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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans with lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a Pause for Thought.

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Mon 6 Jul 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Leona Lewis

    Fire Under My Feet

    • I Am.
    • Island.

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Dance To The Music

    • 100% Dance - Dancing Through The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Queen

    Bicycle Race

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 4.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Written In Scars

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.
    • 001.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Iron Lion Zion

    • (CD Single).
    • Tuff Gong.

  • Andreya Triana

    You Do Something To Me (Radio 2 Session, 3 Jul 2015)

  • Bruno Mars

    Just The Way You Are

    • Now That's What I Call Music 77 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Michael Holliday

    The Story Of My Life

    • Unforgettable Lovesongs (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Brandon Flowers

    I Can Change

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 9.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Art of Noise

    Kiss (feat. Tom Jones)

    • Tom Jones - Greatest Hits.
    • Universal.
    • 15.

  • Jamiroquai

    Little L

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Billy Idol

    Hot In The City

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 2.

  • Eagle鈥怑ye Cherry

    Save Tonight

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artists.
    • Elektra.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Andy Grammer

    Honey I'm Good

    • Magazines Or Novels.
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 001.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

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

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Little Richard

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • Blur

    Ong Ong

    • The Magic Whip.
    • Parlophone.
    • 011.

  • New Kids on the Block

    Hangin' Tough

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Lily Allen

    Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • James Bay

    Let It Go

    • Chaos And The Calm.
    • Republic Records.
    • 3.

  • David Essex

    Gonna Make You A Star

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Summer sports are having a field day: World Cup Women鈥檚 football and tennis at Wimbledon have been thrilling the crowds. This week the Ashes begin. If I鈥檓 honest, I鈥檇 much rather being doing sport than watching it. I swim and cycle regularly and now, of course, I鈥檓 out running every other day in preparation for the Windsor Half Marathon. That said, running isn鈥檛 something I enjoy particularly so the only way is to throw myself into it and be utterly committed to staying the course. I鈥檝e been listening to Nelson Mandela鈥檚 autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, as I jog my 鈥榮hort runs to fitness鈥� around Richmond Park and along the river. At the very least his words stop me from whinging as my knees crack and my hips creak! Instead of despairing at the slow progress I鈥檓 making, I stagger defiantly onwards. I may get exhausted but emotionally I鈥檓 uplifted by the combination of his experience and my exercise. I find the same is true when I鈥檓 doing work I love: It may be mentally challenging but it鈥檚 emotionally energising. All this leads me to recognise truth in the words of English poet, David Whyte, when he wrote, 鈥楾he antidote to exhaustion is not rest, but wholeheartedness.鈥� Many of us settle for tired lives because we have no empowering sense of purpose. We go through the motions of existence instead of living fully the emotions of engagement with new ways of seeing and being. At its best faith is about recognising the potential in the here and now to be what we can鈥檛 yet picture and for us to live lives that at present we think impossible. Time and again I meet people who, against the odds, make something magnificent out of the messy hand they鈥檝e been dealt. Like Nelson Mandela they know, as he once said, 鈥淭here is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.鈥�

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