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Amol Rajan sits in, with Alex Kingston

Amol Rajan sits in for Zoe and chats to actress Alex Kingston about starring in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy Of The People at the Nottingham Playhouse.

Wake up and embrace the day with Amol Rajan! Amol chats to actress Alex Kingston about starring in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy Of The People at the Nottingham Playhouse, as well as her early role in Grange Hill!

Plus there's another spin of the wheel of four-tunes for another Friends Round Friday flashback.

Along with Jason K on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Amol and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, Mike's at Lords for the Ashes with a preview of today's cricket with Test Match Special commentator Isa Guha and a Pause For Thought with writer and musician Jahnavi Harrison as Amol entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Aug 2019 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Kygo & Whitney Houston

    Higher Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA Records.

  • Years & Years

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Marshmello

    Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Spirit

    • The Lion King O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

    I Don't Care

    • No.6 Collaborations Project.
    • Atlantic.

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn & Electric Light Orchestra

    Xanadu

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Louise

    Lead Me On

    • (CD Single).
    • Lil Lou Records.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    This Is The Place

    • This Is The Place.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Bee Gees

    More Than A Woman

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Grown Up

    • The Trouble With Boys.
    • SonyCMGUK.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Calvin Harris & Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Ingrid Michaelson

    Young And In Love

    • Stranger Songs.
    • Cabin 24 Records.

  • Tom Walker

    No Roots (500 Words 14 Jun 2019)

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Billy Joel

    All About Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Shine

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin.

  • Jane Wiedlin

    Rush Hour

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison:
Last week you asked me about my name - which - it's true - might be the most common question people ask me - the other being - are you George Harrison's daughter? But, anyway - I was telling you that Jahnavi is another name for Ganga Devi, the goddess who presides over the Ganges river in India - sacred to millions of Hindus. Like most others of my faith, I've grown up acknowledging that there is a divine being presiding over everything, whether something tangible like a mountain, or more subtle like language and music, overlooked by Goddess Saraswati.聽
It's traditional that before performing any activity, one asks for the blessing of the presiding deity. For example when I get up in the morning, I say a prayer when my feet touch the floor, asking forgiveness from Bhumi Devi, the goddess of the earth, for walking on her. I started doing it last year and it's been a helpful reminder not to take the grace of nature's gifts for granted. With the global effects of climate change manifesting more and more, the relationship between human beings and the earth seems like it's being exposed more starkly than ever. When I look around me I see a culture of exploitation that's become deeply engrained and can seem near impossible to completely disconnect from, unless I opt for a rural life.聽
Much as my conscience protests, I've used countless disposable cups and thrown away reusable things; I've turned a blind eye to so much and told myself - it's too hard to change. Recently I've been living in Manhattan and I often seek relief from the concrete chaos by walking to the East River, or the Hudson. Their presence feels sacred to me - tolerant goddesses who flow either side of an island like no other. As I stand on their banks I often think that though I've bathed in the Ganges many times, and appreciated the faith strengthening power of pilgrimage, I don't think that the sacred is something at the other end of a plane journey. I'm convinced more and more that the ecology of my heart is what needs most urgent attention, and that as I clean up there, my thoughts, words and actions will follow - maybe then I could see every ground as holy, and every tree, river and even human being (!) - as worthy of respect and gratitude.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Aug 2019 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2