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Strictly, elephants and microbreweries

Strictly Come Dancing's Aston Merrygold fills Chris in on his journey so far. Plus, elephant conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton live from Kenya.

Chris catches up with JLS's Aston Merrygold who's staying in the top 3 of the Strictly Come Dancing Leaderboard, spurring a Top Tenuous on backflips! After hearing there are two types of African elephants, we speak to Saba Douglas-Hamilton who is live in Kenya on her conservation camp, to find out why elephants are the most extraordinary animals with top parenting skills! Along with International Radio 2 calling, you tell us what you call the space underneath the stairs, is it a cwtch, a spench or a cubbyhole? We ponder king prawns, gingko trees and microbreweries! Mike Williams speaks to former Formula 1 driver John Watson about Lewis Hamilton's American Grand Prix success and Father Brian D'Arcy provides the daily Pause for Thought.

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Mon 23 Oct 2017 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

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

  • Roy Orbison & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    I Drove All Night (feat. Ward Thomas)

    • A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

  • Morrissey

    Spent The Day In Bed

    • Low In High School.
    • BMG.

  • Take That

    Pray

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Traffic

    Hole In My Shoe

    • And The Beat Goes On: The 60's Vol 2.
    • Debutante.

  • Jessie Ware

    Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Tears for Fears

    I Love You But I'm Lost

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

  • The Script

    Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

    • #3 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony.

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    I Like It

    • The Hits Of 1963 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Hollies

    Bus Stop

    • The Hits Of 1966 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
    • 2.

  • Craig David

    Heartline

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

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

  • Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    Stay (I Missed You)

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Joan Osborne

    One Of Us

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Sam Smith

    Pray

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • CD Single.

  • Kylie Minogue

    On A Night Like This

    • Light Years.
    • Parlophone.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Passionist priest Father Brian D鈥橝rcy

Today is the beginning of Faith in the World Week. The theme this year is: Who is My Neighbour?

Last Monday the hurricane Ophelia blasted Ireland north and south. The country virtually closed down but in the emergency people re-discovered the value of good neighbourliness. They say a good neighbour beside you is more precious than a brother who lives far off.

Three people sadly lost their lives here during the storm 鈥� all three died caring for vulnerable neighbours. One man was killed whilst removing a fallen tree which blocked the road to where a group of elderly people were isolated. Next day his brother, on radio, told the nation what a generous person this man was.

鈥淛ohn was a man who would do anything for anyone in need,鈥� he said, 鈥淗e was the kind of man who would open his chest and give you his heart if he thought it would help.鈥�

What a beautiful description of a good neighbour. Who is my neighbour? Anyone in need that I can help!

聽It鈥檚 worth remembering that every major religion has as its core principle: Love your neighbour as yourself. That鈥檚 how communities survive.

To love my neighbour as myself presumes that I actually do love myself. 聽

It is a shocking fact that throughout the western world the biggest cause of death for the under 30s is not drugs nor traffic accidents, but suicide. The generation with the best opportunities and apparently with most to live for, feel they don鈥檛 want to live at all. In an era when social media is pervasive, loneliness is pandemic.

I鈥檝e nothing against social media, but I believe a listening ear and a helping hand are among the most precious gifts we have to share.

We have to learn that in life nothing happens to you, it happens for you.

To paraphrase Nelson Mandela: What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It鈥檚 the difference we have made to the lives of others that matters most.

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