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Monday 9th November
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12:00am - 1:00am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
[Repeated from Sunday 3.30am.] Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. This week: Cousin Silas collaborations featuring tracks with Telson, Theothersideofwho?, Tim Jones, Kevin Lyons, Translūcēre, T.R.I.v.M., Walter Fini and Wilfried Hanrath – a collection spanning releases from 2022 to 2025. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook and Mixcloud.
1:00am - 2:30am
Bad Punk
[Repeated from Friday 10pm.] Sixty minutes in the eye of a radiophonic vortex, hosted by Johny Brown and Band Of Holy Joy. For more information visit johny.co.uk, contact badpunkradio@gmail.com.
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2:30am - 3:00am
3:00am - 4:00am
Rogue Planets
[Repeated from Thursday 7pm.] Presented by Frank Malachi, Rogue Planets explores ideas, culture and conversations through interviews and field recordings. Visit Instagram @rogueplanets_fm104.4.
4:00am - 5:00am
Waste Land Receiver
[Repeated from Saturday 5.30pm.] An hour of alternative, folk and indie music plus discussion hosted by Robert Quinn. Borrowing its title from T. S. Eliot’s 1922 poem, Waste Land Receiver sends a message to and from the void through music, considering the poem’s themes of despair, lack of humanity and fragmentation with a will for its alternative.
5:00am - 6:00am
Such Music
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] Hosted by Rihards Endriksons, journalist and artistic director of Latvia's Skaņu Mežs festival, Such Music is devoted to new works of free improvised music, either previously unheard or created specifically for the show. The show is produced in collaboration with Burning Ambulance, an online journal of arts and culture. This month: an exclusive early preview of a Tokyo session by the all-star quartet of Masahiko Sato, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Klaus Kugel and Frank Paul Schubert. You'll also hear music by Alexander Frangenheim with Stefan Keune, Michel Doneda with Philippe Lauzier and, last but not least, Tom Challenger with Evan Parker.
6:00am - 7:00am
Código 21
[Repeated from Friday 7pm.] Código 21 is a public radio station from Mexico City exploring independent and emerging music, culture and ideas. From the heart of the city, it amplifies new voices, sounds and perspectives, connecting Mexico City’s cultural scene with the wider world. This series is part of an exchange between Resonance FM and Código 21. Today: Un Mundo Nos Escucha. Bruno Bartra, better known as Sultán Balkanero, explores musical traditions from around the world, speaking with the artists behind them while introducing listeners to sounds from different cultures. In this episode, he chats with acclaimed Jamaican MC Skarra Mucci and Colombian band Sonoras Mil, while also revisiting Portuguese singer Carminho's performance in Mexico City. Visit https://codigo21.cdmx.gob.mx. Instagram @codigo21_radio.
7:00am - 8:00am
Novelty Actress
[Repeated from Thursday 4.30pm.] Part audio-diary, part sound collage, part archival practice; through the guise of auditioning, writer and artist Dora Maludi investigates what it means to become in a society obsessed with reinvention. This month: Observations from an addled TikTok addict has resulted in a new way to look at said addiction, with a belief that social media democratises cinema and gives everyone the ability to curate, direct and tell stories. Everything is Cinema is a sound collage capturing the internal and external world, using audio from Dora’s sound archive to paint an image of one’s daily life. Visit Instagram @doramaludi for more information.
8:00am - 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
The News Agents
[Repeated from Saturday 3pm.] Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Ziad Rahbani and Lebanese jazz in advance of the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Arabic music open mic on Wednesday 18th December. Tracks from the Sea-Ders, Fairouz, Rabih Abou-Khalil and the Brighton-based band Minor Dents from their release, Sitting with the Fish. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Friday 8pm.] Aa is for Aardvark. Bailey went down to the shore again, to the lonely sea and the sky. There was no wrecks and nobody drownded. Audio art devised by Denzil Everett.
11:00am - 11:30am
Little Atoms
A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: Nick Harkaway on his latest novel, The Taper Man. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com. [Repeats Saturday 9am.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Micro Clear Spot
Shorter specials and one-off programmes. [Repeats Saturday 2.30pm.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
[Repeated from Thursday 1pm.] Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week, reactions to the Chancellor's recent Autumn Budget: National pensioners’ charity, Age UK, highlight that not enough for older people was proposed, especially for those who are on lower incomes; The Centre for Ageing Better expresses a mixture of welcome relief for low-income pensioners alongside disappointment regarding a lack of support for older workers and accessible housing; Independent Age’s campaigner, Josh, reacts that there were some tangible positive changes and some disappointment too; and Britain’s largest older people’s movement, the National Pensioners Convention, observes that it only needs one bill to increase and an older person’s budget goes out the window and they are in crisis. Our further musical tribute is to Lena Martell who was aged 86 and a Scottish singer and Broadway performer with a long career in theatre, television and musicals. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly. [Repeats Sunday 2pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Radio Ecoshock
[Repeated from Friday 9am.] Global environmental news with Alex Smith. This week: Climate Catastrophe – Cities and Countries That Never Recover. Storms, floods, fires and drought are more frequent and vicious as Earth heats up. Some cities and countries never recover from the "climate debt doom-loop". Researcher Aayushi Mishra makes it real. Plus, Oxford’s Chloe Brimicombe’s warnings for expectant mothers and babies in extreme heat – and this El Nino winter in the UK (as food and possible fuel panic sets in). Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Flamencohead
Javier Surroca hosts a show on the Art of Flamenco: fusion, pop, experimental, rock, ethnic and all the variations in the Flamenco universe. This month: music from Peret, Rosario la Tremendita, Cristian de Moret, and Tia Juana la del Pipa, among others. For more episodes visit Flamencohead on Mixcloud. [Repeats Friday 6am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
What Iiif? Nowhere & Everywhere
What Iiif? Nowhere & Everywhere emits the sounds concocted during an ongoing six-year-running, 40-minute Zoom-based improvisation every Wednesday at 2pm Amsterdam time. It thrives in the latency of space, time and subjectivity, negotiating and celebrating forms of distance between an act and its reception. Hosted and made by Catharine Cary and Chris Parfitt. Visit Instagram @what_iiif_ and Youtube. [Repeats Friday 4am.]
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Nunhead American Radio
A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south-east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer. For more information visit @NunheadRadio on X and Nunhead American Radio on Facebook. [Repeats Saturday 9.30am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Gate Kicks
[Repeated from Wednesday 1.30pm.] Introduced by Labake Sabbath, Mr Amazing and 2Decks, Gate Kicks is produced by Javier Chandia and people with learning disabilities at The Gate Arts Centre. The programme covers art, music, dance, film and theatre, offering a hub where this truly underground art scene can be shared with a wider audience. For further information visit: thegateartscentre.blogspot.com and magikcircles.co.uk.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
One Life Left
An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran and Simon Byron, the show features the latest news, reviews and gossip from the world of gaming, usually with a studio guest. You don't need to be a gaming expert to appreciate the show - One Life Left offers something for everyone, whether you are a hardcore League of Legends player or someone who's occasionally loaded up Candy Crush. Visit onelifeleft.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 10am.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
For the Lost
A weekly exploration of the curious, dark and surreal. Through a curated blend of radio plays, poetry, experimental soundscapes, live performances and discussions, Dee Sada journeys into the intriguing corners of culture and the imagination. This week: punk rock pro wrestler Scotty Rawk joins us for punk rock, face paint, studded leather, queer and loud! With 12 years in the ring, Scotty is a force of nature – featured on the cover of Attitude Magazine, broadcast on Triller TV, Scotty brings punk rock attitude and serious wrestling credentials to the ring. Beyond the ropes, he's a TEDx speaker, BBC-featured talent and Mental Health First Aid Trainer. We talk about wrestling, punk rock, identity, music and everything in between. Visit Instagram @forthelostradio. [Repeats Wednesday 7am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Literature Live
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. Today, Tony's guests are crime and thriller writers Simon Lewis and Anna Sharpe aka Anna Mazzola. Visit pieceofpaperpress.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Naked Short Club
Dr Stu and expert guests dance around hedge funds, markets, the economy and the wider world, with heady music, poetry and the delicious products of sponsors Madoff Ponzi Bier. [Repeats Thursday 9am.]
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Art Monthly Talk Show
An audio supplement to Art Monthly magazine, broadcast on the second Monday of each month. Today: Lina Džuverović, Reader in Contemporary Curating and Course Leader of the MA Curating and Collections course at Chelsea College of Art, London, discusses her review of IMMA Dublin’s exhibition, "Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe 1989–2026", and Greg Thomas, a critic and editor based in Glasgow, discusses his "Letter from Essex: A Vexed Legacy", on Essex culture and art in a time of Reform councillors. Hosted by Matt Hale. [Repeats Saturday 12.30am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Devil's Dancers
An episodic history of synthesised sounds with Nina Kehagia. Email hello@ninakeh.com. Instagram @ninakeh. [Repeats Saturday 1.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. The Sharp Authority of Beauty. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Tobia Poltronieri, Vitor Joaquim, Connor Camburn, and Yann Novak, together with expressions of closely defined pulchritude by David Lee Myers, Freetousesounds, Lustmord, and Ensemble Hudba Dneska, performing a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen.