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A Friday Tutorial with Professor Bongo!

We go bonkers for bongos and congas, with our rip-roaring rhythmic guest James Heggarty, AKA Professor Bongo!

This morning, we catch up with Amy Flood, star of the school stage and our Kids for a Fanfare feature. She gives us a snippet of song, to celebrate her score of one BILLION!

We go bonkers for bongos and congas, with our rip-roaring rhythmic guest James Heggarty - AKA Professor Bongo!

Vassos then then picks up the the bongo beat for Top Tenuous. And today's Pause for Thought is delivered by Simon Cohen.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 14 Jun 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Irene Cara

    Fame

    • NOW Yearbook '82 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Canned Heat

    On The Road Again

    • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • T. Rex

    Jeepster

    • Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 3.

  • Tegan and Sara

    I Was A Fool

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Smokey Robinson

    Being With You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Duffy

    Mercy

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • The McCoys

    Hang On Sloopy

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

  • Chubby Checker

    Let's Twist Again

    • Cameo Parkway 1957 - 1967 (Various Artists).
    • ABKCO Records.

  • Dire Straits

    Twisting By The Pool

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Sad Angel

    • Extended Play.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Everyday Is A Winding Road

    • Top Gear Anthems (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Incredible Bongo Band

    Apache

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Ray Parker Jr.

    Ghostbusters

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Band Perry

    Done

    • Pioneer.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    China Grove

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

Pause for Thought

Simon Cohen, who runs a communications agency<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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The whole birth was really something, and I saw my wife Kate - and in fact all women - in a completely different light. I couldn鈥檛 help thinking 鈥榳hy don鈥檛 we respect women more in society?鈥�

There was one particular moment, that I will always remember, when Kate had already been in labour for about 24 hours. She was sitting in our room, her eyes closed, breathing deeply, focused and relaxed in all her feminine beauty.

And she smiled.

I have never known love like it. And it was a purely platonic love.

In Plato鈥檚 Symposium, we鈥檙e introduced to two versions of Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love. One is the Spiritual Aphrodite, whose beauty and wisdom inspires joy, and the non-physical love, which we now know as platonic love. The other is the Common Aphrodite, who inspires sexual desire.

I wonder if one of the reasons women are not respected more, is that so much emphasis these days is placed on the Common Aphrodite.

Whether it鈥檚 casual sexism on social media, the widespread use of pornography, or men-only boardrooms, we are in danger of forgetting the complexity and complete awesomeness of women.

The beauty of women, of all of us, transcends the physical. As Gandhi said,

鈥楽piritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.鈥�

If the women in your life are anything like mine, with my wife, mum, sister, friends, and now my daughter, the Spiritual Aphrodite is alive and well.

When we show women more respect, we become better people. We become more civilized, more enlightened, when we honour where we all come from.

For the ladies out there, how can you celebrate the beauty and wisdom of a sister from another mister today?

And for men, what will the words and actions we use today towards women say about us and how far we鈥檝e come? 听Let鈥檚 all move beyond the Common, the predictable, the tired, and lift up our Aphrodites as the goddesses they are.

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