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Adam Lambert

Queen singer Adam Lambert wakes up and embraces the day with Zoe. It's The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your queries and quandaries.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Queen singer Adam Lambert stops by the studio with news of his latest album and talks about the brand new Queen UK and Europe 2020 tour announced today.

It’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your queries, quandaries and puzzling questions. This week Jack Elf and Alex Elf find out will there be a day when there is no more unique music? Is there the same amount of water on the planet as there has always been and where did the term “see a penny pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck” come from?

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Jules Lang on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, and a daily Pause For Thought from Sarah Joseph as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 25 Sep 201906:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

    • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Craig David

    Do You Miss Me Much

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • George Benson

    Lady Love Me (One More Time)

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 4.

  • Keane

    Love Too Much

    • Cause & Effect.
    • Island.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Yodel Song

    • CD Single.
    • XL Recordings.

  • ZZ Top

    Sharp Dressed Man

    • Hairy Bikers Roadtrip (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Travis

    Flowers In The Window

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Greatest Mistake

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The White Stripes

    Seven Nation Army

    • (CD Single).
    • Xls.

  • Rick Astley

    Every One Of Us

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey

    Don't Call Me Angel

    • Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Bananarama

    Robert De Niro's Waiting

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Beatles

    Eleanor Rigby

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 016.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Adam Lambert

    Superpower

  • Liam Gallagher

    One Of Us

    • Why Me? Why Not.
    • Warner Music.

  • Beyoncé

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    • I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
    • Music World Music.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Somebody To Love

    • A Day At The Races.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Etta James

    At Last

    • Mca/Chess.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Lighthouse Family

    Live Again

    • Blue Sky In Your Head.
    • Polydor.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

So last week, I broke down in tears whilst delivering my Pause for Thought.

As a Brit, brought up by a Stoic, I tend to favour a “stiff-upper-lip” approach to life, so I’ll confess to feeling rather embarrassed by this momentary lapse of composure. As someone who’ll tell you “I’m good” or “I’m fine” – when asked “How are you?”; crying on live radio left me somewhat mortified.

My embarrassment however was tempered by so many warm messages. Perfect strangers reached out to check up on me, and to tell me their stories of how past Pauses had helped them in a dark place in their life.

I felt so humbled and so healed by these acts of human kindness. I was able to admit to them, and to myself, that perhaps I am not as fine as I could be, or even as fine as I should be.

Being a person of faith does not make me immune to dark thoughts. However, my faith does call on me to focus on The Light, reminding me to be ever hopeful; and to look at what God considers successful. To look at my life through Heaven’s eyes.

The allures of this world are not part of God’s view of success according to the Qur’an. Success is not measured in how much money we have, how fancy our homes, or how many degrees, or accolades we collect. Not that any of these things matter to me, if I am honest!

Nor is success to be found in our children or spouses – things which really do matter to me.

Rather the Qur’an describes those who have striven hard in the cause of goodness, those who are patient in adversity, and those who remember God – these are successful people.

The Qur’an is also very clear about not losing hope. To despair of God’s Love and Mercy is tantamount to rejecting God.

Faith doesn’t give me all the answers. Faith can’t cure my daughter after seven long years of illness-through every relapse and remission. Faith won’t get my work done, or rid my body of sometimes disabling exhaustion, but keeping faith with God means never giving up, and being content with every test which gets sent our way. And as such, I am truly happy to remain faithful to faith.

And also very grateful for people’s kindness along the way!

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Sep 201906:30
    BBC Radio 2