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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball and the team as we celebrate our anniversary with you! Zoe chats to her dad Johnny about his new 'Wonders Beyond Numbers' tour.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball on our one year anniversary! Zoe reflects on the past 365 days as you tell us about your highlights from your year, from new jobs, new loves, babies, beating cancer and joining a cricket team!

Also Ball senior Johnny is in to talk about his new 'Wonders Beyond Numbers' tour.

We've got Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport to give you the best start to your morning. Plus there's a Pick Your Own Playlist, Show and Tell and more of your stories.

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Rabbi Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 14 Jan 2020 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Happy Birthday

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Universal.

  • Deacon Blue

    City Of Love

    • City Of Love.
    • earMUSIC.

  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Niall Horan

    On The Loose

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Santana

    Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    Working My Way Back To You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Bryan Adams

    Cloud Number Nine

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Monkey Business

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Hurts

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Otis Redding

    Respect

    • The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1.
    • Atlantic.

  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Lucky Daye

    Fly

    • Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Keep Cool/RCA Records.

  • Oasis

    She's Electric

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    厂别帽辞谤颈迟补

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana Island Records.

  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Melanie C

    High Heels (feat. Sink the Pink)

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Girl Media.

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • SHAED

    Trampoline (feat. ZAYN)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.

  • Billy Idol

    White Wedding

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Kash Doll, Kim Petras, ALMA & Stefflon Don

    How It's Done

    • Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Silver Cloud.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
    • Sony Soho Square.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:

One of the oddest phrases I鈥檝e discovered recently is 鈥榦ld new year鈥�.聽 I鈥檓 used to 1st January and the Jewish new year, which falls in the autumn.聽 But the Julian calendar, still used in Eastern Orthodox Churches, is 13 days behind our calendar, making today, 14th January, the 鈥榦ld new year鈥�.聽 How this came about was the subject of my eldest son鈥檚 bar mitzvah speech.

Julius Caesar introduced his calendar just over 2000 years ago.聽 It worked fairly well, but due to a miscalculation of the length of the solar year by 11 minutes, it fell behind the actual year by a day around every 128 years. 聽This meant that mid-summer and mid-winter started to move out of alignment with the calendar.聽 By the 16th century, things had drifted so far that something had to be done.聽 In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced a corrected calendar 鈥� known as the Gregorian 鈥� that鈥檚 far more accurate.聽 It was gradually adopted across the world, with Saudi Arabia the most recent sign-up in 2016.

Which leads to a trick question.聽 What happened on 10th September 1752 in London?聽 And the answer is: nothing at all!聽 That鈥檚 because when Great Britain went Gregorian, it was necessary to remove 10 days to get things aligned, so the day after Wednesday 2nd September was Thursday 14th September, so 10th didn鈥檛 exist!

It鈥檚 alleged that people rioted that September, demanding their 11 days back.聽 Of course, no-one really lost anything when the calendar changed, but I believe that every moment of our lives offers a precious opportunity, one never to be repeated.

There鈥檚 a Jewish prayer said only at the holiest time of the year.聽 We simply ask God 鈥� zochrenu lechaim 鈥� give us life.聽 A great rabbi said that 鈥榣ife鈥� really means 鈥榯ime鈥�.聽 But I suppose that asking for more time means justifying what we鈥檙e going to do with it.聽 Only at the holiest times can we really admit that many of us 鈥� including me 鈥� waste a lot of time.

Shakespeare鈥檚 Macbeth says, 鈥楲et every man be master of his time鈥�.聽 It鈥檚 a tough job to master our time, but just being mindful of the challenge on this 鈥榦ld new year鈥� might be a good way to begin.

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Jan 2020 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2