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Tuesday 13th October
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12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. Advice Concerning Invisibility. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by 400 Lonely Things, on the Unexplained Sounds Group label; Mats Erlandsson and Gus Loxbo on XKatedral; Alexandre Bazin, on Line; and Faust, on Bureau B, unseen in the company of recordings by Philippe Petit; John Hudak; Ray Cobley; and Lorn.
1:00am - 2:30am
The Hello Goodbye Show
[Repeated from Saturday 12pm.] Upbeat, eclectic live music show hosted by deXter Bentley. This week: a stripped down live session from two members of the long standing post-punk/cow-punk legends The Mekons. Featuring Sally Timms (voice and shruti box) and Susie Honeyman (voice, violin and piano) performing under the flexible moniker Mini-Mekons, ahead of a full band appearance at The Garage in Highbury, London, on 23rd October. Formed in Leeds in 1976 as a punk-era art collective, The Mekons remain prolific, vital and sharply relevant 50 years later. Also, solo artist Kowa Axis (aka James Barry) performs a debut live session on the show with his electric guitar and a sea of effects pedals to hand (and foot). Expect an improvised wall of noise closely informed by his early love of 'metal' music. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information.
2:30am - 3:00am
Open City Audio
[Repeated from Thursday 2pm.] Weekly programmes by Open City. Making architecture and cities more open, accessible and equitable. Today: Deconstructed. BBC Broadcasting House – Palace of the Ether. In this episode, Matthew Lloyd Roberts is joined by Elizabeth Darling to discuss 'Palace of the Ether', her new book about BBC Broadcasting House published by Lund Humphries. The Grade II* listed Broadcasting House, iconic headquarters of the BBC, was completed in 1932, with a substantial number of architects and other designers were involved in the process of its creation, including the architect G. Val Myer and the engineer Marmaduke Tudsbery, Edward Maufe, Raymond McGrath, Serge Chermayeff and Wells Coates. Its position as the first purpose-built headquarters of the national broadcaster means the building has much to tell us about interwar architecture, media history and the institution itself. This episode was supported by Lund Humphries.
3:00am - 4:00am
The Stars Below
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] Hosted by Anne Duffau (A---Z), exploring artistic practices and knowledge exchange through collaborations, soundscapes and discussions. This month: A---Z’s guest is Monica Tolia, a visual artist and performer working across performance, social practice, sculpture and sound. Their work is shaped by an animistic, neurodivergent, queer feminist worldview and diasporic inheritance, and uses sensory approaches across several art forms to explore agency, connection and self-determination under global capitalism.
4:00am - 5:00am
Synaptic Island
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] A collective of DJs and artists explores a selected theme each week through music and conversation.
5:00am - 6:00am
Balling the Jack
[Repeated from Friday 9pm.] Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues. For more information visit Balling The Jack on Facebook. E-mail ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
6:00am - 7:00am
framework
[Repeated from Sunday 11pm.] Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's regular edition features Tomasz Pizio, Agnes Haus, Nicola di Croce, Crys Cole and Sergei Tumanov; sounds from The Aporee Maps by Anna Nacher (Greece), Oddfeel (Chad) and Diana Kisakye (Ghana); and a framework introduction recorded in Estonia by Lauri Kulpsoo. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information.
7:00am - 9:00am
Day For Night
A selection of recent highlights, archival surprises, programmes that deserve a repeat and those that slipped through the net, taking you through from the wee hours to breakfast. With occasional forays into the Resonance Extra programme of new music and sound art - and further afield.
9:00am - 10:00am
Listen. Let's Talk
[Repeated from Friday 11am.] A weekly show hosted by urbanist Donald Hyslop. Today, Donald's guests are Kat Pegler and Helen Kearney, the creative minds behind the sustainability-focused art studio and consultancy Kerbside Collective. We discuss their practice and collaborative backgrounds spanning sound art and creative urbanism. Their work uses sensory exploration, community memory and the arts to examine climate change and probe our relationships with shifting urban environments. Also, we hear about their latest commission as Better Bankside’s inaugural Alchemists in Residence. Working from a repurposed railway arch on the Low Line, they discuss how they are transforming local voices, everyday soundscapes and hidden histories into their living public artwork. In the spirit of inclusive participation, the tables are turned as our host answers questions about his long-standing connection to the area.
10:00am - 11:00am
Literature Live
[Repeated from Monday 8pm]. London author Tony White presents readings and chat with some of the best novelists and short story writers around, in a monthly programme focusing on live literature with authors reading from and discussing their fiction live on the air. Visit pieceofpaperpress.com for more information.
11:00am - 11:30am
The Workplace
NND and guests discuss all aspects of work and workplaces. This week: in the second episode of the Black History Month UK 2026 series, NND is joined again by history consultant Kwaku, who talks about his hybrid event, Black Music Beyond Reggae, which will be held in Harlesden Library and online via Zoom on Saturday 31 October 2026 at 6pm as part of the Brent Reggae Album Covers exhibition. We take a deep dive into Black musics – from calypso and soca to big people music – and explore how these genres were championed through the work of the UK’s first Black-owned recording studio and record label owner, Clinton "Sonny" Roberts. We look at the role he played in the origins of Island Records and its founder, Chris Blackwell's work with the Black community before Bob Marley's The Wailers became a household name, the fabulous people skills of co-founder and manager of Starlight Records, Cleveland 'Popsy' Deer, and the community work and organising by Leonard Johnson and others, which built the Harlesden People's Community Centre. To attend the event, please book your place here. Download select episodes from the podcast and continue the discussion using #workplacennd. [Repeats Friday 1.30pm.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Literary London
[Repeated from Saturday 6.30pm.] Nick Hennegan explores the popular cultural life and literary history of London.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana (in temporary and voluntary exile in Marseille). This week: with Brazil in the news, Gianluca rebroadcasts his visit to a recording studio in Rio de Janeiro to meet the production team, PRBLM Brothers. First broadcast 20 February 2020.
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Kitchen Magic Time
Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen. [Repeats Saturday 10.30pm.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Around The World With The Lallas
Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas. [Repeats Sunday 5pm.]
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Dis-labled
Barnet's inclusive arts centre Community Focus presents weekly recordings from its Dis-labled programme. This week: Dis-labled's very own Jonathan takes centre stage in an honest conversation in our Living With series. Jonathan shares how living with colitis, autism and ADHD shapes his daily life, relationships and mental health, while speaking openly about the challenges of less visible conditions. He also talks about the things he enjoys - gaming, YouTube, woodwork and music - and, in a later update, his recovery from a serious road accident and the support he’s received from the Dis-labled team. All enquiries: podcast@communityfocus.co.uk. For more information visit www.communityfocus.co.uk. [Repeats Friday 1pm.]
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hit It and Split
DJ Deb Smith shares a lexicon of global sounds from the past to the future - new releases, forgotten greats and little heard gems. Visit Hit It and Split on Facebook for the playlist and Mixcloud link to the show. [Repeats Saturday 6am.]
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Restart Radio
A different kind of gadget show, discussing the work and philosophy of the Restart Project, a London-based social enterprise that encourages people to use their electronics longer, to prevent waste, save money, and make people happier. This month, we hear how Fixing Factories are breathing life back into local high streets and building connections in our communities. If you can help support Fixing Factories visit fixingfactory.org/partnerships. Please fill in our Radio Restart Listener Survey! For more information visit therestartproject.org. [Repeats Thursday 3pm.]
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Records Comic, Curious and Cracked
An eco-neutral trawl through unusual records acquired by various means, including even purchase, during an otherwise mostly virtuous lifetime by Jack Thorington. [Repeats Friday 2pm.]
5:00pm - 6:00pm
JazznewbloodTAPES
A monthly exploration by Patricia Pascal of the revolution in UK jazz. For more info visit Jazznewblood.org/jazznewbloodtapes. [Repeats Sunday 10am.]
6:00pm - 7:30pm
LOUD WOMEN
Presented by Cassie Fox, LOUD WOMEN brings brand new music by women and non-binary musicians from around the world, with interviews and live sessions. This week: Cassie Fox and Anastasiia are joined by London-based cellist and singer-songwriter midori jaeger for an intimate live session and chat. Plus, brand new music from The Meffs, BEX, Amelia & The Housewives, Death Valley Girls, Other Mother and more. For more info visit loudwomen.org. [Repeats Saturday 3.30am.]
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7:30pm - 8:00pm
Rockfort
David McKenna presents the best in underground and out-of-left-field French music. This week's show features 10Lec6, Koma, Transe Ar Gwez, Prince Waly, Agoro and PLF. [Repeats Friday 6.30pm.]
Listen live8:00pm - 9:00pm
Late Works
The radio counterpart to live intermedia event series Late Works, hosted by founder Joseph Bradley Hill. Each week a new guest joins Joe in the studio to discuss and perform their work. [Repeats Wednesday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Absent Fathers
Absent Fathers is an ongoing work-in-progress radio experiment in which artist Leon Clowes tackles paternal loss in nuanced ways. Today: in this concluding edition, artist Leon Clowes presents an audio version of Sarah MK Archdeacon’s experimental theatre piece, Washing Machine Vortex. With Sarah performing alongside Hana Lane, the piece considers time, ageing, memory and family through the prism of the complex relationship she has with her father Harry. Visit www.leonclowes.com for more information. [Repeats Sunday 7am.]
10:00pm - 11:30pm
Artrocker Radio
Paul from the influential Artrocker magazine previews all the latest releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page. [Repeats Thursday 1am.]
11:30pm - 12:00am
From the Archives
Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives. [Repeats Thursday 2.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Is Black Music
The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. For more information visit www.artterry.co.uk. [Repeats Saturday 11pm.]