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12:00am - 1:00am
The Rob Simone Talk Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 9am.] Interviews with a wide range of alternative thinkers by the Los Angeles-based investigator of anomalous phenomena. This week: author Mark Cushman identifies and describes the absolute best early sci-fi TV shows and the ones that made a lasting impact on the genre and the world. Visit robsimone.com for more information.
1:00am - 2:00am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
[Repeated from Sunday 3.30am.] Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook, Mixcloud and WhitelabelRecs Bandcamp.
2:00am - 3:00am
Constellations Of Listening
[Repeated from Saturday 8.30pm.] International feminist group Shortwave Collective search for radio reception via homemade radios, EMF, VLF, VHF scanners and other radio devices. Constellations of Listening draws on material sourced over many months and across time zones, from listening sites connecting environments, technologies and voices. For more information visit shortwavecollective.net
3:00am - 5:00am
The Dangerous Supplement
Ed Baxter presents a fascinating selection of recordings from the archives of London Musicians’ Collective - mostly live performances from the 1990s and early 2000s - the "golden era" of experimental music. [Repeats Saturday 5am.]
5:00am - 6:00am
Wavelength
[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] A programme of multiple agendas presented by William English. This week: Worm. Bob Cobbing’s Worm from the 1988 LP, Aberration. Maurice Seddon talking on the telephone to a Mr Paris about tape recorders. Dylan Thomas talking about his own poetry, plus other spoken word. First broadcast 2 June 2017.
6:00am - 7:00am
Radio Ecoshock
[Repeated from Friday 9am.] Global environmental news with Alex Smith. This week: Why the Weird Weather? Science behind the news. Blistering heat waves across the Southern Hemisphere, strange storms in the North. Alex reports new science of Atmospheric Rivers, Arctic Ice and teleconnections. From Columbia, scientist Paola Arias Gomez explains continuing drought and record heat smashing agriculture in Argentina, South Brazil, and Uruguay - another hit for world food prices. Plus, Greta Thunberg reads from her latest, "The Climate Book". Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
7:00am - 9:00am
Global Globules With Baconface
Another chance to hear the barely present cult Canadian stand-up comedian Baconface as he plays lengthy and mainly uninterrupted selections from his late brother's extensive record collection of '60s and '70s psychedelia, progressive rock, free jazz, folk, acid folk, folk rock, acid rock, electronic music, and ethnoforgeries. In association with the Chilliwack Office of Leisure. Produced by Michael Umney. [Does not repeat.]
9:00am - 10:00am
The Sampler Mixtape
[Repeated from Friday Noon.] A weekly mixtape of eclectic new music from Sound and Music. For more information and complete tracklist visit www.thesampler.org or follow us @samplernews.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [Repeats Monday 10am.]
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: Kevin Jared Hosein on his novel, Hungry Ghosts. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com. [Repeats Saturday 9am.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Tin Can Review
James Hodder present melodic new music by singer-songwriters and Americana artists. [Repeats Wednesday 3pm.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
[Repeated from Thursday 2pm.] Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield. This week: Kevin returns to his look at field recordings, and recordings by "source" singers, of versions of the songs and tunes chosen by the band Steeleye Span for their 4th and 5th albums.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: the National Pensioners Convention’s Women’s Working Party calls for an immediate ban on forced pre-payment meter transfers. Independent Age announces its new campaign calling upon the UK Government to create a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing for England to work alongside the existing ones in Wales and Northern Ireland. Age UK’s campaigner, Cath, shares her family's story to end the long wait for social care, and details her difficult experience of arranging care for her mum. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly. [Repeats Sunday 2pm.]
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Smashing Records
[Repeated from Thursday 4pm.] James Sloan presents conversations and music from the communities around Disability Advice Service Lambeth. This week: we speak to one of the most active walkers in Britain, the irrepressible Richard Simpson. Richard, who has open angle glaucoma, dives head first into his passion for living an active life and describes the measures he takes to remain safe while rambling. Whether it's tackling Lands End to John O'Groats or getting stuck kayaking in the Thames Basin, no adventure is off limits. Contact smashing.records@disabilitylambeth.org.uk. Twitter @smashingdasl.
2:30pm - 3:00pm
The Workplace
[Repeated from Tuesday 11am.] NND and guests discuss all aspects of work and workplaces. Continue the #workplacennd discussion on Twitter with @workplacennd.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
The OST Show
[Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm.] After 20 years of continuous broadcasting, the oft-imitated, never bettered Jonny Trunk is taking a break. We're running select classic episodes of The OST Show from the archives in its usual slot. That means, don't respond to any quizzes you may hear as this is a repeat...
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Isolation Vacation
Embark on a journey with the Spencer family as they go on a musical holiday to all four corners of the world. [Repeated Friday 6am.]
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Unknown Country
In our 20th year of broadcasting, another chance to hear select episodes of Martin Williams' extraordinary hand-made documentary series from 2008. [Repeats Wednesday 1pm.]
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Nunhead American Radio
A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer and co-hosted by American economist Lisa Moyle. Today: Week 17 of Lewis Schaffer's "March toward Death" where Lewis discusses his calendar with Lisa. Visit lewisschaffer.co.uk/radio for more information. [Repeats Saturday 9.30am.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
One Life Left
An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury, 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.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [Repeats Tuesday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Naked Short Club
Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world with psychedelic sounds and sometimes poetry. This week’s guests: Stephen Pope (University of Maryland); Andrew Milligan (ABM Consulting). Music from Theo Travis, Gong and Dark Zen Kollectiv. [Repeats Thursday 9am.]
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Gwaith Sŵn's Sonic Darts
Sound-art and transmission-art delivered monthly by London sound art collective Gwaith Sŵn. This month: sound works on the theme of nature, ecology, the environment and climate change, including electroacoustic soundscapes created from the sounds of waste and recycling, sonic reflections on the rebirth and transformation of winter, and a field recording and spoken word composition about the long, entangled relationship between humans, limpets and the environment. Includes work by Arash Akbari, Bill Laybourne & Helen Garbett, Andreja Andric, Marco Dibeltulu, LanD ExcapE, James Davoll, Alfredo Cerrito and Paul Freeman. Further information can be found at sonicdartsshow.medium.com. [Repeats Sunday 6am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Unusual Music Exchange
Glasgow-based Canadian composer, artist, and writer, Josh Thorpe likes to listen to unusual music, and to talk with interesting people about it. The focus is on listening and what can be said about listening. This month: Josh speaks with Powerdove's Annie Lewandowski and Thomas Bonvalet. We listen to their unusual duet, Powerdove, which combines austere melodic singing with cosmic rattles and bursts of machinic joy. We also listen to the song of two humpback whales, which is utterly weird, and the beautiful music of quasi-ancient Greece. And a tiny bit of John Cage. For more listening visit www.unusualmusicexchange.com. [Repeats Saturday 1.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
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. This month: Exclusive recordings from the duo of Mats Gustafsson and Joachim Nordwall; a preview of an upcoming album by Latvian musicians Kārlis Auziņš and Rihards Plešanovs; a piece by Jason Kahn that was initially created for the other version of this show on Latvian Radio 3.