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Amol Rajan sits in, with Emma Willis

Amol Rajan sits in for Zoe and chats to presenter Emma Willis about the new series of Delivering Babies on W.

Wake up and embrace the day with Amol Rajan! Amol chats to Emma Willis about the return of her series Delivering Babies which sees her work as a maternity care assistant in the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Amol and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, Australian bowler Glenn McGrath previews day 5 of the first test of the Ashes and a Pause For Thought from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski as Amol entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 5 Aug 2019 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Westlife

    Dynamite

    • Spectrum.
    • EMI.

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • P!nk

    Can We Pretend (feat. Cash Cash)

    • Hurts 2B Human.
    • RCA Records.

  • Shakira

    Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • Sam Smith

    How Do You Sleep?

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

    I Don't Care

    • No.6 Collaborations Project.
    • Atlantic.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

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

  • Louise

    Lead Me On

    • (CD Single).
    • Lil Lou Records.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    This Is The Place

    • This Is The Place.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Travis

    Flowers In The Window

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.

  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    ³§±ðñ´Ç°ù¾±³Ù²¹

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana Island Records.

  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

    • What A Time To Be Alive.
    • Relentless Records.

  • Dr. Alban

    It's My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Twinnie

    Social Babies

    • Hollywood Gypsy.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Busted

    What I Go To School For

  • Will Young

    What Is Love (Radio 2 Session, 21st June 2019)

  • Jess Glynne

    All I Am

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

  • Natalie Cole

    This Will Be

    • Women In Love (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Billy Paul

    Your Song

    • Elton John Songbook.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 1.

  • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã©

    Spirit

    • The Lion King O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • The Lotus Eaters

    First Picture Of You

    • New Frontiers (Various Artists).
    • Temple Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:
It’s summer, the kids are off school, and I’m enjoying the warm weather. But even though I’m looking forward to a family holiday in the Alps next week, I’m also doing my best to be miserable. That’s because this week is the saddest in the Jewish calendar. Over the course of Jewish history, many disasters happened at this time of year, most notably the destruction of both Temples in ancient Jerusalem on the 9th of Av, which will fall on Sunday. Jews all over the world will fast, pray and reflect on the most difficult moments of Jewish experience. It’s actually pretty hard to be sad on demand, although my wife will say that I do a great job of being miserable without prompting! 
This got me thinking about being sad, which, as it is not a permanent state, is healthy and normal. Yet we live in a world that is frightened of sadness. We tend to protect ourselves from sadness with all kinds of diversions – music, entertainment, alcohol, even drugs. We like doing things that are pleasant and feeling happy. Vast industries exist to stop us from feeling sad. It’s natural to feel sad, and it’s also natural not to want to feel sad. But if we don’t allow ourselves to experience sadness, at least sometimes, we lose an important part of ourselves. When life isn’t going the way we want, if someone we love is ill or a relationship fails, it’s healthy to be sad and pretending we’re not, may store emotional trouble for the future. 
I believe that the fear of sadness has become so pervasive that many of us can’t tolerate people who are sad – we say ‘cheer up’ to the bereaved; ‘don’t cry’ to those whose love lives have failed. One emotion is often experienced in contrast to its opposite. The American novelist Jonathan Safran Foer pointed out that ‘you cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.’ I think he’s right. When we forget how to be sad, we may also forget how to be happy. So, I may find it challenging to be sad this Sunday and think about events centuries ago. But it will be worth it, for as the poet Shelley said 200 years ago, ‘our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts’.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Aug 2019 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2