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1:00am - 2:30am
Artrocker Radio
[Repeated from Tuesday 10pm.] 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.
2:30am - 3:00am
From the Archives
[Repeated from Tuesday 11.30pm.] Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives.
3:00am - 4:00am
Make Your Own Damn Music
[Repeated from Sunday 10pm.] An audio postcard from the artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s studio by the seaside in Ramsgate. This week's art task is to engage in "culture jamming” - crash one form of art into another form of art. We are imitative beings, we learn from each other. Bob sings a song about shoplifting. Visit @bobandrobertasmith on Instagram for more information.
4:00am - 5:00am
Sonoro
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] A series showcasing Mexican contemporary sound and radio artists, curated by Ana Martínez de Buen. This week: Crickets, Atoms, Voice, Ghosts, Lichen by Martha Riva Palacio Obón. "Sound is a fluid body filling us with our own shape. We are resonance chambers, part of a complex web of affections. In the song of a cricket all the nights of my childhood at my grandmother's house are cyphered, as are the echoes of every organism that has and will inhabit the Earth. This piece is an exercise in re-writing, in recomposition, where I establish new connections, conversations, between some of my sonic essays: from the voice of my maternal grandmother, to my body as a lichen, passing through my interpretation of the No. 8 watercolour in the Athoms series of Hilma af Klint.”
5:00am - 6:00am
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Progressive sounds and music using unusual time signatures, song structures and dynamics, breaking out of Western music's obsession with 4/4.
6:00am - 7:00am
Farside Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 12pm.] Music from the catalogues of Far Side Music, the world's primary source for East Asian sounds, presented by Paul Fisher. Visit farsidemusic.com 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
The Naked Short Club
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world.
10:00am - 11:00am
The Clint Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm.] A series hosted by former synth-pop attempter Clint, commuting weekly from Reno, Nevada. Visit jamesoldham.net for press, questions and complaints.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
[Repeated from Saturday 1.30pm.] Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The London Ear
Moonlighting ghostwriter Ben Thompson shakes up a snowdome of real and imaginary sessions with guests from the far-flung frontiers of musical and literary endeavour. On today's show we're delighted to welcome Radio 4's Peter Curran, whose front line testimony from the world of professional broadcasting will be punctuated by solos that went slightly wrong. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on X and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [Repeats Wednesday 3pm.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield. [Repeats Monday 12pm.]
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Open City Audio
Weekly programmes by Open City. Making architecture and cities more open, accessible and equitable. Today: InterCities. In this episode, host Owen Hatherley is joined by Ukranian architect and urban historian Ievgeniia Gubkina. Gubkina was born in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and fled to London after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, where she now lives in exile. She discusses her upcoming publication “Kharkiv Architectural Guide” and we use it as a lens through which to explore the city’s changing architectural iterations. From a university hub to the capital of Soviet Ukraine, the avant-garde scene in the 1920s to the Stalinist-era "reconstruction" of Kharkiv's modernist buildings, we get a deep insight into the city’s past and a sober reminder of its present. [Repeats Tuesday 2.30am.]
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2:30pm - 3:00pm
Everyone Is Invited
Goldsmiths' MFA Alessandro Paiano presents a weekly arts talk show with live guest interviews. This week: Alessandro’s guest is Victor Chakravarty. [Repeats Wednesday 2.30am.]
Listen live3:00pm - 3:30pm
From the Archives
[Repeated from Tuesday 4pm.] Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives.
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Electric Dish
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. [Repeats Sunday 8am.]
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Novelty Actress
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: Dora comes back to school with the rest of the adolescents of the nation to explore the changing moods, thoughts and feelings of a teenage self through a sound collage, dipping in and around the present day to the 1970s. Visit Instagram @doramaludi for more information. [Repeats Monday 7am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull The Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: A week is missed. An incident involving eyeball jelly. Vitreous humour proves less than humorous. Heavy lifting is temporarily discouraged. A period of enforced caution follows; heavy objects are left where they are. An Oyster card develops an attitude. Nothing much happens. The week is declared complete. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeats Saturday 11am.]
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram. [Repeats Sunday 4pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Rogue Planets
Presented by Frank Malachi, Rogue Planets explores ideas, culture and conversations through interviews and field recordings. This week: Part two of Frank’s coverage from HowTheLightGetsIn festival, London 2026, organised by the Institute of Art and Ideas. Featuring extended conversations and interviews with Roger Penrose, Priya Natarajan, Neil Turok, Louis Theroux, Jimmy Wales, Nicola Sturgeon, John Gray, festival founder Hilary Lawson and more, alongside festival goers, live music, field recordings and reflections from across the weekend. Visit Instagram @rogueplanets_fm104.4. [Repeats Monday 3am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
The Phonojournalist - What is Sonic Journalism? An Interview with Peter Cusack by Karl Richard. A one off, hour long interview with Peter Cusack, looking at his life's work within the context of "Sonic Journalism", a term that Peter coined during his own early work with field recording practices specifically looking at and documenting environmental catastrophes. Visit theorangehut.com for more information. [Repeats Friday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Adventures in Sound and Music
New music with The Wire magazine. This week, James Gormley plays new and forthcoming music by Don Cherry, Brandon Seabrook, Agnes Haus, Slaylor Moon, Manas and more. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information. [Repeats Sunday 1am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. This week: Grime classics by Hindzy D and Youngstar, Discarda, Iron Soul, J Sweet, Masro, Alias, Jone Cash, Kozzie, Spooky, Task, Dijon Coleman. Kicking off the show with Victorious, a track from the Conductor EP, a new release by legendary Grime producer Dexplicit. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs. [Repeats Sunday 12am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 5am.]