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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Aunty Dorris calls in

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3912 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio; to join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

Transcript

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0:00.0

Nothing beats a vibe holiday.

0:04.0

You and your mates, all in one place.

0:07.0

Chilling or partying in spots like Ibiza, Tenorreef and Ionapa,

0:12.0

especially when you can save £300 for a group of six with MyJet 2,

0:17.0

with your pick of our best two to five star hotels.

0:24.3

Book next summer now from London Luton Airport.

0:26.6

Vibe by Jetsu Holidays.

0:29.6

After Natural Protected, subject to availability in conditions.

0:32.3

Good morning, it's three minutes after ten.

0:35.9

Thank crunchy. It's Friday, or depending on your age, Cracker Jack.

1:14.9

I bet you're all still thinking of pink elephant. I know know you probably stop now, but isn't that a funny thing? I can't remember which psychologist it was, but it's a well-known experiment. It's a very famous psychological experiment. When you're told not to think about a pink elephant, and then you have to press a button, I think, when you finally think about a pink elephant. It's very, very hard to do. Try to fill your mind with other stuff. But anyway, that's not the point that we are opening the program with today. I have a bit of a problem. I have very big, many, many problems. But this is the most urgent problem I have. I noticed today that all of the things I want to talk about involve me being most interested in the positions and perspectives of the people least likely to ring me, to talk to me.

1:17.5

And I would like to build some bridges.

1:29.6

I'd like to pour some oil upon the troubled waters and hopefully manage to tempt people onto the program with a promise of politeness and kindness and fellow feeling who might not ordinarily be minded to ring in because the first thing I want to talk about is panic buying. And I appreciate

1:34.6

that you might not be queuing up to admit that at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,

1:39.6

you were one of the people piling into Costco to buy 500 toilet rolls.

1:45.7

But I'm not here to judge.

1:47.9

I'm just here to understand better the psychology of being told not to panic by.

1:52.3

It occurred to me this morning about 24 minutes ago, if I'm honest with you.

1:56.5

It wasn't the longest run-up I've ever taken to a program opener.

2:00.6

What's the story morning glory, as we call the first hour of the program,

2:04.5

until the protests of my colleagues become unignorable.

2:07.8

The idea that if he says, if Paulus Johnson says, don't panic by,

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