Extra! The Today Podcast Live! Bonus episode ft. James May
Radical with Amol Rajan
BBC
4.5 • 919 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
It’s the second part of The Today Podcast Live!
Recorded in the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London in front of a live audience, Amol and Nick answer more listener questions and they’re joined by former Today programme guest editor James May.
James shares his moment of the week and talks about his love of cycling and what’s next as the Amazon series The Grand Tour draws to a close.
And Roger Tilling, the voice of University Challenge, was on hand for all the announcements.
Episodes of The Today Podcast will land twice a week during the election campaign. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to get Amol and Nick's take on the biggest stories of the week, with insights from behind the scenes at the UK's most influential radio news programme. If you would like a question answering, get in touch by sending us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346 or email us Today@bbc.co.uk
The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.
You can listen to the latest episode of The Today Podcast anytime on your smart speaker by saying “Alexa, Ask BBC Sounds for The Today Podcast.”
The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hatty Nash and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Digital production from Elliot Ryder and Charlie Henry. Live music was composed by Paddy Fletcher and Nick Foster and performed by Paddy Fletcher and James Allnutt.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Back with you live from the BBC Radio Theatre in London. |
| 0:09.5 | Welcome to the Today Podcast Live, the bonus episode. |
| 0:14.1 | Let's do it. |
| 0:14.7 | Thank you. I'm going to be. I'm the |
| 0:21.6 | I'm |
| 0:22.6 | the |
| 0:23.6 | I'm |
| 0:25.6 | I'm |
| 0:26.6 | the |
| 0:27.6 | I'm |
| 0:28.6 | the I'm I'm I'm |
| 0:38.3 | The Thank you, guys. Hello, it's a mole here on the Today Podcast. |
| 1:17.4 | And it's Nick here with the radio theatre at Broadcasting House. |
| 1:23.3 | And this is a bonus episode of the Today Podcast live for those of you listening, not for those in the audience here in Broadcasting House, who have been with us all evening and we're having great fun. Thank you so much for being with us. And you're hearing. If you're listening at home, while you're jogging, a while you're in the gym, hundreds of listeners here for our first live show. And so far, are we having fun, ladies and gentlemen? |
| 1:45.5 | They did that. |
| 1:48.0 | I don't even have to get them to do again. |
| 1:49.8 | They did that. |
| 1:50.5 | Coming up, our moment of the week is going to be with James May, |
| 1:53.0 | great friend of the today program. |
| 1:54.5 | And Roger Tilling, the Voice University Challenge, |
| 1:56.0 | has been helping us tonight with proceedings. |
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