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Maximum Music Monday and Kate Humble

Zoe Ball chats to Kate Humble about her new book and she's got her Disco Ball and a bag full of tunes for her Maximum Music Monday.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Zoe keeps the tunes rolling on Maximum Music Monday and plays three disco classics from her personal collection in the Disco Ball at 8.30!

Plus Zoe chats to Kate Humble about her latest book which is all about her the joys of a life less complicated. Kate is a farmer, writer, conservationist, entrepreneur and one of the UK’s best-known TV presenters. She started her television career as a researcher, later presenting programmes such as Animal Park, Springwatch & Autumnwatch, Lambing Live, Living with Nomads, A Country Life for Half the Price and Back to the Land. Kate Humble is a writer & broadcaster specialising in science, wildlife & rural affairs.

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 headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought with Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 14 Sep 2020 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Ava Max

    Who's Laughing Now

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

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

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Clean Bandit & Mabel

    Tick Tock

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Killers

    Caution (Radio 2 Live at Â鶹ԼÅÄ 2020)

  • The Bangles

    Manic Monday

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

  • The Beach Boys

    Darlin'

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 2).
    • EMI.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Gregory Porter

    Concorde

    • All Rise.
    • Decca Records Jazz France.

  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • David Guetta & Sia

    Let's Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Oasis

    Whatever

    • Smash Hits '95 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • McFly

    Happiness

    • Young Dumb Thrills.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.

  • Kelly Marie

    Feels Like I'm In Love

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now! Music.

  • Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    • Michael Jackson - Off The Wall.
    • Epic.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Midnight Sky

    • Plastic Hearts.
    • RCA.

  • Dire Straits

    Walk Of Life

    • Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
    • Vertigo.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Erasure

    Nerves Of Steel

    • The Neon.
    • Mute.

  • Dua Lipa

    Physical

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:Ìý
This weekend, Jews across the world will celebrate Rosh HaShanah – the Jewish New Year.Ìý But it’s not much of party, more a time to think about the meaning of life and what we hope to accomplish in the year ahead. At Rosh HaShanah, people attend the synagogue who hardly come during the year.Ìý It’s a festival with a complex character – at once joyful and solemn, with beautiful melodies that are both introspective and hopeful for a wonderful year. This reminds me of one Rosh HaShanah when rabbi was standing at the door of his synagogue greeting people as they were leaving.ÌýÌý
He grabbed an occasional visitor, Max, by the hand and said to him, ‘Max, I think you need to join the army of the Lord’.Ìý Max replied, ‘but I’m already in God’s army’.Ìý The rabbi persisted, ‘So why do I only see you in the synagogue on Rosh HaShanah?’Ìý Max whispered, ‘Because I’m in the secret service!’ The tension between celebration and contemplation, which seem to draw people back to the synagogue year after year, is hard-wired into Rosh HaShanah.Ìý We look back over the past year while looking forward to the new.Ìý While thinking of what we hope to accomplish in the year ahead, we may acknowledge all the things we failed to do last time around.Ìý And there’s a sense, which is captured in our prayers, that each of us, even the world, hangs in the balance, as we, and God Himself, takes stock of how we are doing.Ìý
An ancient Jewish teaching puts it like this, ‘on Rosh HaShanah, all those who walk the earth pass before God like lambs.’ I suspect that this year, as the pandemic continues, many of us have felt that tension – worry that we may become unwell, hope that things will start to improve, frustration, despair, optimism, all at once.Ìý And of course, so many have suffered real loss, whether an actual bereavement or serious illness, from which they may still be recovering.Ìý In my community, everyone knows someone who has died or was very sick from COVID-19. Rosh HaShanah encourages us to embrace those complex feelings and in a blast of the shofar, a special ram’s horn blow on the festival, to send them heavenward with our hopes for a better year.Ìý Here’s a preview!

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  • Mon 14 Sep 2020 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2