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Mark Goodier sits in

Craig Reid from The Proclaimers reveals how they keep their tours fresh. Plus there’s a Half Wower with Nickleback, D:Ream and a new Michael Jackson mix by Mark Ronson.

Craig Reid from The Proclaimers reveals how they keep their tours fresh and chats about his home town of Edinburgh. Mark has a Half Wower of top tunes to kickstart your Wednesday, featuring Nickleback, D:Ream and on what would've been Michael Jackson's 60th birthday we have a new mix of his hits by Mark Ronson. Sonali Shah chats to Jessica Ennis-Hill in the Sports Locker and Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski provides the daily Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Aug 2018 06:30

Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Kylie Minogue

    A Lifetime To Repair

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Pandora's Box

    • Omd - Sugar Tax.
    • Virgin.
    • 18.
  • Enrique Iglesias

    Bailamos

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Billy Joel

    Don't Ask Me Why

    • Billy Joel - Glass Houses.
    • CBS.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Wishing I Was Lucky

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Rod Stewart

    Didn't I (feat. Bridget Cady)

    • Blood Red Roses.
    • Decca.
  • Gwen Stefani

    What You Waiting For?

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.
  • Destiny’s Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.
  • The Wombles

    The Wombling Song

    • Wombling Songs.
    • Dramatico.
    • 12.
  • Lisa Stansfield

    Never Ever

    • (CD Single).
    • Edel.
  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.
  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile

    • Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
    • Mercury.
  • Keane

    Sovereign Light Cafe

    • Strangeland.
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.
  • Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson

    The Best Things In Life Are Free

    • (CD Single).
    • DEF JAM.
  • Mark Ronson & Michael Jackson

    Diamonds Are Invincible

    • Sony.
  • Was (Not Was)

    Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana.
  • Nickelback

    Rockstar

    • (CD Single).
    • Roadrunner.
    • 5.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    People Give In

    • Resistance Is Futile.
    • Columbia.
  • D:Ream

    U R The Best Thing

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Script

    Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

    • #3 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony.
  • The Proclaimers

    Streets Of Edinburgh

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Nile Rodgers & Chic

    Till The World Falls (feat. Mura Masa, Cosha & Vic Mensa)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    Summer Rain

    • Belinda Carlisle.
    • Virgin.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Stairway To Heaven

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.
  • Amen Corner

    (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.
  • Paul Weller

    Movin' On

    • True Meanings.
    • Parlophone.
  • The Beloved

    Sweet Harmony

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Los Lobos

    La Bamba

    • Hits Of '87 & '88 Vol.12 (Various).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:

Ìý

A rabbinic student once went on a blind date.Ìý Let’s call the couple Josh and Debbie.Ìý Debbie arrived at the agreed café holding a rose, so Rabbi Josh could identify her.Ìý A rather gauche chap with poor dress sense approached her and said awkwardly, ‘Hi, are you Debbie?’Ìý Quick as a flash she replied, ‘Are you Josh?’Ìý He said, ‘Yes!’ to which she said, ‘Then I’m not Debbie!’

Ìý

This Saturday afternoon, Jews the world over will read from an ancient wisdom text called ‘Ethics of the Fathers’.Ìý This week’s segment warns against judging people superficially:

Ìý

Rebbi says: Do not look at the jug but rather at what is in it.

Ìý

Rebbi offers an important life-lesson.Ìý Like Debbie, I believe we all tend to judge people by what we see on the surface.Ìý Josh might have been the man of her dreams, but she never got further than his un-matching jacket and tie to find out.Ìý We often come across this as ‘never judge a book by its cover’, a phrase I remember hearing a lot when I was a kid.Ìý It was good advice then and it is good advice today when social media encourages us to evaluate people and their ideas with only the slightest amount of information.

Ìý

I’ve worked in rabbinic recruitment for many years and I know how damaging superficiality can be.Ìý People sometimes decide that they’d never employ a rabbi who dresses a certain way or who affiliates to a particular part of the Jewish world.Ìý But some of the most successful rabbis – the ones who have transformed lives and communities – are often quite different in style, education and background – from whom they thought they’d hire.Ìý But sadly, judging people by their clothes or hairstyle remains common.

Ìý

Of course, this happens not just in the rabbinic world but in every walk of life.Ìý It means that some of the best potential employees, lovers and friends get overlooked, and people have ended up in unsuitable positions and relationships just because their face happens to fit.

Ìý

Rebbi captures this in the continuation of his statement:

Ìý

There are new jugs full of old, and old that do not have even new within them.

Ìý

Never judge a book by its cover – you may miss out on a good story, a great relationship or your dream job.

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