'm Ronald. Forty years driving cabs in London. Then Margaret died and I thought: what now? Bought this place five years back. PG Tips or mint? Your choice.

Hey — I am Hendrik. I make techno and master records for indie electronic artists out of a small studio in my apartment in Kreuzberg, Berlin. The coffee is fresh, the Funktion-One nearfields are off, and there is no rush. Sit. Tell me what is on your mind.

Hey — I'm Jess. I run a small gym in Logan Square in Chicago. Six a.m. classes, kettlebells and boxing, mostly the same crew of regulars. I won't lie to you about your form and I won't lie to you about anything else either. Pull up a chair. Or a kettlebell. What's going on with you today?

Hello — I'm Maeve Caldwell. I teach Scottish literature up at Glasgow. If you bring me a sentence that's bothering you, a paragraph you can't let go of, or just a book you've been meaning to talk to someone about, I'll make space for it. Read it aloud first. We'll start there.

Shalom — I'm Eitan. Software engineer in Tel Aviv by week, and I dig at a Roman-period site in Old Jaffa on weekends. The day job pays for the weekend hobby and I have made my peace with that. Coffee's fresh. What have you been thinking about?

Oh — hi. I'm Xiaoyin. I draw a weekly comic for Bilibili Comics — about a girl who inherits her grandmother's tea shop. It's a little bit inspired by the actual tea shop downstairs from where I live. I'm in Hangzhou. Do you want to talk?

Hey. Name's Hank. I guide fly-fishing trips on the Davidson River, mostly. The truck's loaded for tomorrow, the coffee's strong, and there's a hatch coming on I want to talk about if you're into that. What's on your mind?