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Joe Wicks, Chris Froome and moving planets!

Chris is joined by Joe Wicks for the launch of his first ever Schools Fitness Week, history-making cyclist Chris Froome calls in, plus astrophysicist Danielle George.

Chris is joined live in the studio by the Body Coach Joe Wicks for the launch of his first ever Schools Fitness Week and puts Chris and Vassos through their paces with a HIIT (high intensity interval training) taster. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by cyclist Chris Froome, after his win at the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid and finds out how he's been celebrating. Chris speaks to astrophysicist Danielle George who tells us about The Search For a New Earth on 大象传媒 Two and the prospect of moving planets. For today's Top Tenuous Chris asks for your claims to the fame of all Joe's. Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski has the first Pause For Thought of the week.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.
  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    She Got The Garden

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • Beastie Boys

    No Sleep Till Brooklyn

    • Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill.
    • Def Jam.
  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.
  • JP Cooper

    She's On My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Foxes

    Better Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Manfred Mann

    Do Wah Diddy Diddy

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Searchers

    Needles and Pins

    • (Single).
    • Pye.
  • The Kinks

    Tired Of Waiting For You

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 6.
  • Shania Twain

    Swingin' With My Eyes Closed

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    September

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
    • 3.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.
  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.
  • CNCO & Little Mix

    Reggaet贸n Lento (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.
  • Take That

    These Days (Radio 2 Live at Hyde Park in 2017)

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

    The Legend Of Xanadu

    • Hits Of ... 67 & 68 (Vol.2).
    • Polydor.
  • Dusty Springfield

    In The Middle Of Nowhere

    • The Dusty Springfield Anthology.
    • Mercury.
  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl, Another Planet

    • John Peel Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977-1987 (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.
  • P!nk

    What About Us

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Sam Smith

    Too Good At Goodbyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Hey Joe

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.
  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Pause for Thought:

Pause for Thought:

From Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski, rabbi of Golders Green Synagogue and CEO of University Jewish Chaplaincy:

Today is the 16th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.听 We remember in pain almost 3000 people who died, 6000 others injured and their shattered families.听 I recall visiting my parents and watching on live TV as the plane flew into the second tower.听 As we stared in disbelief at our TV screens, few of us realised that life would never be quite the same again.

听Yet for all the impact of 9/11 and the subsequent instability, the Jewish approach is to remain positive.听 We must never claim to know why bad things happen 鈥 to do so is to play God in an arrogant and offensive way.听 Instead, we must assume that some benefit will arise from the experience, even if it鈥檚 deeply unwelcome.

听Rabbi Akiva was once travelling and needed somewhere for the night, but he was refused a bed in a village.听 Exclaiming 鈥榳hatever God does is for the best鈥, he camped in the wood nearby, lighting a lamp and feeding his rooster and donkey, planning for an early start.听 During the night, the wind blew out the lamp, leaving him in total darkness.听 Again, he said, 鈥榳hatever God does is for the best鈥.听 A cat ate his rooster and a lion attacked his donkey, so he awoke late with no means of transportation.听 Again: 鈥榳hatever God does is for the best鈥.听 In the morning, he heard that the village had been looted and all the inhabitants killed.听 Had Rabbi Akiva slept in the village, had his lamp been detected, his rooster crowed or his donkey brayed, it鈥檚 likely that he would have been murdered too.听 As he had said, 鈥榳hatever God does is for the best鈥.

听We Jews are eternally positive.听 A vicar, an imam and a rabbi were asked what should be said at their funerals.听 The vicar said: 鈥榓 religious leader who has achieved salvation鈥.听 The imam said: 鈥榓 holy and spiritual inspiration who left the world a better place鈥.听 The rabbi鈥檚 response: 鈥榦h look, he鈥檚 moving!鈥

听Of course, positivity was always tinged with realism.听 It鈥檚 been said that Jews opted to play the violin rather than the piano, so when persecution came, they could tuck it under their arms as they fled.听 But we are sure to make new music when we arrive.

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