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Romesh Ranganathan

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball and the team. Romesh Ranganathan calls in with details on his new series of 'Ranganation'. Plus it's the Why Workshop with the QI Elves.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Comedian and all round wonderful chap Romesh Ranganation hops on the blower to chat to Zoe about his new series of 'Ranganation'.

For Homeschooling, Zoe asks the nation to record themselves reading the poem 鈥楩or The Fallen鈥� by Laurence Binyon, so she can play it out on VE Day.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders. The Elves answer the question

and get to the bottom of

With the usual team of Tina Daheley and Richie Anderson, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Laura Marks, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 May 2020 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Blossoms

    If You Think This Is Real Life

    • Foolish Loving Spaces.
    • EMI.

  • Prince

    When Doves Cry

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • James Taylor

    Your Smiling Face

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • The Weeknd

    In Your Eyes

    • After Hours.
    • XO.

  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Youth And Love (feat. MIKA)

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Pencil Full Of Lead

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Sam Smith & Demi Lovato

    I'm Ready

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    I Dare You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Living In A Ghost Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Club MTV (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music On Demand.

  • Eurythmics

    Right By Your Side

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • The O鈥橨ays

    Love Train

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • Live Lounge Allstars

    Times Like These

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic/Parlophone/Warner/Columbia/Island/Polydor/Virgin.

  • No Doubt

    Don't Speak

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Lady Gaga

    Stupid Love

    • Chromatica.
    • Polydor.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

  • Five

    Keep On Movin'

    • Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

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

  • James Blunt

    The Greatest

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Oasis

    Whatever

    • Smash Hits '95 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Laura Marks, a campaigner for social action and interfaith relationships.听
I鈥檓 not a superhero. I鈥檓 not a 100 year old veteran raising 拢30m, I鈥檓 not a front line doctor and I haven鈥檛 cooked dozens of fresh hot meals and delivered them to careworkers 鈥� luckily for them. In fact, like so many people I know, I鈥檓 just getting by in a very weird and imperfect situation which feels a bit like Groundhog day.听
Every morning I wake up - late - and struggle into my shower. Whilst my ritual hair drying is immutable, pretty much everything else is up for grabs - as standards in my overpopulated house decline weekly I can鈥檛 remember which day of the week we are up to 鈥� whose turn it is to tackle the washing mountain or how many potatoes are left in the fridge before I need to go foraging for more and meanwhile the lockdown days roll by.听听
When we reach Friday at least, I log thankfully into the shabbat service in exhausted and dazed gratitude for a change in the pace. I am doing a little to show appreciation for the real heroes with Hand clapping tomorrow and today, to my kids embarrassment,听 I鈥檒l wheel my old fashioned flowery trolley up and down our street, collecting a few groceries听 from our generous neighbours which I鈥檒l drag to the foodbank at the local church. Last week, the local coordinator, Emma, came to the church door.听听
She scooped up my donations in her plastic gloved hands and thanked me profusely.听 It was just a few groceries, but her thanks, so warm and big-hearted, made me feel good, like I had given the world. Dating back centuries, the Jewish bible teaches us Love your Neighbour as yourself, the golden rule which is at the heart of people of all faiths and of no faith. Emma reminded me that these small acts of kindness, which in Judaism we call Mitzvahs, are about more than our neighbours, they are about ourselves too.听听
With a few tins of pear quarters, a jar of coffee and admittedly a rarely seen and even more rarely donated bleach spray I gave a little back.听 Whilst Emma made me feel just for one moment like a mini, tiny, hands-on, coronavirus hero, women like her, deserve to feel it day in and day out 鈥� Groundhog day or not.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 May 2020 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2