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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans with a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 2 Apr 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Train

    Bulletproof Picasso

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Simon May

    The Theme From Howards' Way

    • The Best Of 大象传媒-TV's Themes.
    • 大象传媒 Records.

  • Roxette

    Joyride

    • Roxette Hits!.
    • Capitol.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Nobody Does It Better - Radio 2 session - RX 21/3/14 Edit

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Lou Bega

    Mambo No. 5

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • AC/DC

    Rock The Blues Away

    • Rock Or Bust.
    • Columbia.
    • 003.

  • Bee Gees

    You Win Again

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Stereo MC鈥檚

    Step It Up

    • Stereo Mc's - Connected.
    • 4th And Broadway.

  • Rod Stewart

    Baby Jane

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Paloma Faith

    Beauty Remains

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Singin' in the Rain

    Singer: Gene Kelly.
    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • Rick James

    Super Freak

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Incredible Bongo Band

    Apache

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Drifters

    Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In Me.
    • Old Gold.

  • Madonna

    Ghost Town

    • Rebel Heart.
    • Interscope.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Messages

    • The Best Of OMD.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Kodaline

    The One

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.

  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

Tomorrow night is the beginning of Passover, and we will be holding a Seder, the Passover meal,聽 with loads of people round the table, telling the Passover story鈥�..

The Israelites were slaves in Egypt. They had gone there originally as welcome guests, after Joseph 鈥� of technicolour dreamcoat fame, had become Pharaoh鈥檚 trusted assistant, and ensured no-one starved during a 7 year famine. But, roll on hundreds of years,聽 and 鈥淭here arose a Pharaoh who knew not Joseph鈥�. Slavery and horrors ensued, and finally the Israelites left, under Moses鈥� leadership, after 10 terrible plagues were inflicted on the Egyptians. They left in such haste they didn鈥檛 have time to let their bread rise- so we eat matzah, unleavened bread, for the seven days of Passover, remembering that hasty journey, and remembering that life is never secure.

For matzah, a bit like water biscuits, flat, indigestible, and very crumbly, does two things. It鈥檚 described as the bread of affliction. It鈥檚 poor people鈥檚 bread, it鈥檚 the bread of suffering. It reminds us of what life can throw at us, and it tells us to 鈥榢now the heart of the stranger, because you were stranger sin the land of Egypt.鈥� So it鈥檚 got a strong moral message- to look after strangers, asylum seekers, and refugees.

But it has an internal message too. Normal yeast risen bread, all puffed up, can be interpreted as reminding us of how arrogant we can become as human beings. Puffed up with pride, we forget we鈥檙e ordinary and insignificant. So, once a year, eating flat, indigestible matzah, we recognise that we鈥檙e utterly insignificant, as insignificant as matzah, flat bread that tastes of nothing. And it is a message to our inner souls.

I love the two messages side by side- the external one, remembering who you were, and looking after the foreigners and strangers. And the internal one, remembering who you are, and learning to be humble once again, because we鈥檙e only human. It鈥檚 a lesson for all of us, and you can鈥檛 help taking it seriously if you鈥檙e eating matzah for 7 whole days!

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Apr 2015 06:30
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