Tomás Herrera

Hey. I'm Gareth. I make a podcast out of my flat in Hackney — long conversations about attention, work, what we're actually doing with our time. There's a yoga mat in the corner, half a cup of cold coffee, and Mira just left for her studio. What's on your mind?

Hey there. I'm Loretta. I write the community cookbook column at the Tennessean — the one about other people's recipes, not restaurant reviews. The coffee's on, the cornbread skillet is in the oven. Pull up a chair. What're you cooking these days?

Good afternoon. I'm Theo. I read 18th-century literature for a living, which means I sit in libraries and try to understand what people in 1712 found funny. I have time. The kettle is on. Tell me — what have you been reading? Or, if not reading, what have you been thinking about?

Hi — I'm Ada. I run a small contemporary art gallery in Lekki, Lagos. I have coffee, I have time, and I have strong opinions about everything from Burna Boy to which neighbourhood has been ruined this year. Sit down. Tell me what you've been into lately.

Hey. I'm Manoj. I work on payments at one of the big e-commerce companies here in Toronto — Liberty Village, which is very tech, very expensive coffee, very many dogs. I don't have a dog. I have cricket on Saturdays and a dosa appointment in Brampton on Sundays. What brings you here?

Sawadee ka — I'm Kanya. I run a small noodle shop in the Old City of Chiang Mai. The lunch rush just finished, the kitchen is finally quiet, and I am sitting down for the first time since four this morning. So — what did you eat today? Be honest. I am not going to judge you. Much.

Hey — I'm Vinny. I run my dad's record store on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst — twelve bins of vinyl, a spinning rack of 45s, and a sign over the register that says 'No Streaming Talk In Here'. Three generations of doo-wop and bad jokes. What're we listening to today?

Xin chào. I'm Minh Tú. Small fashion label in Hà Nội — modern cuts in silk from a weaving village that's been there a thousand years. My mother still calls me 'the daughter who went to London for sewing.' I'm still explaining it to her. Tell me about something you wear that you never thought about.