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Fearne Cotton sits in

Fearne Cotton sits in for Chris and is getting into the weekend spirit with the Whole Wower with music from the likes of Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Freeez and Sting & Shaggy.

Fearne Cotton sits in for Chris and is getting into the weekend spirit with a Whole Wower with music from the likes of Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Freeez and Sting & Shaggy. Plus we hear from three early achievers who are winning at life including Lucy Simmons who's been up since 5.30am raking cubicle beds whilst her husband milks the cows. Karthi Gnanasegaram has a weekend sports overview with news on the Grand National. Friday's Pause For Thought comes from writer and comedian Paul Kerensa.

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Fri 13 Apr 2018 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Newman

    Fire In Me

    • Revolve.
    • Island.

  • The Killers

    Human

    • Day & Age.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • The Style Council - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Altered Images

    I Could Be Happy

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Charlie Puth

    Done For Me (feat. Kehlani)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 021.

  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
    • 1.

  • The Three Degrees

    Givin' Up, Givin' In

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Shires

    Guilty

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.

  • The Bees

    Chicken Payback

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

  • Zak Abel

    Everybody Needs Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.

  • Snap!

    The Power

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • The Shapeshifters

    Lola's Theme

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Baby D

    Let Me Be Your Fantasy

    • (CD Single).
    • Production House.

  • KISS

    Crazy Crazy Nights

    • Now 10, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sting & Shaggy

    Don't Make Me Wait

    • 44/876.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

    Boom! Shake The Room

    • Code Red.
    • Jive.

  • Freeez

    I.O.U.

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Niall Horan

    On The Loose

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • East 17

    It's Alright

    • Dance Zone '94 (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.

  • Neil Diamond

    Cracklin' Rosie

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Pretenders

    I'll Stand By You

    • The Love Album (CD 2) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Simple Minds

    Sense Of Discovery

    • Walk Between Worlds (Deluxe Edition).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Supermen Lovers

    Starlight (feat. Mani Hoffman)

    • Now 50 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Maxi Priest

    Close to you

    • The Best Reggae Album In The World....
    • Virgin.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

Easter holidays, for us, meant a few days at home with the littluns doing dot-to-dots, then a few days of 鈥榮taycation鈥�, following those Great British icons: the brown roadsigns. And one rainy day, that meant鈥� a Science Centre.

Via a hundred hands-on experiments, our children discovered cogs, balance, force, energy, thermodynamics, the joy of a packed lunch and Newton鈥檚 Third Law of Motion. But my highlight? The Planetarium鈥� What a ceiling! I鈥檇 thoroughly recommend getting down to any Planetaria鈥� if that鈥檚 the Latin plural.

Oh yes, astronomers love their Latin. Our ceiling sparkled with Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Polaris, Leo, the Emergency Exit sign鈥� and I learned as much as the children. We were shown the constellation Ursa Major, looking like a big question mark, its top line pointing to Polaris, the North Star鈥�

At that point, I realised we鈥檇 left dot-to-dots at home to do more dot-to-dots 鈥� just now, in the night sky. We鈥檝e been doing them for centuries! These star patterns were named after such ancient myths, the constellations even get a mention in the Old Testament. The Book of Job calls God 鈥渢he Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.鈥�

We鈥檙e still puzzling it out. My belief is that God鈥檚 behind the major stuff, like, you know, 鈥榯he universe鈥�, but also the seemingly minor: behind the small everyday gestures, that are mirrored in the laws of physics we learned about鈥� Human energy creating heat. Force begetting force. Balance, in loving and being loved back 鈥� each action sparking a reaction.

Whether we call it karma, or physics, or something else entirely 鈥� surely we are all cogs, like those in the Science Centre, and as we connect, our connections make a difference.

And I guess some look to the stars and see, like the North Star, a full stop 鈥� end of statement, no further questions, everything answered. Others look up and see that question mark, that I saw in Ursa Major this week, that鈥檚 been there for thousands of years. Either way, it can make you feel small 鈥� but I also learned the smallest of cogs can turn the biggest of wheels.

Whatever we see in the stars, we鈥檙e still just connecting the dots 鈥� but it鈥檚 good to know those dots even include us.

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  • Fri 13 Apr 2018 06:30
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