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Joe Wicks and The QI Elves

Joe Wicks is BACK with a brand new cookbook called 'Feel Good Food', plus it’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of YOUR questions!

Joe Wicks is back with yet another fab cookbook. 'Feel Good Food' includes 100 quick and tasty recipes that will put a spring in your step and have you feeling your best. With easy weeknight dinners and home-cooking hacks, energy-packed snacks and delicious food to feed a crowd, these nutritious meals are designed for energy and balance, and take the stress out of healthy home cooking.

It's Wednesday so there's another Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including YOUR questions.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Paul Scott on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning.

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Harvey Belovski, plus texts, emails and voice notes, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Mar 2022 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Charli xcx

    Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama)

    • Crash.
    • Atlantic.

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Steps

    Scared Of The Dark

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Music.
    • 1.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Train

    AM Gold

    • AM Gold.
    • Columbia.

  • Spice Girls

    Stop

    • Spice Girls - Spiceworld.
    • Virgin.

  • ABBA

    Super Trouper

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 006.

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Everything's Electric

  • Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • OneRepublic

    West Coast

    • (CD Single).
    • Mosley / Interscope.

  • Mary Wells

    My Guy

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Starship

    We Built This City

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

  • Jax Jones

    Where Did You Go? (feat. MNEK)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Room 5

    Make Luv (feat. Oliver Cheatham)

    • New Woman 2003 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Clean Bandit

    Everything But You (feat. A7S)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Craig David

    7 Days

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Daft Punk

    Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • The Who

    Who Are You

    • CSI: O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Hip-O-Records.
    • 9.

  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: Greatest Hits.
    • Tamla Motown.

  • Westlife

    Alone Together

    • Wild Dreams.
    • Warner Music.

  • Paul Simon

    Late in the Evening

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Purim, the most joyful and raucous festival of the Jewish year starts tonight.ÌýÌýIt marks the time when the Jewish community lived within the ancient Persian empire.ÌýÌýA Jew-hater called Haman came to power and conspired with the king to annihilate the Jews.ÌýÌýBut God had other plans.ÌýÌýThe queen was a closet Jew called Esther and she was able to outmanoeuvre Haman together with Mordechai, the leader of the Jewish community in Shushan, the capital of the empire. Purim – the anniversary of the victory – fits the old Jewish joke rather well: they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat.

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But on Purim, we take this idea seriously.ÌýÌýWe read the story of Esther from a scroll, dress up in silly costumes, give each other gifts of food, donate money to the poor and end the day with a boisterous feast at which we sing, dance and drink lots of wine.ÌýÌýI’m pleased I’m broadcasting this before Purim, rather than after... Despite all the silliness, Purim carries an important idea, and it lies in its odd name, which is ancient Persian for lots.ÌýHaman, the villain of the piece, selected the day on which to annihilate the Jews by lots.ÌýÌýAnd throughout the story, Haman hints at his belief that his success or failure – and that of the Jews – are mere random chance.

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I believe that this is one of the most difficult ideas to contemplate.ÌýÌýWhen things are good, it might not be so hard to accept that life is meaningful.ÌýÌýBut at times of suffering and conflict such as now, and even in our ordinary lives it’s not so straightforward.ÌýÌýAll of us suffer heartbreak and loss – perhaps a bereavement, a failed job or a broken relationship – and it’s hard to imagine that they fit into a divine plan, certainly not one we like. Purim encourages us to look behind the scenes and see God’s hand, to ask, in the words of Mordechai when he hears about Haman’s plot ‘what is happening’ and, more important still, ‘whyÌýit is happening’.ÌýÌýThe message of Purim is that life is meaningful, not just a sequence of random events.ÌýÌýIt’s a day of friendship, connection and celebration, and one that also encourages us to begin to join the dots that make sense of our lives.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Mar 2022 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2