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Unexpected Guests!

Zoe chats to two listeners, Libby and Jule who are our first ever 'Unexpected Stars of the Show'!

Zoe Ball chats to two listeners, Libby and Jule who are our first ever 'Unexpected Stars of the Show'!
Libby Gliksman gave a shout out to her amazing parents who won Britain's Best Independent Cookshop award, and she serenaded us with a cover of one of Adele's hits.
Jule discussed her incredible challenge to do 100 open water swims wearing a different hat each time all to raise money for charity!

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning.

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Alan Sorensen, and your texts, calls, voice notes and emails, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Jan 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.
  • The Divine Comedy

    The Best Mistakes

    • The Best Of.
    • Divine Comedy Records.
  • Toto

    Africa

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.
  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.
  • Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware

    Kiss Of Life

    • DISCO: Guest List Edition.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Santana

    The Game Of Love (feat. Michelle Branch)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.
  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.
  • Steve Winwood

    Valerie

    • Pure Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Yola

    Dancing Away In Tears

    • Stand For Myself.
    • Easy Eye Sound.
    • 2.
  • The Shapeshifters

    Lola's Theme

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • The Beatles

    Can't Buy Me Love

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 005.
  • Tears for Fears

    Break The Man

    • The Tipping Point.
    • Concord.
  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Say My Name

    • R&B Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

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

    abc (nicer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Justin Timberlake

    Rock Your Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.
  • Junior

    Mama Used To Say

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.
  • Judy Clay & William Bell

    Private Number

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.
  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

  • Ella Henderson

    Brave

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Dua Lipa

    Levitating

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.
  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.
  • ABBA

    S.O.S.

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 010.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Oasis

    Cigarettes & Alcohol

  • Taylor Swift

    Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version)

    • Red (Taylor's Version).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

There is an item of food that I think is one of the most useful in the world.听听No, I鈥檓 not going to talk about the wonders of porridge, which is indeed wondrous!, or, why some fruit or other is packed full of vitamins, or minerals or 鈥 magic.听听No, no, the most useful 鈥 and indeed the most spiritual spiritual - food in the world is.....a meringue!听听听A meringue?听听(At this point everyone in Glasgow has just shouted at the radio, 鈥淣o, yer not wrang, yer right!鈥澨齛hh the traditional Glasgow pantomime jest!)听听But it is an amazing food!听听I鈥檒l tell you why I love a meringue.听听

I was at a meeting with lots of ministers and priests from all sorts of different churches who were about to discuss some pretty heavy theology - the kind that we usually disagree on. Now I don't know if it was yet another example of Glasgow humour, but the host served everyone a meringue - and the reason it's so spiritual is because you just cannot eat a meringue with dignity!听听The crumbs fall over your good suit 鈥 which was really tough on my Catholic colleagues because they wear black.听听The cream ends up on your chin, you drop bits on the floor and have to apologise, one guy鈥檚 meringue effectively exploded when he bit into it and he even ended up with some in his hair!听听So, after we had all made ourselves look thoroughly stupid, we could then discuss our differences with a bit of humility.

I have kept this at the back of my mind over the years, because there are loads of times that I end up disagreeing with folk, especially about beliefs.听听And that鈥檚 when I tell myself not to stand on my dignity 鈥 which is a pretty slippery place to stand 鈥 and to just eat some spiritual food: we all know about humble pie, but I鈥檝e got the Glasgow version.听听鈥淎m ah wrang?鈥澨淣o your right, Alan!鈥澨齋orry...

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  • Tue 18 Jan 2022 06:30