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The Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad present ethical and religious issues, with guests and spiritual music.

Growing up in poverty in Portishead, Yola quickly discovered how tough life could be. She took refuge in her mother’s record collection and one album Yola clung to was Aretha Franklin’s Young, Gifted & Black. Despite her mother banning her from making music Yola would sneak out of the house to go to gigs. Moving to London in her early 20's she found herself homeless but Yola’s confidence to take chances now sees her on the Radio 2 playlist, booked for Glastonbury and opening for The Killers in Cardiff. Yola joins Kate and Jason to play live and tell them how her upbringing has made her aware that life is made rich by the company you keep and the risks you take.

On the 14th June at Windsor Castle, the winners of Radio 2’s 500 Words competition will be announced on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. The award winning author Katherine Rundell joins Kate and Jason to explain why adults, even though they are ‘old and wise’, should be reading children’s books. The author of five children’s books, Katherine has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Katherine argues that children’s books can re-ignite the imagination and their unabashed emotion and playfulness can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world.

Our Charity Champions are the Chick family. Jem, Dave and their children Grace (15), Evan (13) and Irys (11), aim to travel around the entire coast of the UK mainland in a 1968 Morris Minor camper van on a budget of £10 a day. The hope the 8 month journey will raise £49, 000 for a sailing charity for young people.

2 hours, 55 minutes

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Sun 9 Jun 2019 06:00
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Music Played

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Mark Ronson

    Find U Again (feat. Camila Cabello)

    • Late Night Feelings.
    • Columbia.

  • The Blind Boys of Alabama

    Every Time I Feel the Spirit

  • Gabrielle

    Rise

    • Gabrielle - Rise.
    • Go Beat.

  • Ashford & Simpson

    Solid

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Tamzene

    Last Song

  • Jamie Cullum

    Drink

    • Taller.
    • Island.

  • Paul Young

    Everytime You Go Away

    • Paul Young - From Time To Time.
    • Columbia.

  • Kylie Minogue

    New York City

    • Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection.
    • BMG.

  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

    • T. Rex - The Singles As & Bs.
    • Repertoire.

  • Howard Jones

    What Is Love?

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Black Star Dancing

    • Black Star Dancing EP.
    • Sour Mash Records.
    • 1.

  • Niall Horan

    On The Loose

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

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

  • Katy Perry

    Never Really Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Sigala vs Becky Hill

    Wish You Well

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Prefab Sprout

    Cars And Girls

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Paolo Nutini

    New Shoes

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Shawn Mendes

    If I Can't Have You

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Sheena Easton

    Modern Girl

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

  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Extraordinary Being

    • X-Men: Dark Phoenix O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Supertramp

    It's Raining Again

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Elton John & Taron Egerton

    (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again

    • Rocketman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

Yola

Yola

Growing up in poverty in Portishead, Yola quickly discovered how tough life could be. She took refuge in her mother’s record collection and one album Yola clung to was Aretha Franklin’s Young, Gifted & Black.  Despite her mother banning her from making music and eventually ending up homeless in London, Yola’s talent, drive and determination now sees her on the Radio 2 playlist, booked for Glastonbury and opening for The Killers in Cardiff.

Yola joins Kate and Jason to play live and tell them how her upbringing has made her aware that life is made rich by the company you keep and the risks you take.

Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell

On Friday 14th June, at Windsor Castle, the winners of Radio 2’s 500 Words competition will be announced on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. The award winning author Katherine Rundell joins Kate and Jason to explain why adults, even though they are ‘old and wise’, should be reading children’s books.

The author of five children’s books, Katherine has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. In a short essay that will be published on the 13th, Katherine argues that children’s books can re-ignite the imagination and their unabashed emotion and playfulness can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world.

A great reason for the R2 audience to read the 50 entries that have been shortlisted!

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Jun 2019 06:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2