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A World Exclusive Interview With Anni-Frid Lyngstad, plus Louis Theroux.

In a world exclusive interview, Zoe talks to Frida from ABBA about their new album. Plus Louis Theroux discusses his new book, and Jay Flynn has another Virtual Radio Quiz.

Louis Theroux talks to Zoe about his brand new book, Theroux The Keyhole: Diaries of a Grounded Documentary Maker, which is out now. The book is described as a funny, revealing and insightful take on the madness of living and working during a pandemic.
Louis is one of the world's most famous documentary presenters, known for his immersive style and controversial topics. He broke into television back in 1994, working on Michael Moore's TV Nation, before hosting his own BAFTA-winning series Weird Weekends. This was followed by When Louis met... a series in which he spent time with, amongst others, Neil and Christine Hamilton, and Chris Eubank. He's won three BAFTAs, an RTS award, and Grierson’s Trustees’ Award, and in 2019, he set up his own production company, Mindhouse.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 1/4 of ABBA, one of the world's most successful and beloved pop groups. Meeting in 1969 and forming in 1972, they shot to fame in 1974, after winning The 19th Eurovision Song Contest with their entry 'Waterloo'. Nearly 40 years later they're back with their 9th "final" album 'Voyage', and have The ABBA Voyage Concert opening in May next year, at the purpose built ABBA ARENA in London’s Olympic Park. Tickets are on sale now!

Plus Jay Flynn returns with another round of his Virtual Radio Quiz where he tests the team on their general knowledge to see who comes out on top.

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe 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 Pause For Thought from 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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Thu 11 Nov 2021 06:30
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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Lay All Your Love On Me

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 005.

  • Steps

    The Slightest Touch

    • What The Future Holds Pt. 2.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Mrs. Robinson

    • Old Friends.
    • Columbia.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Harry Nilsson

    Everybody's Talkin'

    • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Sheena Easton

    Modern Girl

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

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

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

  • Tears for Fears

    The Tipping Point

    • The Tipping Point.
    • Concord Records.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Detroit Emeralds

    Feel The Need In Me

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

  • Diana Ross

    I Still Believe

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • Rod Stewart

    I Can't Imagine

    • The Tears Of Hercules.
    • East West.

  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Overpass Graffiti

    • = Equals.
    • Asylum.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Florence + The Machine

    You've Got The Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music 74 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 5.

  • ABBA

    Just A Notion

    • Voyage.
    • Polar.

  • ABBA

    Bumblebee

    • Voyage.
    • POLYDOR.

  • ABBA

    I Let The Music Speak

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Genesis

    Abacab

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Elton John & Charlie Puth

    After All

    • The Lockdown Sessions.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Today – 11th November – is Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War in 1918.Ìý The immense loss of life and unimaginable suffering the war had brought to so many led people to describe it as the ‘war to end all wars’, the final conflict of history.Ìý Sadly, the course of the last 103 years has repeatedly dashed this hope.

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Yet the hope that this moment brought to the world is captured for me by an encounter on a trip abroad a few years ago.Ìý I was introduced to an elderly rabbi, long retired, who was born three weeks after Armistice Day in 1918.Ìý His parents simply called him Shalom: ‘peace’.Ìý Actually, in Hebrew, Shalom also means completeness.Ìý It’s the eventual goal of every Jewish prayer and the destination of our hopes for humanity.

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The trouble is that many people came to believe that humanity is locked in a constant struggle between the forces of good and evil, from which there is no escape.

Ìý

Judaism has always disagreed.Ìý The Hebrew prophet of hope, Isaiah, thinks there’s another way.Ìý In a magnificent vision, he imagines what will happen at ‘the end of days’ – I suppose the final moments of history.Ìý He said of the peoples of the world:

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They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not raise sword against nation; they will no longer learn to make war.

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The philosopher Edward Skidelsky explains just how radical this idea was.Ìý He says that the Hebrew prophets offered an alternative vision of history as the story of the struggle of good against evil, culminating in the victory of good.

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This all sounds very grand, beautiful, but unrealistic.Ìý There are so many intractable conflicts around the world and awful suffering makes the news every day of the week.Ìý We seem further from the vision of Isaiah than ever.

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I believe that ultimately, we must all accept responsibility and work to realise Isaiah’s dream in whatever way we can.Ìý It’s easy to get distracted by the big stories and forget that each of us can improve the lives of those around us, and, little by little, our community, our neighbourhood, our society and humanity.Ìý Every small act of kindness, generosity or a gentle word can transform the world – surely something worth aiming for on Armistice Day.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Nov 2021 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2