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Zoe Ball chats to Adam Hills about his debut children's book Rockstar Detectives, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Zoe Ball chats to Adam Hills about his debut children's book Rockstar Detectives, which follows Charley a 12-year-old viral singing sensation and her best friend George - camera whizz and budding comedian - who become prime suspects in a investigation into a missing painting.

Plus it's The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson 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 from Remona Aly and listeners texts, calls, voice notes and emails, as Zoe entertains the nation!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Jan 2022 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Ella Henderson

    Brave

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Donald Fagen

    I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

    • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • The Weeknd

    Sacrifice

    • Dawn FM.
    • XO/Republic Records.

  • Janet Jackson

    When I Think Of You

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
    • 7.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • Kym Sims

    Too Blind To See It

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Carolina Gait谩n, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & [Disney]

    We Don't Talk About Bruno

    • Encanto O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

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

  • Cher

    Strong Enough

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • The Shires

    I See Stars

    • CD Single.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Culture Club

    Church Of The Poison Mind

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

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • The Divine Comedy

    The Best Mistakes

    • The Best Of.
    • Divine Comedy Records.

  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.

  • Elton John & Stevie Wonder

    Finish Line

    • The Lockdown Sessions.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Level 42

    Running In The Family

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

  • Meat Loaf

    Bat Out Of Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Lil Nas X

    THATS WHAT I WANT

    • MONTERO.
    • Columbia.

  • James Brown

    Get Up Offa That Thing

    • 20 All Time Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 6.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

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

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Elbow

    What Am I Without You

    • Flying Dream 1.
    • Polydor.

  • Barbra Streisand

    Stoney End

    • Barbra Streisand Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I don鈥檛 know how many times I鈥檝e read or seen different versions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from poring over it as a student, to watching Baz Luhrmann鈥檚 visual bonanza on repeat. But even though I know exactly how the story unfolds in the famous tragedy, I still can鈥檛 help wanting to jump into the page or onto the screen to rescue the star-crossed lovers from their fate.听I tend to do the same with my own life. I rewind to certain crossroads in time, and relive every feeling, disappointment, and hurt. Holding them within me like a book holds onto all the contents of its chapters, but then wanting to rewrite some of the words.听Like the time, many years ago, when I gave my heart away piece by piece to a guy who didn鈥檛 return it all. Yet I wish I could have saved myself before the pain set in.

听

I also search for the precise moment when a seemingly solid friendship first began to tear at the seams, and I wonder if things could have turned out differently had I paid more attention.听Accepting that your best friend became a stranger, that your first love married someone else, or that the choice you made steered you away from a different story of you 鈥撎齀 think that accepting the things that happened, as well as the things that did not, is all a process and it鈥檚 the only chance of finding peace. And peace, I reckon, isn鈥檛 passive, but something you struggle for, and keep working at.听

听

As I try to reconcile and realign my own crossed stars, I take to heart the words of the American Muslim writer, A. Helwa, when she says, 鈥淵our trials and triumphs, your journey of falling and rising 鈥� they are all connected鈥verything that God has written into your path was meant to prepare you for this exact moment. God wants you to come as you are, not as you think you should be.鈥澨鼳ccepting myself as I have been, and as I am, sounds like the right course for me. So I won鈥檛 try to save myself from a past that has actually shaped my present. And Romeo and Juliet can do without my help and carry on being one of the most legendary couples in the world.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Jan 2022 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2