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Monday 16th February
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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. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook and Mixcloud.
1:00am - 2:30am
Bad Punk
[Repeated from Friday 10pm.] Hosted by Johny Brown and Band Of Holy Joy. For more information visit johny.co.uk, contact badpunkradio@gmail.com.
3:00am - 4:00am
Electric Dish
[Repeated from Thursday 7pm.] Sophie Darling plays a plethora of new music from all corners of the world. With discussion, food for thought, live guests and interviews. Visit Instagram @djsophiedarling.
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 with consideration of the poem’s themes of despair, lack of humanity, and fragmentation with a will for its alternative.
5:00am - 6:00am
MSCTY Radio Tokyo
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] Travel to Japan with Nick Luscombe and James Greer as they explore the sound of Tokyo. This month sees Nick on a sound journey from the outskirts of Kawasaki into the heart of Yokohama, listening to the everyday activities that are familiar across the Greater Tokyo's metrolands and suburbs. For more information visit www.mscty.space.
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7:00am - 9:00am
A Reason To Wake Up
Daniel Kitson presents: A Reason to Wake Up. A special series with Daniel Kitson during our Annual Fundraiser - it's live, it's not repeated and not archived. [Does not repeat. Next episode: tomorrow at 7am.]
Listen live9:00am - 10:00am
The News Agents
[Repeated from Saturday 3pm.] Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Songs from the Medway. Rachel Lowrie from The Ashen Keys and South Shore shares songs and thoughts from north Kent. Other bands featured include Groovy Uncle, The High Span, The Penrose Web, Singing Loins and The Dutch Embassy. Visit http://thenewsagents.blogspot.com.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from previous weeknight 8pm]. Our open access slot for one-off, special and sometimes surprise broadcasts.
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: Alex Preston on his latest novel, A Stranger in Corfu. 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: the National Pensioners Convention backs the call from Age International for the UK government to actively support the drafting of a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons. Plus, news of Resonance’s annual fundraiser including their online fundraising auction and live events with music, art and comedy being staged at venues across London. Our further musical tribute is to Sly Dunbar, aged 73, a legendary Jamaican drummer and producer who served as the rhythmic architect for modern reggae, dub and dancehall. 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: AI Swarms - self-directing fake "persons" around us. When AI swarms connect unreality grows. Dr Daniel Schroeder, lead author of the new paper "How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy". Clips from Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Breaking Points "AI Bots Plot Human Downfall On Moltbook Social Media Site". Dark thoughts interrupt. Alex rants on emergent group cognition and the last stand of consciousness. Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
An Irish Sea Crossing
Thomas Burke journeys back and forth between Britain and Ireland, using sound, music and speech to explore entanglements of empire and logistics, water and violence, movement and beauty. Eight one-hour episodes between Belfast and Liverpool to form one extended audio essay, matching the length of the trip. [Repeats Friday 6am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Isolation Vacation
Embark on a journey with the Spencer family as they go on a musical holiday to all four corners of the world. [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 DJ Ritchie Rich, multi-instrumentalist Duane aka Mr Amazing, and singer Labake Anisere, and produced by people with learning disabilities at The Gate arts centre, Gate Kicks covers art, music, dance, film, theatre and offers a hub where this truly underground art scene is exposed to a larger audience.
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. Visit Instagram @forthelostradio. [Repeats Wednesday 7am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
Adam Croucher in conversation with Ethan Bourdeau: architecture and acoustics. Ethan is an acoustician, researcher and musician. In this conversation, he discusses how he came to work in this field, his recent acoustic archaeology practice in ancient Armenian churches, the music that has influenced him, and his current work in London. For more info visit www.bourdeau.co. For inspiring collaboration in shared spaces see www.quietparks.org/team. [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. [Repeats Thursday 9am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. Rolling and Cackling. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Hiroshi Ebina, John Bowers and Elkeyes, Insectarium's track on the new Eighth Tower Records compilation, 'Electric Dead Speak – Music for Electronic Voice Phenomenon', Pheobe Riley Law's track on the forthcoming 'mɜː.məˈreɪ.ʃən #6 | Sounding Objects' compilation, and recordings by Elio Martusciello, The Conet Project, Elm Records and Lull.