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Ricky Ross launches Radio 2's Country pop-up service

Chris speaks to Ricky Ross about the return of Radio 2's Country pop-up service and the C2C festival. Plus we talk about picturesque pub walks with writer Daniel Neilson.

Chris is joined by Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross who tells us about the return of Radio 2's pop-up service and Country 2 Country, the UK's biggest country music festival. Today's Not-So-Mystery-Guest is writer and walking enthusiast Daniel Nielson who tells us about the pubs situated in the most picturesque settings. We hear from wives across the nation who have nominated their other halves as the best husbands ever! Vassos is joined in the sports locker by former American footballer and pundit Osi Umenyiora. Today's Pause For Thought comes from writer Abdul-Rehman Malik.

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Thu 26 Jan 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Dua Lipa

    Be The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • 808 State

    Pacific State

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Elle King

    Ex's And Oh's

    • Love Stuff.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Do You Believe In Love

    • It's Only Rock 'n' Roll... (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Naughty Boy

    Should've Been Me (feat. Kyla & Popcaan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Wet Wet Wet

    Goodnight Girl

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Blossoms

    Blown Rose

    • Blossoms.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 007.

  • Kathy Kirby

    Let Me Go Lover

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Lifeline

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

  • Betsy

    Lost & Found

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Ward Thomas

    Boomerang

    • Cartwheels.
    • Sony Music.
    • 009.

  • Zac Brown Band

    Jump Right In

    • (CD Single).
    • Southern Ground.
    • 1.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    It's A Beautiful Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Alanis Morissette

    Ironic

    • Alanis Morissette -Jagged Little Pill.
    • Maverick.

  • Blur

    To The End

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Bow Wow Wow

    Go Wild In The Country

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Just Your Fool

    • Blue & Lonesome.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

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

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

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

  • Bellowhead

    Roll Alabama

    • Revival.
    • Island.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Wild Forever

    • (CD Single).
    • EBGB's.

  • Pink Floyd

    Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

    • Pink Floyd.
    • Harvest.

Pause For Thought

From writer Abdul-Rehman Malik:

In our house 鈥� to quote Paul Simon 鈥� these are the days of miracle and wonder. 鈥淭his is epic!鈥� I hear my son exclaim this several times a day. It鈥檚 his response to every new, fantastic fact he learns.听 A sperm whale can hold its breath for 90 minutes鈥� epic! The longest bridge in the world is 102 miles long鈥� epic!

听

I try to join in his sense of excitement, but inside I sigh. Why can鈥檛 I be as animated and thrilled as my son?

听

Perhaps it鈥檚 because I鈥檝e come to expect that on any given day my phone and feeds will buzz and ping about some revolutionary gadget or groundbreaking scientific discovery or new medical treatment that鈥檒l save the lives of thousands.

听

But, maybe, there鈥檚 another reason. Perhaps it鈥檚 because I know that none of these amazing discoveries can hide how broken and dark the world sometimes feels.

听

If we can imagine new ways of living better, why can鈥檛 we seem to find better ways of living together.

听

But sometimes catastrophe too spurs our aspiration to do incredible things. Fifty years ago this week in 1967, the astronauts of Apollo 1 perished during a training mission. Theirs was to have been the first manned lunar landing. Without the lessons learned from the accident, most experts agree that humanity might never have made it to the moon.

听

One who did was astronaut Jim Lovell who said 鈥淲e learned a lot about the Moon,鈥� 鈥渂ut what we really learned was about the Earth...how fortunate we are to have this body and to be able to enjoy loving here amongst the beauty of the Earth itself.鈥�

听

鈥淲e have come into this exquisite world,鈥� said the mystic Hafiz (and who certainly never went to the moon), 鈥渢o experience ever and ever more deeply our divinely given courage, freedom and light!鈥�

听

Things might be bad and the news might get me down, but I can鈥檛 deny the exquisite gifts I鈥檝e been given. I reckon we could all try responding to bad news by affirming the good 鈥� and to do whatever we can to bring hope and love into this beautiful world.听 To quote my son, it鈥檚 the gift of life that truly epic.听

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