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Dr Hannah Fry and the Radio App

Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 20 Jul 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Lennon

    Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    When The Night Comes

    • Alone In The Universe.
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Sembello

    Maniac

    • Flashdance O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • VIRGIN.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Ward Thomas

    Carry You Home

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • EMF

    Unbelievable

  • Elle King

    Ex's And Oh's

    • Love Stuff.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Cathy's Clown

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Jodie Abacus

    She's In Love With The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Household.
    • 001.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Reward

    • The Teardrop Explodes - Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Sigma

    Cry (feat. Take That)

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 001.

  • Snow Patrol

    Take Back The City

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • ABC

    The Flames Of Desire

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • New Musik

    Living By Numbers

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • The Style Council

    Long Hot Summer

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.
    • 4.

  • Erasure

    Sometimes

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • The Monkees

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 1.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    The Story

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

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beach Boys

    Fun Fun Fun

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

  • Ramones

    Rockaway Beach

    • Rhino.

  • Elton John

    A Good Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 006.

  • The Beatles

    The Ballad Of John and Yoko

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 023.

  • Justin Bieber

    Love Yourself

    • Purpose.
    • Def Jam.
    • 5.

  • Eurythmics

    Here Comes The Rain Again

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski, rabbi of Golders Green Synagogue and CEO of University Jewish Chaplaincy:

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Alexander of Macedonia 鈥� king and general 鈥� was born around 2350 years ago today.听 By the time he died at just 32, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world 鈥� hence the name by which he鈥檚 better know -听 Alexander the Great.

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Today, Alexander seems like a remote figure, but his influence is still felt.听 He probably had more influence over the development of Jewish life than any non-Jew in history.听 In 332 BCE he marched through the Holy Land with no opposition and visited Jerusalem, where according to Jewish legend, he met rabbis and officials.听 He granted privileges and rights to the Jews that were rare at the time.听 As a tribute to Alexander, something quite remarkable happened.听 For a year, every boy born to a Jewish family was named Alexander!听 Can you imagine being those kids鈥� class teacher?听 鈥楬ey, Alex, what are you doing?鈥� and the entire class looks round.

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The prominence of Alexander in Jewish culture is shown by an amazing mosaic that was discovered just last year in Israel.听 It shows Alexander surrounded by animals and soldiers meeting a Jewish priest.听 Alexander and Jewish leaders could speak as equals and it鈥檚 all the more unusual in that it was found of all places in the ruins of a 5th-century synagogue.

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Which leads us to a great Jewish legend about Alexander the Great.听 A king once invited Alexander to listen to him judging an unusual dispute.听 One party said, 鈥業 bought a piece of land and I found a valuable treasure; I only bought the land, so I want to return the treasure to the seller鈥�.听 The buyer said, 鈥業 sold the field with everything in it, and so the treasure isn鈥檛 mine and he should keep it鈥�.听听 The king solved their dispute when he discovered that one had a son and the other a daughter.听 He recommended they marry each other so the treasure could belong to them both.听 Apparently, Alexander laughed out loud when he heard the king鈥檚 ruling.听 The king asked him, 鈥榠s my decision wrong?鈥櫶� Alexander replied, 鈥榃here I come from, we would have killed them both and taken the treasure鈥�!

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A fun story from a complex man who had a rather casual attitude to the lives of others, but also gave equal rights to those he conquered.听 Happy birthday, Alexander.

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