Great radio, as per Peel, doesn't mean giving people what they want, so much as exposing them to stuff they might hate.
Episode 1029: The Wallshaker episode... with dogs
Episode 1028: "Even when life's like a bad country song.... the Beat Goes On..."
Episode 1027: Welcoming yet more listeners from RADIO UAP - the University of the Arts in Poznań, Poland - https://radio.uap.edu.pl/
Episode 1026: "A deliberate instability that keeps every second feeling uncomfortably alive. (Incompetence Records)"
Episode 1025: Bright & breezy with metal bits (stay in and listen)
Episode 1024: It's an 808 state with Human Cannonballs lured by Sirens to a Fallen Angel
Episode 1023: Songs for your Monarchy... plus beautiful voices, time capsules and power drones.
Episode 1022: Beginning & ending with "Voices" with Anymen, Fatherfigures, Muses and Modern Folk sandwiched in
Episode 1021: A tale of old organs
Episode 1020: From camp-fire ballads to Metal & Choral + R.I.P Scott Johnson - Creating tape loops in 1982 by cutting and splicing strips of magnetic tape into loops, running them through a player to dub onto a destination tape - and early supporter of this show.
Episode 1019: "Unfathomable... so diverse... yet somehow coherent - what a show!"
Episode 1018: The Antidote to 'Big-fest' bloat
Episode 1017: The Solstice Segue - That's "seg-way" to you and I
Episode 1016: "What you miss no longer exists" R.I.P. Brian Wilson
Episode 1015: Who will you hear for the first time today?
Episode 1014: A midweek bonus radio Hour!
Episode 1013: "The secret to music - the three Rs"
Episode 1012: "If you want to be popular you need to play better music, this is all wierd."
Episode 1011: "an antidote to, well ... basically, most things"
"I never know what's coming... You play stuff that I find too hard to listen to... then something that is better than anything that I've heard for ages... I'm hooked"
Episode 1009: "Where Does The Money Go?"
Episode 1008: "It's like the old show... but somehow better?"
Episode 1007: "Travelling without Moving"
Episode 1006: "Streaming services are affecting music, rewarding formula music - we need curators & critics... involvement and other ways to listen"
Episode 1005: "The new intro for the new show (The Beat Goes On) is infectious, making us even more dependent on your weekend fix"
Episode 1004: "Looking to another 1000 episodes of you mangling foreign languages"
"New music predominantly from the shores of the North Atlantic centred on Ireland, that's *nothing* like what you'd expect"
Episode 1002: The usual eclectic mix but with some rare 'real' Rock for the USA -'UN'usually
The very first edition of The Beat Goes On with Zaph Mann
Episode 1000: A classic episode with an extended extra bit!
"Nine Nine Nine" nicht winken (not waving) no, no, no.
Episode 998: "We listen almost every week.... not knowing where the next show will take us.... thanks!"
Episode 997: It was Australia in 2022, Scotland in 2023, France in 2024, who is dominating 2024 so far.... Italy
Episode 996: "Unearthing ever more gems outside the music mainstream"
Episode 995: "Your shows lift me up each week - amazing music!"
Episode 994: Great Authors inspire in this new music
Episode 993: Is the feminine voice the finest experience in music?
Episode 992: The first show of 2025 is full of crackers fit for FFO 2025 come December!
Episode 991: The Final show of the Festive Fifty One! #12 to #1
Episode 990: The Festive Fifty One heats up! #21 to #13
The Festive Fifty One continues with #32 to #22
Episode 988: The countdown continues from 42 to 33 - the second of five one-hour shows
The countdown begins from 51 to... first of five one-hour shows
Episode 986: Last show and last chance to get your VOTES into the Festive Fifty One F51 - https://inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/festive-51-2019-voting/
Episode 985: Obsession and Mysterious Intent as listeners vie for their best of the year VOTES in the Festive Fifty One F51 https://inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/festive-51-2019-voting/
Episode 984: Joy, tragedy, suspense and celebration all contained under maximum pressure!
Episode 983: "Can't wait for the Festive Fity One!"
Episode 982: "It's a mixed-up, muddled-up world, but we have this show to lift us up"
Episode 981: Things are building to a crescendo
A BONUS midweek show to highlights some tracks I'd missed earlier in the year.
Episode 979: “one of the most consistently interesting music radio shows around”