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Chris takes the nation's temperature by asking if your job is better or worse in the heat, Bellowhead's Jon Spiers plays some tunes on his squeeze box and we celebrate lidos!

Chris welcomes listeners to a gloriously sunny day and takes the nation's temperature, by asking if your job is better, or worse, in the heat.

Our musical Mystery Guest - Jon Spiers from Bellowhead - fans the flames, with some jaunty tunes from his squeeze box.

We then cool things down, with some lido love! And, because we're swimming in texts and e-mails, we chat to Hugh Ambrose at the UK's oldest lido, before the Top Tenuous dives back in!

Plus, we find out how Niamh Ansbro fared in her ballet exam and school production of The Pirates of The Curry Bean. And the Rev Ruth Scott delivers today's Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 9 Jul 2013 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Edge Of Something

    • Momentum.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Danger Zone

    • Top Gun O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Texas

    Say What You Want

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    Days

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Fantastic Day

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 007.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Big When I Was Little

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Give A Little Love

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Chris Rea

    On The Beach

    • The Best Of Chris Rea.
    • East West Records.

  • The Script

    Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

    • #3 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Oasis

    Whatever

  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Summer Holiday

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • Dire Straits

    Twisting By The Pool

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Blondie

    Picture This

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.

  • Bellowhead

    Roll The Woodpile Down

    • Broadside.
    • Navigator Records.
    • 003.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • P!nk & Lily Allen

    True Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Various Artists

    Perfect Day

    • The Best 90's Album In The World...Ev.
    • Virgin.

  • Van Morrison

    Moondance

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Jack Johnson

    I Got You

    • (CD Single).
    • Brushfire Records.
    • 1.

  • The Lovin鈥� Spoonful

    Daydream

    • The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

Pause for Thought

The Revd Ruth Scott, Anglican vicar in Richmond

鈥淲ords, words, words, I鈥檓 so sick of words.鈥� So sang Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. She reminds us that while it may be good to talk, communication isn鈥檛 always all it鈥檚 cracked up to be. Over the weekend I was helping to facilitate conversations at General Synod between members whose views about Women Bishops are very different. 聽One reason why communication goes pear-shaped and conflict occurs is because fear prevents us having difficult conversations in the way we need to have them 鈥� by listening attentively, respecting the right of the other to share their story, taking responsibility for the consequences of the different choices we have, and always holding in sight the humanity of the other. The conversations at Synod were painful because members heard how damaging earlier debates had been, not only to themselves, but to those they opposed. Acknowledging shared pain and working to reframe the dialogue was emotionally costly, but by the end of the day the message coming back from the groups was how much more of these facilitated conversations they wanted. This wasn鈥檛 because they worked like magic enabling everybody suddenly to agree with everyone else, but they offered another way of addressing difference. Many of our decision-making processes require us to take sides, to win arguments, to beat the opposition and to gain power by defeating 鈥榯he other鈥�. It doesn鈥檛 have to be that way. I was profoundly moved by members in my group holding diametrically opposed views who, after expressing their pain and anger, went on to work together to try and find ways forward that took seriously the perspectives of all of them. While agreement may be desirable, Chris, it may be more important to learn how to disagree well.

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  • Tue 9 Jul 2013 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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