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Dermot O'Leary sits in

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot and the team. Dermot chats to Bob Geldof about the new Boomtown Rats single and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two Documentary Citizens of Boomtown.

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot O'Leary. Dermot chats to Bob Geldof about the new Boomtown Rats single and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two Documentary Citizens of Boomtown.

We get quizzed by Jay, who hosts his own live Virtual Pub Quiz every Thursday night.

And Nicky from Dorset is our Long Distance DJ.

With the usual team of Tina Daheley and Richie Anderson, Dermot 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 a daily Pause For Thought from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line as Dermot entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 21 May 2020 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã©

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • The Killers

    Caution

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World

    • Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down.
    • Fontana.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Michael Bublé

    It's A Beautiful Day

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

  • Live Lounge Allstars

    Times Like These

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic/Parlophone/Warner/Columbia/Island/Polydor/Virgin.

  • Keane

    This Is The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Bad Moon Rising

    • Green River.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Living In A Ghost Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • David Gray

    Babylon

    • (CD Single).
    • Iht Records.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Jonas Brothers

    X (feat. KAROL G)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Snow Patrol

    Spitting Games

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Take That

    Everything Changes

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Sam Smith & Demi Lovato

    I'm Ready

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Jason Mraz

    Look For The Good

    • Look For The Good.
    • BMG Rights Management (US).

  • The Boomtown Rats

    Here's A Postcard

  • The Feeling

    Fill My Little World

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

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

  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Stormzy

    Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)

    • Gang Sings & Prayer.
    • Merky Records.

  • RDB

    Aja Mahi

    • telstar TV.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:Ìý
At the moment, all of us are counting – the days, weeks, months that have passed since normal life was suspended and until it might resume.Ìý I find it amazing that time never seems to proceed at a regular pace – it either drags interminably or passes in a flash.Ìý I believe which of the two we experience is decided by how we use our time.Ìý Some of us will look back at this extraordinary period unable to explain how we managed to fill our time.Ìý For others it will hard to imagine that we could have achieved so much.Ìý I hope I’ll be in the second category.Ìý
Jewish practice provides a helpful way to think about the passing of time.Ìý From the great festival of liberation – Passover, now six weeks ago, we count 49 days to Pentecost, in a week’s time, when we will re-enact the revelation when the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai and received the 10 Commandments and the Torah from God.Ìý This process is known as counting the Omer.Ìý Each evening, we mention how many days and weeks have elapsed since the count started.Ìý So last night, Jews all over the world announced: ‘today is 42 days, making six weeks of the Omer’.ÌýÌý
And tonight, we will announce: ‘today is 43 days, making six weeks and one day of the Omer’.Ìý You get the idea! The concept is simple – we travel from liberation to revelation with growing excitement, so we count the days.Ìý The trouble is, most of us would count the number of days left – how many sleeps until the big day, as it were.Ìý But Jews count the number of days since liberation instead.Ìý I think this teaches a profound idea – sometimes when we can’t wait for a birthday, a wedding or a pay-rise, we wish away the days, hardly noticing them at all in our excitement.Ìý But every day is a profound gift, which we need to use – not merely fill – to its best.Ìý So despite our excitement, we count the days that have passed. There are encouraging signs that very slowly normality is starting to return.Ìý I hope that we will soon be able to share our time in person, but meanwhile, I’ve trying to experience every day – and week – as precious.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 May 2020 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2