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Boris Becker and Robot Wars

Boris Becker comes into the studio to talk about this year's ATP World Finals and on Great Job Wednesday we speak to Grant Cooper who builds the house robots on Robot Wars.

Boris Becker comes in to the studio to talk about this year's ATP World Finals and draw the tournament's last fixtures. For Great Job Wednesday Chris speaks to Grant Cooper who built Sir Killalot, Matilda, Shunt and Dead Metal - Robot Wars' House Robots. Warren Gatland also pops by to tell Vassos about his new book and Wales' upcoming clash with Australia. Plus Chris announces some of the bands that will be playing Carfest 2018, we hear how you all hint at Christmas presents and we Pause For Thought with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph.

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Wed 8 Nov 2017 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Camila Cabello

    Havana (feat. Young Thug)

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Tears for Fears

    I Love You But I'm Lost

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

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Keith Urban

    The Fighter (feat. Carrie Underwood)

    • Ripcord.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 001.

  • Chicory Tip

    Son Of My Father

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Holy Mountain

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

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

  • R.E.M.

    Losing My Religion

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Elkie Brooks

    Rising Cost Of Love

    • Pearls: The Very Best Of Elkie Brooks.
    • A&M.

  • Bananarama

    I Heard A Rumour

    • Bananarama - Greatest Hits Collection.
    • London.

  • Rick Astley

    Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 006.

  • Paloma Faith

    Upside Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Falco

    Rock Me Amadeus

    • 25 Years Of No.1 Hits (Various).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Robots

    • Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present: Only After Dark.
    • EMI.

  • Charlie Puth

    How Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Andrew Gold

    Lonely Boy

    • Super Hits Of The '70s - Have A Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 1.

  • The Black Keys

    Lonely Boy

  • Rita Ora

    Anywhere

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Faith Hill

    This Kiss

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

Pause for Thought: "Daring to look inside ourselves鈥攂eyond the mere physical鈥攃an be hard."

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Today is International Day of Radiology, a day which coincides with the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, and which celebrates modern medicine鈥檚 ability to see within us.聽X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasounds鈥� All medical marvels.

Many of us - indeed probably most of us - have either had one of these procedures or know someone who has. Seeing the unseen which lies within us is something which today we take for granted, but which would have been considered magic or miraculous not that long ago. Our physical selves are made known to us more and more as medicine advances.聽Yet is there still more to be seen; to be known?

I have witnessed an ultrasound of my heart pumping away, its four chambers working perfectly. Yet I still talk of my heart being broken by the tests and trials of life.聽
When our heart stops pumping we are no more. Yet the Qur鈥檃n talks of bringing to God a 鈥渟ound heart鈥濃�攁 metaphor for goodness that can鈥檛 be measured by a scan, but yet we experience goodness in ourselves and others.聽

We talk of broken hearts, sound hearts, good hearts. All things which can鈥檛 be captured by a machine, but which we know to exist.聽

Daring to look inside ourselves鈥攂eyond the mere physical鈥攃an be hard. It requires deep, and often uncomfortable introspection. For me, faith asks me to call myself to account; to question myself, my intentions, to examine why I did what I did, why I feel what I feel. And despite how painful and difficult such internal searching can be, to do it anyway, and to do it truthfully and joyfully.聽

Hundreds of years ago humans could not imagine seeing inside ourselves physically. Perhaps in hundreds of years hence we will be able to see the unseen emotions and feelings that make us more than flesh, to see the uniqueness that makes us all who we each are.
Until then, we have to rely on our own humanity, be courageous enough to search ourselves, and to scan our own hearts.聽

The Muslim poet Rumi declared, 鈥淥pen the window in the centre of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.鈥� It鈥檚 a poem. It isn鈥檛 literal. Yet somehow a part of me deep within understands what he means.

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