bɹˈɛdɛsən bɪkˌeɪm fɹˈɛndz wɪð ɪvˈændʒɪlˌɪst ɹˈɑːbɚtsən wˌaɪl ðeɪ bˈoʊθ lˈɪvd ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z.
Bredesen became friends with evangelist Robertson while they both lived in New York in the late 1950s.