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Dua Lipa and Jake Tyler

Dua Lipa, the world's biggest popstar, talks to Zoe about her latest album. Jake Tyler, the mental health campaigner and writer, tells Zoe about his new book.

Dua Lipa, the world's biggest popstar, talks to Zoe about her Grammy Award winning album Future Nostalgia. Dua Lipa's success is incredible, Future Nostalgia was nominated for 6 Grammy's and won the award for Pop Vocal Album. It's officially the best selling album in the UK in 2021, despite the fact is was released in March 2010. Her hit single, New Rules, from her Mercury nominated debut album has surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify, making it the 3rd most streamed solo track by a female artist in the platform's history. Dua is also the youngest ever female solo artist to hit 1 billion views on YouTube.

Jake Tyler, the author and mental health campaigner, tells Zoe about his new book - A Walk From the Wild Edge. It's a book about mental illness; a tale of adventure, endurance and self-discovery; and also a wonderful story about the kindness of strangers, the strength of humanity, and the beauty of Britain. Just before he turned 30 Jake鈥檚 mental health hit rock bottom and he came frighteningly close to taking his own life. He found the only way he could begin to understand himself and improve his state of mind was through exercising outdoors. This began as walking his mum鈥檚 dog, but quickly progressed into something bigger, and with only a rough idea of a route, a cheap tent, and a willingness to chat to anyone he met along the way, Jake set off on a 3000 walk (and then run) around the UK.

Along with Adam Porter on news, Jules Lang 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 a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Apr 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Maroon 5

    Beautiful Mistakes (feat. Meghan Thee Stallion)

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    A Little More Love

    • Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Texas

    Black Eyed Boy

    • Hits Zone - The Best Of 97 (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Becky Hill

    Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Girls Aloud

    Love Machine

    • Now 59 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Billy Ocean

    Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak

    Leave The Door Open

    • AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC.
    • Atlantic.

  • Britney Spears

    Oops!... I Did It Again

    • Now That's What I Call No.1's (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Lola Lennox

    Wherever You Go

    • (CD Single).
    • La Lennoxa Touring Inc/Humble Angel Records.

  • The Beach Boys

    California Girls

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Rick Astley

    Never Gonna Give You Up

    • Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
    • RCA.

  • Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta

    BED

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel

    Defying Gravity

    • Wicked: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Decca Broadway.
    • 11.

  • Riton & Nightcrawlers

    Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit) (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

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

  • Ashe & FINNEAS

    Till Forever Falls Apart

    • (CD Single).
    • Mom + Pop.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

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

  • Lou Rawls

    You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • 60 More Classic Dance Hits Of The '70s CD1.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 17.

  • Asher Monroe

    Midnight Masquerade

    • (CD Single).
    • D Empire Entertainment.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

If the pandemic has been good for anything, it鈥檚 been good for our local park. During the first lockdown, kids made a line of hand-painted rocks that snaked for miles. Fairy houses with tiny doors, windows and picket fences appeared at the base of tree trunks, and a community library was set up. Thanks to the ingenuity of locals, the park has never been so alive!

Last week I discovered the epitome of these creative efforts. Following a dirt path into a cluster of trees, I found a hidden playground. Inside, a ladder made of sticks led up to a lookout, while a loop of rope around a pole made a zip wire between branches. Further in I found swings made from old wooden cable drums, a homemade cargo net to climb, and even a suspension bridge between trees. Such a magical world from just a few nails and string! Someone had turned a difficult lockdown into an adventure.

Adventure. Now there鈥檚 something I鈥檝e missed. Whether flying to a new city or trekking a faraway path, I鈥檝e missed that chasing of the sun towards a new horizon. Swiss psychiatrist Paul Tournier said adventure lies in our souls, and is the impulse behind all our inventions, whether of jazz, vaccines, pop art or space stations. He believed this adventurous impulse comes from us being made in God鈥檚 image. Just as God ventured to create new worlds and forges new paths in history, within us too is a drive to pursue new things.

According to Tournier, an adventure has four qualities. It should be personal, expressing our individuality. It should be innovative, bringing something fresh into the world. It should involve risk, which makes the adventure real, and it should be motivated by love, because an adventure is most joyful when it doesn鈥檛 just benefit us but others. I bet the imaginative minds behind it get a kick from others finding that hidden playground.

Whether trekking faraway paths or rekindling a marriage that鈥檚 grown distant, adventures of all kinds keep our heart beating. As tulips bloom after our long winter, as the sun shines and lockdown lifts, here鈥檚 to climbing trees and dreaming together. Here鈥檚 to setting off on new adventures.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2