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Little Mix and The Why Workshop

Little Mix tell Zoe about their new single Think About Us. Plus it’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Little Mix tell us about their new single Think About Us. Jade and Leigh-Anne tell us if they've started their training for tackling Mount Kilimanjaro for Red Nose Day and what we can expect from their BRIT Award performance.

It’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions. Today Anna and Anne explain why Christophers are sometime known as Kit and why some bands have carpets and rugs on stage. You tell us what turns your frown upside down and into a smile, from pets to grandchildren.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she 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 weather with Carol Kirkwood, a daily Pause For Thought from Rae Duke and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 6 Feb 2019 06:30
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Music Played

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Four Seasons

    Who Loves You

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Anne-Marie

    2002

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Kelly Rowland

    Daylight (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.

  • Santana

    Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Lizzo

    Juice

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Original Dodger & Romina Johnson

    Movin' Too Fast

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Zara Larsson

    Ruin My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Black Butter.

  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • 10cc

    Good Morning Judge

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.

  • Bryan Adams

    Shine A Light

    • Shine A Light.
    • Polydor.

  • David Guetta

    Titanium (feat. Sia)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • James Morrison

    My Love Goes On (feat. Joss Stone)

    • You're Stronger Than You Know.
    • Stanley Park Records.

  • Eddie Rabbitt

    I Love A Rainy Night

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Niall Horan

    On The Loose

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ariana Grande

    7 Rings

    • Thank U, Next.
    • Republic Records.

  • Will Young

    Your Game

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/19.

  • Little Mix

    Think About Us

    • LM5.
    • Syco Music.

  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Mark Ronson

    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Shanks & Bigfoot

    Sweet Like Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Chocolate Boy.

  • Silk City & Dua Lipa

    Electricity

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Smiths

    Panic

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 16.

  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Candlelight

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Natalie Cole

    Pink Cadillac

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rae Duke, Religion and Ethics teacher and broadcaster.

10-months ago I had a baby girl. For several generations now, there’s been loads written about the parenting ‘journey’, so I felt suitably well armoured to navigate the realms of feeding patterns, sleep routines and those developmental milestones. But what hit me soon after my daughter’s birth was the new sense of connectedness I felt to others - often strangers. For the first time in my life I was feeling truly vulnerable.Ìý Now that word – vulnerable – is riddled with negative connotations, but hear me out as to why I believe there’s positivity to be found in our vulnerability.

Last summer, armed with a brand-new baby, I arrived at a Tube station with an overloaded buggy and suddenly realised that there wasn’t a lift and my heart sank at the thought of having to do battle with several flights of stairs. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to manage without enlisting the help of some kind stranger. For the first time in my life it wasn’t possible for me to get from A to B independently. And that felt uncomfortable.

On that day, and on every other day since, I’m pleased to report that an unknown passer-by has helped me get that buggy up those stairs; the chink in my armour leads time and time again to an exposé of the better, kinder side of humanity.

Londoners aren’t known for being a friendly bunch on public transport but I’ll let you in on a secret. There’s a place where this individualist fog is lifted and the unwritten rules on avoiding eye contact are broken. A place where those with buggies, wheelchairs or just unwieldy luggage congregate: the lifts. Chat flows freely, laughter echoes and help is willingly offered and accepted amongst this bonded bunch. What do they have in common? A level of vulnerability.

Yes, being impressive fleetingly boosts the ego but the very essence of human connection is vulnerability and our connectedness is life’s essence.

An American pastor named Craig Groeschel put this perfectly: ‘We may impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.’

So each week when I pop in to Pause for Thought and push the button for the 6th floor studios of Wogan House, I’ll also be checking out the lift love available here at Radio 2. Don’t let me down!Ìý

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  • Wed 6 Feb 2019 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2