Ode To The Pub

Scott is on a mission to save an 80s supergroup The Fizz – and you can help too! Journalist Stacey Dooley joins Scott for his latest SPINTERVIEW for Radio 2’s Let’s Move It season. Coach Trip legend Brendan Sheerin gives us a call from his travels in ESPAÑA! And, Anna in Salford ... Show More

Scott's got a retro present for pop megastar Katy Perry! She's back with new music and popped in for a catch-up.There's an Olympic special Spinterview with gold-medal winning long-jumper, Greg Rutherford. He steps into the celebrity spin studio for Radio 2's Let's Move It season. ... Show More

Welcome to the celebrity spin studio Katie Price and Marisha Wallace, as part of Radio 2's Let's Move It.Host of The Traitors US, Alan Cumming, pops in! Scott's a bit obsessed with the show, so expect full geekery.Plus, Natalie Cassidy has a bidet confession!Hit subscribe to get ... Show More

<p>This week's caller tells Chris about the very close relationship she had with her recently passed grandmother. Gethard cheers her up with funny stories and by doing his best Freddie Mercury impression.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>This episode is brought to you by Magoos ... Show More

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink, waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement. From his wooden shed in the garden, surrounded on all sides by the Pennine Hills and ... Show More

This week, we start with Donna Summer and finish with a Scotch Woodcock, as Milo Nesbitt goes in search of the future of music, and Roger Domeneghetti sings the praises of a little fish with a big flavour.'Futuromania: Electronic dreams, desiring machines and tomorrow's music tod ... Show More

<p>Australia's storyteller in song on the poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his songwriting (R)</p> 

This week: Mark Ronson makes a new Macarena, dissects the many roles of a modern-day music producer… Writer Amelia Gray imagines a world of competitive grieving… Scottish hip-hop artists Young Fathers – winners of the Mercury Prize for Best 2014 British Album – deejay a deep dinn ... Show More

Stained glass, friends who listen, late-in-life-love, and mother-daughter closeness 

A struggling writer seeks inspiration in the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands—and finds more than she expected in Isla, her strong, sensual B&B host. A single stormy night leads to passionate exploration, awakening something raw, tender, and utterly unforgettable.Episodes ... Show More

It's the most wonderful time...of the week! Pete and Chris are back in your ears, and Chris is eating crisps, the little filthbag.If you want to get in touch, send us a message as abroadinjapanpodcast@gmail.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wh ... Show More

This week, AE Stallings, the new Oxford professor of poetry, on the lives of poets; and Ann Kennedy Smith considers the different faces of Cornwall.'Sleeping on islands: A life in poetry', by Andrew Motion'The American poet laureate: A history of US poetry and the state', by Amy ... Show More