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Si and Sophie present Coastal News:A Home and Away Podcast. Your episode companion podcast for Home and Away on 5 and 5 streaming app in the UK. This Week, Irene lays it all out to John resulting in him leaving the bay, Eliza makes waves at the Youth Club, Levi and Mac visit Dean and Ziggy in Queensland and Cash applies for his old job back Donate/Tip: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coastalnewspod   X/Instagram/BlueSky: @coastalnewspod Email:coastalnewspod@gmail.com Join our online discussion as episodes air #HomeandAwayUK

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen's full embezzlement sentence. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 3 April I asked you a question about Marine Le Pen, the president of the far-right French party the National Rally (RN). She, along with eight other RN Parliament members, was judged guilty of embezzling 4.4 million euros in European Union funds to pay France-based RN party staff who worked only for the RN and not on EU issues.Le Pen and her fellow lawmakers have been banned from running for office for five years. This ban, which had previously been a rare sentence, has become commonplace since the Sapin 2 law was adopted in 2016, which made it the standard sentence for cases involving the embezzlement of public funds and was roundly supported by RN lawmakers – until now.You were to re-read our article “RN leader Le Pen battles for political future after embezzlement conviction”, and send in the answer to this question: Aside from the ban on running for office, what else was included in Le Pen's sentence?The answer is, to quote our article: “Le Pen was also sentenced to four years' imprisonment, two of which will be served under an electronic bracelet, and a fine of 100,000 euros.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by the late Muhammad Shamim who lived in Kerala State, India: "Would you rather be rich but not famous, or famous but not rich?"   Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Lata Akhter Jahan, the co-president of the Sonali Badhan Female Listeners Club in Bogura, Bangladesh. Lata is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Lata, on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Shaira Hosen Mo from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh; Nasyr Muhammad from Katsina State, Nigeria; John Yemi Sanday Turay from Freetown, Sierra Leone, and last but not least, Saleha, who is also a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme:  “Les Jardins de L'Alhambra” by Gérard Torikian; “Stacatto” by René Aubry; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Aýa döndi” by Nuri Halmamedov and Mahtumkuli, performed by baritone Atageldi Garýagdyýew.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “How French women won, and used, their right to vote in 1945”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 2 June to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 5 June podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have new RFI Listeners Club members, Jocelyne D'Errico, a Frenchwoman who lives in New Zealand - and Alexander Konak from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.Welcome Jocelyne, welcome Alexander!  So glad you have joined us!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you'll receive a premium prize.This week's quiz: On 22 March,I asked you a question about Paul's article “Zimbabwe's aspiring Olympics supremo Coventry targets development of athletes”, which profiled seven-time Olympic medalist Kirsty Coventry, the most decorated African in the 129-year history of the Games.Kirsty Coventry was one of the candidates vying for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, which was decided a few days after the podcast … and she won! She's the first woman, and the first African, to hold the post. Congratulations Ms. Coventry!You were to send in a list of the medals the swimmer won, along with the dates of the Games in which she won them.The answer is, to quote Paul: “… in 2004 at the Athens Games, she won gold in the 200m backstroke, silver in the 100m backstroke and bronze in the 200m individual medley.In Beijing in 2008, she retained her backstroke title and claimed silver again in the 100m backstroke as well as silvers in the 200 and 400m individual medley.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Alan Holder from England's Isle of Wight. His question was: “Do you believe that people have a sixth sense - that is, an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of smell, sight, taste, hearing, and touch?  Can you recall any personal experiences to justify your belief?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Dipita Chakrabarty. Dipita is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Dipita, on your double win!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club member Bidhan Chandra Sanyal from West Bengal, India, and Paresh Hazarika, a member of the RFI United Listeners Club in Assam, India. Last but not least, there are RFI English listeners Khondaker Rafiqul Islam from Naogaon, Bangladesh, and Ahmad, who's a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Koud Min” by Aurélien Chambaud and Yon Kalawang; “Hip Hotheads” by Rick Braun; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and Antonio Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in a minor, RV 499, performed by Daniel Smith with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Philip Ledger.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Paul Myers' article “Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 12 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 17 May podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the French nationals imprisoned in Iran. There's “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.The RFI English team is pleased to announce that Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, won the RFI / Planète Radio ePOP video contest, in the RFI Clubs category. Bravo Saleem! Mubarak ho!Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 18 January, I asked you a question about our article “'Exhausted' Frenchman held in Iran since 2022 reveals identity in plea for help”. It was about Olivier Grondeau, a 34-year-old French national, who was arrested and sentenced to five years behind bars for "conspiracy against the Islamic Republic".In the article, you learned that there are two other French nationals currently in Iran's prisons. You were to send in their names, as well as the crime with which they've been charged.The answer is, to quote our article: “The other two French nationals – teachers Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris – were detained in May 2022 on charges of seeking to stir up labour protests. Their families strongly deny the accusations.” In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Sabah binte Sumaiya from Bogura, Bangladesh: “Which profession do you find is the best, and why?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member John Yemi Sanday Turay from Freetown, Sierra Leone. John Yemi is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations John Yemi, on your double win !Also on the list of lucky winners this week are M. N. Sentu, a member of the RFI Amour Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and RFI Listeners Club members Habib Ur Rehman, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Sharifa Akter Panna from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, and Rahematun Nesan from Odisha, India.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Slap Bass” by Paul Mottram; “Rose of Tehran” by E. Dozor; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and the traditional Kanak chant “Lue ixoe wael qa kiki”, sung by the Wetr Dance Troupe.  Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Paul Myer's article: “Namibian independence leader Sam Nujoma dies aged 95”, which will help you with the answer. You have until 10 March to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 15 March podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

Talk 6. Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part One   Welcome to Talk 6 in our series where I'm reflecting on God's goodness to me throughout my life. In the last two episodes I have been talking about my experiences at Brentwood School. Today we're turning to my time at Elm Park Baptist Church.   One great advantage of being a day boy rather than a boarder at Brentwood School was that I was free on Sundays to attend church. It also meant that I came into regular contact with girls, something which was seriously lacking for boys who were boarders.   This, I think, was quite important for me because, as an only child, I had no sisters, but at least through the activities of the local church I was able to form healthy relationships with the opposite sex. In fact I suspect that as a teenager the girls were one of the attractions of going to church! And at Elm Park Baptist there were plenty of activities to choose from. So let's begin by talking about the church programme.   Church programme Unlike many churches today where there is only one meeting on a Sunday and another, perhaps, during the week, at our church something was happening every single day of the week. Of course, Sunday was the busiest day. From 10-11am the Boys' Brigade held their Bible Class. From 11-12 there was the Morning Service.   In the afternoon there was Sunday School from 2.30-3.30 and again from 3.30-4.30, the numbers attending being so great that two separate sessions were necessary. For teenagers there was Bible Class (taught by my father) followed by a discussion group for young people held between 4 and 5pm.   Very often we stayed at church for tea in order to be there for the 6.30 Evening Service which was then followed by a ‘sing-song' at about 8pm. In fact, apart from going home at lunch time for the traditional Sunday roast prepared by my mother, as a teenager I was at church from 10am to 9pm every Sunday.   During the week, meetings for young people included the Boys' Brigade, the Girls' Life Brigade, the Young People's Fellowship (YPF), and the Youth Club. For adults there was a midweek meeting for Prayer and Bible Study conducted by the Minister, and there were separate men's meetings and women's meetings too. All these activities took place on church premises. There were never any home groups in those days. That was something that became popular in the 1970s.   My personal involvement I was personally involved in most of the activities I've just mentioned. This was not the result of any parental coercion. I just wanted to be there and, as I have already mentioned, on Sundays I was at church for almost the whole day. This was from the age of 14 until I was about 17.  It was largely through my father's teaching in Bible Class on Sunday afternoons that I decided to give my life to Jesus – but more of that later. Dad was a gifted preacher and teacher, and the majority of the thirty or more young people attending Bible Class made decisions for Christ as a result of his ministry. Whenever there was a baptismal service on a Sunday evening, Mum and Dad would invite three or four young people to come for tea after Bible Class and then go on to the service after tea.   Over the years, many of those young people responded to the appeal at the end of the service and walked forward to indicate that they were giving their lives to Jesus and would like to be baptised. One of those young people was my friend, Don Campbell, who emigrated to Australia and, when I last heard from him two or three years ago, he was still attending a Baptist church over there.   Apart from the Bible Class I attended on Sunday afternoons, I also went to the Boys' Brigade Bible Class every Sunday morning. The Boys' Brigade was found by Sir William Smith in 1886. If I remember it correctly, its purpose was: The advancement of Christ's kingdom among boys, and the promotion of habits of obedience, reverence, discipline, self-respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness.   As well as the Sunday morning Bible Class, our company, which was known as the Second Hornchurch Company of the Boys' Brigade, held two other meetings each week. Tuesday evenings were dedicated to drill practice, where, after we had been inspected to ensure that we were smartly dressed and our uniforms were being worn correctly, we learned how to stand to attention correctly, to salute the Lieutenants and Captain, and to do basic marching manoeuvres both individually and as company.   When I was seventeen and had been promoted to the rank of sergeant I was awarded the N.C.O's Proficiency Star after demonstrating that I could give the correct commands for the Company to make these manoeuvres on drill parade.   Of course all this was exactly the same kind of thing the other boys at my school were doing in the CCF and I realise that some might see my being in the Boys' Brigade as quite inconsistent with my refusal to join the CCF on the grounds that I was a conscientious objector. However, unlike the boys in the CCF, in the BB we were not taught to use military weapons.   On Fridays, time was given for more recreational activities, and opportunity was given to learn to play the bugle or a drum. After a couple of attempts at making the right sound come out of a bugle – it's by no means as simple as just blowing – I decided it wasn't for me. This was partly because at the time I found it difficult to sing in tune and I reasoned that if I couldn't sing properly I probably wouldn't be able to keep in tune on the bugle either! And sadly all the drums were already allocated to other boys.   But perhaps the best thing about the BB was its annual camp. This took place every year during the school summer holidays. Wherever it was held, it was always within walking distance of the sea. My first camp was a great adventure for me as, at the age of twelve, I had never been away from home without my parents. It was held in Mudeford on the south coast of England, and I loved it. I went to BB camp on six occasions, Mudeford (1951), Highcliffe in Dorset (1952), Walmer in Kent (1953, '54, and '55), and Corton in Suffolk (1956).   It was fun sleeping in a field with six other boys in a tent, each with a straw-filled sack called a paillasse (pronounced pally ass!) as a mattress, your kit bag as a pillow, and only a couple of rough, rather itchy, blankets to keep you warm. If sleeping-bags were invented back then, we'd certainly never heard of them! I say it was fun, and it was, just rather uncomfortable fun.   And, of course, the first night we hardly slept. And when we did finally get to sleep it wasn't long before we awakened by the musical notes of the bugle playing Reveille. Time to get up, get washed and dressed and go to the toilet. The toilets or ‘latrines' were just holes in the ground dug the day before by the ‘advance party' who had travelled down earlier to prepare the camp site, and the washing facilities were just metal bowls of cold water on trestle tables.   Every day was punctuated with a variety of bugle calls summoning us to ‘fall in' (form a line outside our tents), or telling us that the next meal was ready, and so on, until the final call of the day, which was ‘lights out.' Apart from mealtimes, activities included getting your tent ready for ‘tent inspection' each morning, doing chores like peeling potatoes (otherwise known as ‘spud-bashing'), going down to the beach for a supervised swim, leisure activities such as football and cricket, and a certain amount of free time.   There were also various devotional activities, like a service in the marquee on Sunday mornings and, if I remember correctly, a Bible reading and short word from the camp padre after breakfast on other days. But for most boys, the majority of whom did not come from Christian homes, the ‘religious' bits were something you endured rather than enjoyed in order to be allowed to join in the fun that the other aspects of BB had to offer. In fact, as far as I know, sadly, very few of the fifty boys in the company ever made a decision for Christ.   The benefits for me, however, were inestimable. BB instilled in me the need for personal discipline and loyalty. It gave me the opportunity to mix with boys who were from a very different social background from most of my friends at Brentwood School. It gave me experience in leadership, and it taught me a great deal about how to organise a camp – something that was to prove very valuable when later, in pastoral ministry, I was able year after year to run a Youth Camp for up to 150 teenagers where we saw dozens of young people saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. But that's a story for a later talk.   Apart from the uniformed organisations like the BB and the GLB (Girls' Life Brigade, a title later to be abbreviated to Girls' Brigade), there were three other weekly opportunities for young people to meet together.       I have already mentioned the teenage Bible Class led by my father on Sunday afternoons, but I also attended the YPF (Young People's Fellowship) on Friday evenings and Youth Club on Saturday evenings.   YPF was an opportunity for young Christians to meet together to worship the Lord, pray, share testimonies, and learn from the Word. There was also plenty of time for discussion, which was something I particularly enjoyed. It took place in what was called the parlour, which even then was a rather old-fashioned term for a lounge. This was at the back of the church building, right next to the kitchen, so conveniently situated for making hot drinks at the end of the meeting.   The Youth Club was primarily intended to be an opportunity for evangelism. Held in the Youth Hall, part of the church's property but separate from the main building, it provided facilities for table-tennis, snooker, darts etc. and was followed by a fifteen-minute epilogue which included a hymn, a prayer and a short message.   Looking back on it, I think that, although it was valuable as a means of keeping young people off the streets, Youth Club was not an effective tool of evangelism. Most of the forty or so young people who came to it never came to any of the other church activities and I cannot remember any who became Christians as a result of it.   But that is not to say that such activities can never be effective. Perhaps if it had been led by someone with a clear evangelistic gift the results might have been very different. I was later to learn that for effective evangelism there is no substitute for the power of the Holy Spirit. That is what will attract people to Jesus, and that is what will keep them going on with God. But that's a subject for later.   Next time I'll be sharing how at Elm Park Baptist I first dedicated my life to Christ, was baptised, became a church member, started to preach, and felt God calling me to become a minister of the Gospel.    

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.As you know, World Radio Day is coming up on 13 February, and we'll have the annual WRD Sound Kitchen feast next Saturday, 8 February, to get you ready for your upcoming festivities.Be sure and take a look at the RFI English Listeners Forum Facebook page – there are oodles of wonderful graphics posted by your fellow Sound Kitchen listeners – there's even a World Radio Day quiz from Anand Mohan Bain, the president of the RFI Pariwer Bandhu SWL Club in Chhattisgarh India – so don't miss out!The RFI English team is pleased to announce that Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, won the RFI / Planète Radio ePOP video contest, in the RFI Clubs category. Bravo Saleem! Mubarak ho!Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 21 December, I asked you a question about that week's International Report podcast, produced by RFI English journalist Melissa Chemam. It was really interesting – Melissa reported on a series of 22 short films produced by Gazan filmmakers.As Melissa noted: “The films aim to share the voices of people living through the conflict in Gaza, offering a glimpse into their fears, dreams, and hopes.”Entitled From Ground Zero, the 112-minute collection is presented as a feature film in two parts and has been selected to represent Palestine at the Oscars in March 2025.The project was made possible by the Masharawi Fund for Gaza Filmmakers, created in 2023 by Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi.You were to listen to Melissa's 15 December International Report podcast – “Gaza's powerful war narratives make their way to the Oscars” - and answer me this: What are the names of three of Masharawi's films, and in which years were they produced? The answer is, to quote Melissa: “Masharawi, who is from Gaza, is one of the first Palestinian filmmakers to have directed cinema projects in the occupied Palestinian territories.His first film, Travel Document, was released in 1986, followed by The Shelter in 1989 and Long Days in Gaza in 1991.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: What would your fantasy road trip be like?Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: Ali Shahzad, a member of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan. Ali is also this week's bonus question winner – congratulations on your double win, Ali!  Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Father Steven Wara, who lives in the Cistercian Abbey in Bamenda, Cameroon, and Zenon Teles, the president of the Christian – Marxist – Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India. There's Bithi Begum, a member of the Shetu RFI Listeners Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh, and RFI English listener Amara, who belongs to the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “The Courtly Dances” from Gloriana by Benjamin Britten, performed by Julian Bream and the Julian Bream Consort; “Bulbul Al-Afrah” by Dede Effendi Bayati Husseini-Muhayyer Maqam, performed by Nidaa Abou Mrad and the Classical Arabic Music Ensemble; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Green Chimneys” by Thelonious Monk, performed by Thelonius Monk with the Thelonius Monk Quartet.  Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “African nations set to light up the homes of 300 million people by 2030”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 24 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 1 March podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the troubled relationship between France and Algeria. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.It's time for you to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions for our annual New Year's Day show. If you've already made up your mind about what you'll aim for in 2025, go ahead and send it to us … if not, be sure you send us your resolution - or resolutions if you are really ambitious! - by 15 December.Mark your calendars now for 12 December, 6 PM Paris time – that's when the winners of the ePOP video competition will be announced, live on the ePOP Facebook page. My good pals Max Bale and Gaël Flaugère, who run the Planète Radio department that sponsors ePOP, invited me to come on the show and talk to you for a few minutes, in English. So plan to stay up late or get up early on 12 December, beloved listeners! And we are so pleased that "one of our own" has made it into the running: Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listeners Club, is one of the 10 nominees in the RFI Clubs category! Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 12 October, I asked you a question about the troubled relationship between France and Algeria.Algeria's recently re-elected president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accused France, its former colonial ruler, of “genocide”.Tebboune has postponed trips to Paris to meet with Emmanuel Macron several times; the latest was scheduled for late September or early October, and that trip was also postponed.You were to re-read our article “Algeria's Tebboune refuses France visit in snub to former colonial ruler”, and send in the answer to this question: What happened last July that sent the Algeria/France relationship into a nosedive – even provoking Algeria to recall its ambassador to France?The answer is, to quote our article: “… relations nose-dived in July after Macron sent a letter to King Mohammed VI of Morocco voicing support for the Kingdom's autonomy plan in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “How do you remember things?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Bushra Nawaz, who's a member of the Sungat Radio Listeners Club in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. Bushra is also the winner of this week's bonus question.Congratulations, Bushra, on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Zenon Teles, the president of the Christian - Marxist - Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India, and Father Steven Wara, who lives in the Cistercian Abbey in Bamenda, Cameroon.Last but assuredly not least, RFI English listeners Amara, a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan, and Jahangir Alam, the president of the World DX International Radio Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones, performed by the Quincy Jones Ensemble; “Aghan” by Mohammad Rouane, performed by the Rouane Ensemble; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Asa Branca” by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira, performed by Rosinha De Valença.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re- read our article “Tributes roll in for beloved musician and producer Quincy Jones, who died at 91”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 9 December to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 14 December podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

In deze aflevering bespreken we het belang van mentaal welzijn bij jongeren en de rol die hockeyclubs, trainers, coaches en medespelers daarin kunnen spelen. We gaan in gesprek met Yara Casteleijn, psycholoog en oprichter van de Youth Club, en Frank Stofmeel, ervaren trainer-coach in de hockeywereld. Samen delen ze inzichten over de uitdagingen rondom prestatiedruk en stress onder jongeren, en geven ze praktische tips voor het bevorderen van een gezonde mentale balans binnen sportverenigingen. Luister mee voor waardevolle handvatten en inspirerende verhalen!

Salk shares a story of a friend's experiences with trying to get their child on a local youth sports team and why he thinks some of the club sports are starting way too early. Then, we dig into why the guys were so impressed with their earlier conversation with Jake Dickert and what the Seahawks could take from his philosophy. Plus, we end on a silly note, with Answer the Question Jerk.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the number of political groups in France's National Assembly. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.It's time for you to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions for our annual New Year's Day show. If you've already made up your mind about what you'll aim for in 2025, go ahead and send it to us … if not, be sure you send us your resolution - or resolutions if you are really ambitious! - by 15 December.Mark your calendars now for 12 December, 6 PM Paris time – that's when the winners of the ePOP video competition will be announced, live on the ePOP Facebook page. My good pals Max Bale and Gaël Flaugère, who run the Planète Radio department that sponsors ePOP, invited me to come on the show and talk to you for a few minutes, in English. So plan to stay up late or get up early on 12 December, beloved listeners!Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz:  On Alison Hird and Sarah Elzas' Spotlight on France podcast no 115, Alison produced a piece on France's current governmental crisis, and the lack of an ability in the French political landscape to compromise – as Alison noted: “France does not have the tradition of coalition building more commonly found in Germany, Switzerland and the Nordic countries.”As social scientist Loïc Blondiaux told Le Monde: “The idea of deliberation – organised, reasoned debate in the form of an exchange of arguments – has never had the force and legitimacy in France that it has in other countries … a specific trait of our political culture is, on the contrary, contempt for consensus. Compromise is often seen as synonymous with giving in and weakness.”I asked you to re-listen to Alison's report, and send in the answer to this question: How many political groups are there in France's National Assembly?The answer is: As Laure Gillot-Assayag, a researcher in political science and philosophy told Alison: "There are 11 political groups in the National Assembly, it's a record … a culture of compromise is more necessary than ever if the government is to function in such a deeply divided political landscape.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What is the most wonderful thing you've ever seen in a museum?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: Saleem Akhtar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Radio Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan. Saleem is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Saleem!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Sakirun Islam Mitu, a member of the RFI Amour Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh; also from Rajshahi, RFI English listener Sumaiya Akter, a member of the World Dx International Radio Fan Club.Rounding out this week's list of lucky winners are Ferhat Bezazel, the president of the RFI Butterflies Club Ain Kechera in West Skikda, Algeria, and finally, RFI English listener Abdul Rehman, a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Take a Hike” by Rik Carter and Phil Brown; “Galerie” by Bruno Letort; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Identité” by Gaël Horellou, performed by Horellou and his ensemble.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Amanda Morrow's article “Ecosystems hang in the balance as Colombia hosts crucial biodiversity talks”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 18 November to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 23 November podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the new plan for gender equity at France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There's a recap of this year's Nobel Prizes, “The Listener's Corner”, and plenty of good music - all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.It's time for you to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions for our annual New Year's Day show. If you've already made up your mind about what you'll aim for in 2025, go ahead and send it to us … if not, be sure you send us your resolution - or resolutions if you are really ambitious! - by 15 December.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On 21 September, I asked you a question about a gender equality plan at France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  We reported on that plan in our article “France's foreign ministry unveils two-year gender equality strategy”.You were to re-read the article and send in the answer to this question: What is the Foreign Ministry's goal for promoting women to important posts? What is the percentage they are aiming for?The answer is, to quote our article: “According to the ministry, this year more than 45 percent of ambassadors appointed for the first time will be women, while among newly-appointed consuls-general, over 40 percent will also be women.” In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “How would you define a truly happy person?”, which was suggested by Sabah Binte Sumaiya from Bogura, Bangladesh:Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Hans Verner Lollike from Hedehusene, Denmark. Hans is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Hans, on your double win.Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Samir Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata, India; Mizanur Rahman from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Faiza Zainab - who's also a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.Last but certainly not least, RFI English listener Tafriha Tahura from Munshiganj, Bangladesh.Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: "Mazurka no. 4" by Frédéric Chopin, arranged by Serge Forté and performed by the Serge Forté Trio; “Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima” by Krzysztof Penderecki, performed by Antoni Wit and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; “La Grande Galerie de la Zoologie” by Philippe Hersant, performed by the Ensemble Bestiaire Fabuleux; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Don't Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, performed by McFerrin.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Paul Myers' article “Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich sets women's world record at Chicago Marathon”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 11 November to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 16 November podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Click here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club,  

On today's show, we welcome Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club, a program meant to connect students at Niagara Falls High School to their Indigenous backgrounds by fostering an environment of education and cultural understanding. Alex Simone sat down with her to discuss the club's mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York.

Paul speaks to Jenny from the Blackpool Youth Club who are celebrating their 50th anniversary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara-Jayne Makwala King chats to The Masque Theatre's Vice Chairperson and volunteer Christine Kay about the theatre's new series of a series of youth programmes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Sahil Adeem explains Superior Psychology with a detailed slide presentation. He highlights the negative impacts of Inferior Psychology on Muslims worldwide, showcasing video examples from leading scholars in Pakistan and India. Sahil also addresses important audience questions.Timestamps:(0:00) - Intro(9:10) - Superior Psychology Presentation(53:40) - Case Study 1(1:02:44) - Case Study 2(1:08:56) - Case Study 3(1:13:41) - Case Study 4(1:18:28) - Case Study 5(1:46:46) - Balancing PhD and Family: Should My Wife Pursue Her Studies?(1:57:05) - Message to Youth Club(1:57:21) - Superior Psychology in the Lives of M.A. Jinnah and Maulana Maududi(2:02:18) - Conclusion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This fascinating bonus episode features curator Jon Swinstead. Jon is responsible for curation and creation of the First Museum of Youth Culture, opening in Digbeth Birmingham in 2027. The Museum of Youth Culture - www.museumofyouthculture.com -  is a new museum dedicated to the styles, sounds and social movements innovated by young people over the last 100 years. Championing the impact of youth on modern society, the Museum of Youth Culture is formed from the archives of YOUTH CLUB, a non-profit Heritage Lottery & Arts Council Funded collection incorporating photographs, ephemera, objects and oral histories celebrating our shared youth culture history. From the bomb-site Bicycle racers in post-war 1940s London, to the Acid House ravers of 1980s Northern England, the Museum of Youth Culture empowers the extraordinary everyday stories of growing up in Britain. Ladies and gentlemen – meet Jon Swinstead... If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: patreon.com/electronicallyours

Brother Muhammad Ali a public speaker from Youth Club in Lahore sits with brother Sahil Adeem to discuss the most burning issues of our society and youth. Depression and hopelessness through the lens of Islamic philosophy.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about diplomatic relations between China and France. There's a salute to the month of May, “The Listener's Corner”, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!ePOP News: The video competition will open on 5 June. Time to start thinking about your video entry … more news in the coming days, but you can start to reflect on your subject. I certainly expect to see a billion entries from the RFI English community!Facebook News: There's a “new and improved” Facebook page for you, the RFI English Listeners Forum. It's for everyone who reads and listens to us and wants to connect with others, so ask to join, and I'll sign you up!The RFI Listeners Club page and the RFI English Clubs page no longer exist; if you belonged to the RFI English Clubs page and not the RFI Listeners Club page, you'll need to ask to join. I promise I won't click “Decline”

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about India's humanoid space robot. There's listener news and “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, lots of good music, and of course, the new quiz and bonus questions, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook News: There's a “new and improved” Facebook page for you, the RFI English Listeners Forum. It's for everyone who reads and listens to us and wants to connect with others, so ask to join, and I'll sign you up!The RFI Listeners Club page and the RFI English Clubs page no longer exist; if you belonged to the RFI English Clubs page and not the RFI Listeners Club page, you'll need to ask to join. I promise I won't click “Decline”

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the Africa Cup of Nations trophy. There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, a delicious dessert from Erwan Rome on “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz and bonus question, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook News: There's a “new and improved” Facebook page for you, the RFI English Listeners Forum. It's for everyone who reads and listens to us and wants to connect with others, so ask to join, and I'll sign you up!The RFI Listeners Club page and the RFI English Clubs page no longer exist; if you belonged to the RFI English Clubs page and not the RFI Listeners Club page, you'll need to ask to join. I promise I won't click “Decline”

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the French farmer's political action campaign and the other European farmers who have joined in. There's “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner”, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment” and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan” – all that and the new quiz question too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music… so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI”  has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bi-lingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counseled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have a new RFI Listeners Club member to welcome: Orlando Teamah from Monrovia, Liberia.Welcome Orlando! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 3 February, I asked you a question about the French farmers and their political action campaign – which has not cooled off. You were to re-read our article “France seeks change to EU nature laws in bid to appease farmers” and answer this question: in which other European countries are farmers striking?The answer is, to quote our article: “While farmers in Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Belgium have also taken to the streets, those in France – Europe's largest agriculture producer – complain they are being further penalised by restrictions on pesticides that are harsher than in neighbouring countries.”Farmers in other countries than those above have been striking, too – Hans Verner Lollike noted that Denmark's farmers were, but that there was too much snow for them to drive their tractors to the capitol or block roads!In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Rodrigo Hunrichse from Ciudad de Concepción in Chile: “For you, which age is the best? Childhood? Teenager? Young Adult? Adult? Middle Age? Senior? Old Age? Why?”  Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Nasyr Muhammad from Katsina State, Nigeria. Nasyr is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Nasyr!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Radio Listeners Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, and Nuraiz Bin Zaman, who's a member of the RFI Amour Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.There's also RFI Listeners Club member Habib ur Rehman Sehal, who is also the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan.  Last but not least, RFI English listener Adiba Ava, from Munshiganj, Bangladesh.  Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The “Prelude” to the Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastien Bach, performed by Philippe Honoré; “Take me home, country roads” by John Denver, arranged by Graham Byrd; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Hommage aux Chanteuses Kabyles Anciennes” by Ferroudja Saidani, performed by Saidani and her ensemble.This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “Scaled-back opening ceremony for Paris Olympics to offer 326,000 tickets” which will help you with the answer.You have until 1 April to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 6 April podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

Happy World Radio Day! Today we'll celebrate WRD with your greetings and thoughts. There's the answer to the question about France's film submission to the Academy Awards, “The Listener's Corner”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz question too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music… so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI”  has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bi-lingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counseled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognised RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire!!!!! If you do not answer the questions, I click “Decline”.There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Sami Malik from Northern Pakistan; Habib Ur Rehman Sehal, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Pradip Chandra Kundu and Ratan Kumar Paul, both from West Bengal, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.  Welcome one and all! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 13 February, I asked you a question about our article “French film ‘Anatomy of a Fall' wins best screenplay, foreign film at Golden Globes”. You were to read the article carefully and answer this question: what is the name of the film that will represent France in this year's Academy Awards?The answer is, to quote our article: “The Golden Globes traditionally serve as a preview of the Academy Awards, but Anatomy of a Fall, which won the top Palme d'Or award at Cannes, will not represent France for the best international film, with La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, a historical romance between two gastronomists, submitted instead.”La Passion de Dodin Bouffant is translated into English as The Taste of Things. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What do you remember about your first experience traveling?”, which was suggested by Khuki Jahanara Yesmin from Bogura, Bangladesh.Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, the president of the Kemogemba RFI Club in Tarime, Tanzania. Ras is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Ras!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Hari Madugula, the president of the Young Stars Radio Club in Hyderabad, India, and Muhammad Shamim, the president of the Golden Eagles RFI Club in Keralam State, India. Rounding out the list are RFI Listeners Club members Kashif Khalil from Faisalabad, Pakistan, and Zenon Teles, who is also the president of the Christian – Marxist - Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India.Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The traditional French accordion song “La Reine de Musette”, performed by Lucy Riddett; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Claude Debussy's “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner, written and performed by the composer, and “Roi Fayssal”, written and performed by Ali Toure Farka.  This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Melissa Chemam's article “Senegalese lawmakers postpone presidential election to 15 December” to help you with the answer.You have until 4 March to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 9 March podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Belgium and the EU presidency. There's “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner”, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz question too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music… so be sure and listen every week.World Radio Day is just around the corner (13 February), and we'll cook up a mighty fine banquet to celebrate. What's the main course? Your greetings, of course! So get under your blanket with your phone – believe me, the blanket will make your recording broadcast quality – and record your World Radio Day greetings for us. Please, not too long, though. You must get it to us by 5 February. Send your recorded WRD greetings to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frErwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI”  has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bi-lingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counseled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognised RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire!!!!! If you do not answer the questions, I click “Decline”.There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Sami Malik from Northern Pakistan; Habib Ur Rehman Sehal, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Pradip Chandra Kundu and Ratan Kumar Paul, both from West Bengal, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.  Welcome one and all! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 6 January I asked you a question about Belgium, whose turn it is to hold the presidency of the European Union - each member state of the European Union holds the presidency for six months. You were to re-read our article “Belgium faces election juggling act as it takes over rotating EU presidency” because Belgium is tasked with organizing not only the European elections on 9 June but also their internal national elections, and no luck there, those elections are also on 9 June. All that and something else, quite important, falls during the time of Belgium's presidency, and that was your question: what else is the Belgian presidency tasked with accomplishing during its six-month term? What is one of the biggest issues it also has to deal with?  The answer is, to quote our article: “One of the big issues it will still have to deal with is the revision of what is known as the ‘multiannual financial framework', i.e., the European budget for the coming years, and also ensuring that aid to Ukraine does not wane.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “If you could resign from anything, what would it be?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Richard Wasajja from Masaka, Uganda. Richard is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Richard – and welcome back to The Sound Kitchen !Also on the list of lucky winners this week is Mrs. Anjona Parvin, the secretary of the Shetu RFI Listeners Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh, and two RFI English Listeners Club members from India: Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State, and Samir Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata. Last but certainly not least, there's RFI English listener Khondaker Shihab Uddin Khan from Bogura, Bangladesh.Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The “Scherzo” from A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61 by Félix Mendelssohn, performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa; “Quand on est bien amoureux”, a traditional folk song from Belgium performed by Wör; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Minha Terra” sung by Ruy Mingas.This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “France seeks change to EU nature laws in bid to appease farmers” to help you with your answer.You have until 26 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 3 March podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about COP 28. We'll travel to a 250-year-old festival in Japan, hear your answers to the bonus question on “The Listener's Corner”, and enjoy a twist on music by Chopin on “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz question too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music… so be sure and listen every week.World Radio Day is just around the corner (13 February), and we'll cook up a mighty fine banquet to celebrate. What's the main course? Your greetings, of course! So get under your blanket with your phone – believe me, the blanket will make your recording broadcast quality – and record your World Radio Day greetings for us. Please, not too long, though. You must get it to us by 5 February. Send your recorded WRD greetings to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frErwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognised RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire!!!!! If you do not answer the questions, I click “Decline”.There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Sami Malik from Northern Pakistan; Habib Ur Rehman Sehal, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Pradip Chandra Kundu and Ratan Kumar Paul, both from West Bengal, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.  Welcome one and all! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 16 December I asked you a question about COP 28.  RFI English journalist Amanda Morrow was there, and in her article “Nations agree historic deal to 'transition away' from fossil fuels”, she explained why the agreement had to use the words “transition away” instead of “phase-out” regarding fossil fuels.  Which country objected to the term “phase-out”?The answer is, to quote Amanda's article: “The summit overran by a day, and the draft text put forward overnight Tuesday by the Emirati presidency was a last-minute bid to end a deadlock between crude oil producers, notably Saudi Arabia, and nations seeking a phase-out of oil, coal and gas.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What incident changed your life?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Rafiq Khondaker from Naogaon, Bangladesh. Rafiq is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Rafiq!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Father Steven Wara, who lives in the Cistercian Abbey at Bamenda, Cameroon, and Hans Verner Lollike, from Hedehusene, Denmark.We have a new listener to congratulate: Miroslav Síleš from Košice, Slovakia – welcome Miroslav! Last but certainly not least, Arundhati Mukherjee, who lives in West Bengal, India.Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: "Seoto” by Michio Miyagi; “Winter” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, performed by the Italian Baroque Ensemble conducted by Jacques Bernard; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Fantasia Impromptu” by Frédéric Chopin, arranged by Hilario Duran and performed by Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band.This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, listen to Jessica Phelan's story on Alison Hird and Sarah Elzas' podcast Spotlight on France, or read her article “Françoise Giroud, a woman to be reckoned with in French media and politics” on our website to help you with the answer.You have until 19 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 24 February podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the Opening Ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. There's “On This Day” and “The Listener's Corner”, loads of great music, and of course, the new quiz question, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.World Radio Day is just around the corner (13 February), and we'll cook up a mighty fine banquet to celebrate. What's the main course? Your greetings, of course! So get under your blanket with your phone – believe me, the blanket will make your recording broadcast quality – and record your World Radio Day greetings for us. Please, not too long, though. You must get it to us by 5 February. Send your recorded WRD greetings to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frErwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognised RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire!!!!! If you do not answer the questions, I click “Decline”.There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Sami Malik from Northern Pakistan; Habib Ur Rehman Sehal, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Pradip Chandra Kundu and Ratan Kumar Paul, both from West Bengal, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.  Welcome one and all! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 9 December I asked you a question about the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic games.  It's a security nightmare, but, as you read in our article "French sports minister says 'no plan B' for Olympics opening ceremony", there is no plan B, and the committee is committed to making it work. I asked you, as of 9 December and as written in our article, how many free tickets were planned to be given away, and how many paid tickets were planned to be sold.The answer is, to quote our article: “Authorities initially planned to offer 500,000 free tickets for the ceremony as well as 100,000 paid tickets closest to the action, creating a gargantuan event with a total of 600,000 ticket holders and one of the largest spectator events in human history.”That number has been walked back a bit: as of today, the number of paid tickets has not changed - it's still at 100,000, but for the free tickets, it's been moved down from 500,000 to 300,000.In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Khuki Jahanara Yesmin from Bogura, Bangladesh: “Who is your best friend, and why?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: Razia Khalid, a member of the RFI Seven Stars Radio Listeners Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan. Razia is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Razia!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, the president of the Kemogemba RFI Club in Tarime, Mara, Tanzania, and Alok Bain, a member of the very active Pariwer Bandhu RFI SW Club in Chhattisgarh, India. There's RFI Listeners Club member Bidhan Chandra Sanyal from West Bengal, India, and last but certainly not least, RFI English listener Sheuly Khatun from Dhaka, Bangladesh.Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: Presto in B-Flat Major by Francis Poulenc, played by Olivier Cazal; “Blue Bayou” written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, and played by Antonio de Almeida; The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “La Bicyclette” by Francis Lai and Pierre Barouh, sung by Yves Montand.This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, read Paul Myer's article “2023 Africa Cup of Nations: 5 things we learned on Day 3 - Robust and reckless” to help you with the answer.You have until 12 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 17 February podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the French investigative reporter Albert Londres. There's listener news and “The Listener's Corner”, loads of great music, and of course, the new quiz question, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winners' names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.World Radio Day is just around the corner (13 February), and we'll cook up a mighty fine banquet to celebrate. What's the main course? Your greetings, of course! So get under your blanket with your phone – believe me, the blanket will make your recording broadcast quality – and record your World Radio Day greetings for us. Please, not too long, though. You must get it to us by 8 February. Send your recorded WRD greetings to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frErwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognised RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire!!!!! If you do not answer the questions, I click “Decline”.There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Sami Malik from Northern Pakistan; Habib Ur Rehman Sehal, the president of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan; Pradip Chandra Kundu and Ratan Kumar Paul, both from West Bengal, India, and Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh.  Welcome one and all! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: On 2 December, I asked you a question about a piece our French history specialist, Jessica Phelan, did for Alison Hird and Sarah Elzas' Spotlight on France podcast. It was about the French investigative reporter, Albert Londres. France's most prestigious journalism award is named after him.You were to listen to Jessica's story and send in the answer to these questions: In which year was the Albert Londres Prize founded, and by whom?The answer is, to quote Jessica: “His daughter, Florise Albert-Londres, created it months after his death and the first one was announced in 1933. This year – 2023 – will be the 90th time it has been awarded.” The 2023 Prix Albert Londres went to Wilson Fache, Hélène Lam Trong and Nicolas Legendre. It is awarded every year to three journalists in different categories.In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Muhammad Shamim from Keralam State in India: “If you could time travel, would you go to the past, or the future?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us!The winners are: Muhammad Shamim, the president of the Golden Eagles RFI Club in Keralam State, India. Muhammad is also the winner of this week's bonus quiz. Congratulations, Muhammad!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are two RFI Listeners Club members:  Zenon Teles, the president of the Christian – Marxist – Leninist – Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, and Samir Mukhopadhyay from West Bengal. Finally, two RFI English listeners, both from Bangladesh: Sultana Begum from Sirajganj, and Rozina Akter from Munshiganj.  Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Le Grand Voyage” by Ibrahim Maalouf, performed by the Haïdouti Orkestar; “Les Folies d'Espagne” by Jean-Baptiste Lully, performed by Musica Antiqua Köln conducted by Reinhard Goebel; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Lush Life” by Billy Strayhorn, sung by Queen Latifa.This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, read our article “French film ‘Anatomy of a fall' wins best screenplay, foreign film at Golden Globes” to help you with the answer.You have until 5 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 10 February podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

We were recently joined on the MSC Podcast by JP Nerbun. He is a bestselling author, leadership coach, and founder of TOC Culture Consulting, a leading global sports-consulting and leadership coaching business. His mission is to support leaders and their teams to achieve their full potential through 1:1 coaching, consulting, and community. Check out JP's new book on Sports Parenting Solutions here: https://amzn.to/413lb8J In this conversation, JP shares ways that coaches can: - Develop their leadership philosophy, while continuing to grow and evolve - Merge leadership styles with their training methodology Grow and strengthen relationships with parents - Empower their team to help establish, support, and drive high standards Create an effective feedback system and manage it layer by layer

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Michelle Rayner is currently the Women's First Team Head Coach & Sporting Director for the Lexington Sporting Club. In this role, she oversees the United Soccer League (USL) Women's pathway from the Professional Team through the Youth Club. Prior to this position, Michelle held a variety of positions within the sport of soccer, including General Manager of Tower Hill Sports, a 45,000 sq.ft. state of the art facility used primarily for soccer, head soccer trainer to several professional and high-level athletes, Associate Head Women's Soccer Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of Kentucky, and Head Women's Soccer Coach at High Point University, among others.  Collectively, Michelle has more than 20 years of experience working in elite soccer environments. Michelle was a professional soccer athlete in England, competing for the Millwall Lionesses' Women's Team. As an athlete, she won two National Championships, participated in the 1991 Women's World Championships held in China, and won numerous League Championships. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education with a minor in Coaching and Health from Lincoln Memorial University. She is using all of these experiences to shape the experiences of girls and women in the Lexington Sporting Club. If you enjoy this podcast, please click "subscribe" wherever you listen to episodes and we hope you'll consider leaving us a review. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UKAGHW, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ukaghw, or Twitter https://twitter.com/ukaghw.  If you want to help us sustain the Champions of Active Women podcast, please consider making a donation to the University of Kentucky Active Women's Health Initiative at https://uky.networkforgood.com/causes/13092-active-women-s-health-initiative-fund.      

Thomas Rongen, our latest guest, checks each and every one of the US soccer "builder" boxes. What an amazing journey and career for a man that has been at almost every level of soccer as a player AND a coach! As a player from a stellar career in Holland, to playing in the NASL, APSL, USISL, MISL and many other leagues to coaching at Youth Club level, to High School, to College, to Professional, to National Team programs and beyond. Truly a remarkable career that is ongoing and one of the most interesting guests and episodes that 3 Old Goalies has hosted. In addition to the above accolades, Coach Rongen was the first coach of American Samoa to get a goal and a win. Thomas Rongen's story will be part of a feature film released in Fall of 2023. “next goal wins”. We thank Thomas--again--for his time and great stories and insights, and hope that you will enjoy this episode as much as we did! Get ready for some more GREAT soccer stories!! Join us, won't you? #SOCCER #USMNT #USSOCCER #NASL #podcast #beautifulgame #AmericanSomoa #wosoc #menssoccer #NASL #APSL #USISL #MISL

In deze aflevering maken we uitgebreid kennis met de band Wasted Youth Club. In Bunnik sprak ik in het Postillion Hotel met frontman Sven, gitarist Tim, bassist Reinier en drummer Jitze over het ontstaan van de band, over de eerste stappen live en in de studio, over wilde avonturen tijdens shows en meer… heel veel meer! Uiteraard dobbelen we weer tijdens de vaste rubriek ‘De Standaardvragen', bespreken we vijf dilemma's en kijken we waar de band over vijf jaar staat.

In this episode of On The Rail Podcast, we sat down with Cyndy Hetzell, who has been involved in 4-H and youth clubs for over 35 years. We explored Cyndy's journey assisting youth in the equine industry, particularly those involved in breed shows and 4-H. She not only shared her experiences but also offered invaluable insights on how to blend kids from a 4-H background with those in the breed show world. Cyndy also took us through the origins of the Garden State Paint Horse Youth Club that she started. The club was once again named APHA's 2022 Youth Club of the Year, which is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved. She walked us through the events and fundraisers they organized, making their club an affordable and fun place to come and show. Cyndy's innovative ideas contributed significantly to the club's success. During the conversation, we also touched on the topic of declining youth participation in the industry, and Cyndy shared her personal vies on the matter. We discussed ways to improve and help youth participation in the industry, and Cyndy shared her thoughts on how we can work towards this goal. Overall, this episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about supporting the youth in the equine industry and learning from someone with vast experience and knowledge. Listeners will gain valuable insights and inspiration from Cyndy's journey and expertise. Be sure to share this episode if you found it insightful! We can continue our industry conversations because of our listeners and hope to keep this flow of conversation going!

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On this week's Red Business podcast..Serving De-LISHH-ous food everyday, Jonathan Sheehan of @lishhcafecatering expands with an egg bar in the Marina MarketGetting the perfect business pitch with Fiona Walsh of @Fiona_Imagine @CorkETB launches a major recruitment drive for the Volunteer Youth Club sectorAnd Cork-based company @CxvGlobal announces major partnership in the US

Tijdens de Dutch Media Week 2022 deed Bandpraat mee met het ‘wereldrecord podcast maken' in Beeld en Geluid (Hilversum). Daar namen we midden in de nacht twee specials op, waarvan dit de eerste is. Een special over de Popronde 2022! Eindelijk weer overal bands op de meest fantastische plekken in vele steden. Hoe beleven Wasted Youth Club, FIEP en Cavolo Nero deze editie van het reizende muziekcircus? Drie bands praten ons bij en Jelle en Chris van Cavolo Nero rollen de dobbelstenen over de tafel tijdens de Popronde-editie van de ‘Standaardvragen'. Bandpraat supporten? Tof, dat kan via: https://www.patreon.com/bandpraat

How God speaks to us       Talk 12       Preachers and Pastors In recent talks we've been considering how God speaks to us through our parents and through other Christians. We now turn our attention to how God speaks to us through the preaching of his word by those he has called and gifted to do so. We have already seen that God expects all Christians to spread the good news of the gospel to those with whom they come in contact. The gift of the Holy Spirit is available to all Christians and his empowering enables us all to be witnesses for Christ.    In Ephesians 4:11-12, however, we read how Christ has given to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, to equip God's people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up. I have written at length on each of these roles in my book, Body Builders, so won't be going into great detail here. It will be enough for us to remind ourselves that one of the chief ways that God has chosen to speak to us is through his servants.   Of course, God speaks to us individually as we read our Bibles, but that by no means does away with the need for the teaching of God's word through those to whom he has entrusted our spiritual welfare. In Acts 20 the apostle Paul is on his way to Jerusalem and at Miletus he calls for the elders of the church to come and see him (v17). He knows that none of them will ever see him again (v25) and he wants to encourage them and pray with them one last time. He tells them to    Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood (v28).   Notice that in verse 17 these people are referred to as elders. In this verse they're called overseers and shepherds. It's clear from this and from passages like 1 Peter 5:1-5 and Titus 1:5-7 that:   In the New Testament elders, overseers, and shepherds (pastors) are interchangeable terms referring to the same role. Their responsibility is to protect and care for the flock (God's people) from ‘wolves' (false teachers) who distort the truth (Acts 20:29, 1 Peter 5:2). They must encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who oppose it (Titus 1:9). They are ultimately accountable to Christ, who is the Chief Shepherd of the flock (1 Peter 5:5). Since God has given such a serious responsibility to those who are the shepherds of his sheep, it follows that his people are to pay attention to the teaching and advice given by church leaders. I can't say in all honestly that I have always done so – in fact I remember that as a teenager I sometimes argued publicly with our Baptist pastor (for which I wrote and apologized a few years later after I was baptized with the Holy Spirit). But I'm so glad that down through the years again and again God has spoken to me and guided me through the teaching and advice of pastors and other preachers.   Perhaps the best example of this is how the Lord called me to full-time ministry. Mamhead Park is a country mansion built regardless of cost in the nineteenth century. Set in hundreds of acres of beautiful countryside, with views going down to the sea at Lyme Bay on the south coast of England, in the 1950s it was used by the Baptists as a centre for retreats and conferences. It was also used in the school holidays for Summer Schools for young people. It was at one of these that God spoke to me and showed me that I was to be a minister.   It was at the end of one of the evening sessions. The preacher had just finished his message and the Reverend Cyril Rushbridge, who had been leading the meeting, was expected to close in prayer. But before he did so, he said, Before we close in prayer I just feel the Lord wants me to tell you how he called me to the ministry. He then took just a few minutes sharing with us how this had happened. It was nothing like Paul's experience on the Damascus Road. I don't remember the details, but by the time he had finished I felt sure that God was calling me to the ministry too. This was confirmed by Kate, one of the young people from our youth group, who said to me as soon as the meeting ended, David, do you know now what the Lord wants you to do with your life? The answer was yes, I was absolutely sure.   I wrote home to my parents telling them what had happened. When I got home, they told me how pleased they were and how, when the doctor had told them that they were unlikely to have any children, they had prayed that the Lord would give them a son who would have an international ministry.   I was 16 at the time and in the middle of preparing for A levels at school. I spoke to our pastor, the Reverend Leslie Moxham, and asked his advice as to my next steps now that the Lord had called me to the ministry. He suggested that I should start to attend the midweek Prayer and Bible Study meeting and this I was happy to do. But there was just one problem – time!    Students at Brentwood School, where I attended, had lessons for six days every week and were expected to do two to three hours ‘prep' every evening. Sunday was the only day we were not at school and on Sundays I was already attending Boys' Brigade Bible Class at 10am, the morning church service at 11am, teenage Bible Class at 3pm, youth discussion group at 4.30pm, the evening service at 6.30pm and an after church ‘sing-song' from 8-9pm! I also attended Boys' Brigade, Young People's Fellowship, and the church Youth Club three evenings every week. Could I still fit in an extra meeting without it affecting my studies at school?   My history teacher clearly thought not! About two months before I was due to take my A level exams, he said to me in front of the whole class,  Quite honestly, Petts, unless you work harder, you're going to fail you're A levels.  To which I replied, Well, you see Sir, I believe that God has called me to the ministry and that it's important that I attend the meetings at our church,  and I explained to him how busy I was.  Then I added, Actually, Sir, I believe that if I put God first, and if he wants me to pass my A levels, he will not let me down.  To which he replied, Petts, I respect your convictions, but I can't say that I agree with you.    As a result of that conversation, I did try to work harder, but I also continued to attend all the meetings at church, including the midweek Bible Study recommended by my pastor. When the A level results were published, to the surprise of my teacher I had received a comfortable pass in all subjects, including History. And to my surprise, I was shortly afterwards awarded a prestigious Heseltine Exhibition to study at Brasenose College, Oxford. I give God all the glory for this. I had followed my Pastor's advice and had tried to put God first. I had honoured the Lord in front of my teacher and fellow-students, and the Lord did not fail me.   A few years later, after graduating from Oxford, I was pastoring a small church in Colchester. The church funds were insufficient to pay me full time, so I was teaching Religious Education in a local secondary school to provide for the needs of our young family. This was clearly part of the Lord's plan as during the years I was teaching there dozens of teenagers came to our church and made decisions for Christ. But I knew that the Lord had called me to full time ministry and that eventually the time would come for me to give up my teaching job. The question was, when?   The answer came during the Assemblies of God Annual Conference held in Clacton in May 1966. I was not able to attend during the day as it coincided with the school summer term, but I was able to go in the evenings as Clacton is not very far from Colchester. The preacher on the first night was Pastor Eddie Durham. He began by talking about how, in time past, if a man wanted to challenge another to a duel, he would throw down a gauntlet in front of him. The challenge was accepted by the other man picking up the gauntlet. Pastor Durham then produced a motorcycle gauntlet and threw it on the floor before the congregation, saying, I challenge young men in this meeting to give themselves full time to the ministry!   I remember thinking, That's all very well. I'd love to be full time in the ministry, but it simply isn't possible financially. My teaching job was our only means of income.  But then I added, But, Lord, if that's what you want me to do, I'll do it, but you'll have to make it very clear by the end of the week.   The reason I said this was that I was contractually obliged to submit my resignation to the school where I was teaching by the end of May if I was not going to return for the beginning of the new term in September. God had just a week to let me know what he wanted me to do.    And he did! Night after night I went back to those meetings, having told no one but Eileen what I had prayed. And each night, in one way or another, God spoke to me confirming that I was to give up my teaching job. A particular highlight was the preaching of Thomas F. Zimmerman, the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God in the USA, who was one of the guest preachers at the conference. What made it particularly significant was the fact that it was the night of my ordination where hands were laid on me in recognition of the ministry God had given me. Zimmerman's message was based on 1 Kings 17-18 and the story of Elijah. I was reminded that if we follow God's PLAN, we will know his PROVISION and his POWER.   By the end of the week Eileen and I were fully convinced that God's plan was that I should give up my teaching job and trust him to provide for our needs. And so, first thing on Monday morning, I went to the head teacher, who, incidentally, was an atheist, and handed in my resignation. When asked for a reason, I could only reply, Well Sir, this may sound a little strange, but God has told me to.   Next time: God speaks to us through prophets

In this episode, Dave, Riki, and their special guest Stephen Carvajal of the Fighting Angels Volleyball Club discuss youth volleyball, and the ins and outs of club sports from the perspective of a non-profit organization, offering opportunities to young athletes in Las Vegas. To learn more about the Fighting Angels, or to donate to their organization, visit their website at: www.vsvolleyball.club

A Jubilee Special this week with Ian McLuckie. Kids Disco. Thats's right, all the tracks you would have heard at the local Youth Club disco.

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Scarlett O'Malley brings the energy and enthusiasm of youth combined with a wealth of musical knowledge way beyond her years. Born and raised in West London but now making her mark around Europe, she is a new breed of DJ doing things on her own terms. Her tireless passion for the scene has made her one of online radio's busiest talents. She is well known and respected for interviewing legends and trailblazers with a uniquely down-to-earth but probing style on stations like Foundation FM and Whynow radio and she has a monthly residency with The Vinyl Factory. She also hosts and produces her own Youth Club podcast which merges her passion for music, history and subculture. She runs her own party and mix series The Soul Exchange. "I wanted to head to the later, darker and slightly heavier side of the club with this mix. Think 4am in a sweaty corner of Corsica! I love house music with all my heart, especially early 90s house music and a lot of the tunes in this mix stems from those early sounds, there are acid overtones in a lot of the music and that underground tribal sound. A house mix in its entirety, there are also breaks and a little techno touch with a ton of groovy basslines in tow. Heavier music with soul!" Artist: @scarlett_omalley

SAVE THE YOUTH with the Youth Club Team

SAVE THE YOUTH Part II Youth Club Team

During a recent visit, we find out what's cooking at the Whitney Pier Youth Club and learn about the program called "Kid Food Nation". A couple of participants and a youth worker talk about the program that aims to teach kitchen and cooking skills to young people.

Recently, we've been spending time at the Whitney Pier Youth Club. Today, we meet Katie Farrell, an outreach worker based at the club. The new position is dedicated to helping some people in vulnerable populations make the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Meet two youth workers at the Whitney Pier Youth Club, who used to go there as children and find out what it's like for them to come full circle, and to help their community. Lauren Holloway and Dante Giovanetti were part of a documentary filmmaking initiative called "The Youth Project".

Keeping on for the kids. We check in with Chester Borden, Executive Director at the Whitney Pier Youth Club, to see how they're coping with ongoing affects of the pandemic.

This week I had the pleasure to talk with Phil Keller. He is a wonderful master's runner here in Albuquerque, running for the Dukes Track Club and a coach of their Youth Club. We talked about his start to running, conditioning, and coaching college and high school. It was fun talking about his own college running and his short break from running. We talk about motivating runners you coach at all levels. He talks about his own running and breaks, or lack of, and being able to go from the youth state championship to the high school state championship and the issues with that. We also had a fun conversation about music at the end. I learned a lot about Phil and I hope you enjoy our conversation. If you are interested in getting your own kid involved in the Dukes Youth Track club you can email them at dukestrackclub@gmail.com. The time change has messed with my sleep, but I think I"m finally catching up. I hope you are adjusting well. It's nice to see a little light at the end of my runs in the mornings. So enjoy your runs, layer, and keep running, New Mexico.

Want something done? Ask a busy person! Logistics expert Amarjit Singh Atwal MBA tells of how he balances his professional life, studies and voluntary roles as a director of the Northants Chamber of Commerce as well as award-winning charity work with the Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club and Gudwara temple, joint winners last year of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service and this year awarded Gold in the Local Food Hero category of the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/asatwal/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/sccyc-waterside-connect-centre/ Originally broadcast 9th November 2021 on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Kamyabi kay Wazeefay by Tuaha Ibn Jalil (Trainer, Counsellor & Country Head at Youth Club)

My guest today is Clint Murphy a multi-platinum, award-winning producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician. He has worked on records as diverse as Manic Street Preachers, Enter Shikari, RØMANS, and 50 Cent, racking up hits both in the UK and internationally.  UK chart successes include recording and mixing No.2 album ‘Half Way There', for English pop-punk band Busted, mixing No.3 album ‘Rip It Up' for hard rock legends Thunder and producing, mixing and writing for upcoming bands such as Keir, Courts, Twin Wild and Youth Club. Most recently, Clint has been working with British rock band Enter Shikari, mixing their critically-acclaimed, UK No.2 album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'. Back in his native New Zealand, Clint's work continually tops the charts through artists such as Devilskin, Opshop, Annabel Fay, The Feelers, Kimbra, Junica (Ladyhawke), 8 Foot Sativa and Bic Runga. This has resulted in Clint being recognized as ‘Engineer Of The Year' multiple times at the New Zealand Music Awards. Other international successes include Chinaski's no.1 album ‘Rockfield', covering three no.1 singles notching up over 60 million YouTube streams, Codes' multi-award-winning album ‘Trees Dream In Algebra' and Melanie C's multi-platinum album, “Beautiful Intentions”, which spent nine weeks topping the charts in Europe. Thanks so much to Ryan Smith at (Sterling Sound) for making our introduction. Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: http://MixMasterBundle.com THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy Use code ROCKSTAR to get 10% https://JZmic.com Use coupon ROCKSTARS to get 20% off The Pop Filter Spectra1964 is having a bundle sale! Save $$ hundreds on the STX600 and the BBDI combo at https://www.Spectra1964.com http://MacSales.com/Rockstars http://iZotope.com/Rockstars use code ROCK10 for 10% off https://carltatzdesign.com/Mixroom-Mentor http://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com Hear guests discography on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0lrpi9fxxtz6t729cN6HWX?si=36aa44cacdab4c4b If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: https://RSRockstars.com/Review CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: http://RSRockstars.com/313

Ok, so back by popular demand, we welcome Bazza Barnett's Youth Club Disco playing absolute bangers and the best in cheesy music, you'll be dancing around the room we promise!If you want to get in touch with us, then contact us on our socials @voicefmradio.Don't worry if you miss a show.You can catch up on our website at voicefmradio.co.uk

Ok, so back by popular demand, we welcome Bazza Barnett's Youth Club Disco playing absolute bangers and the best in cheesy music, you'll be dancing around the room we promise!If you want to get in touch with us, then contact us on our socials @voicefmradio.Don't worry if you miss a show.You can catch up on our website at voicefmradio.co.uk

Ok, so back by popular demand, we welcome Bazza Barnett's Youth Club Disco playing absolute bangers and the best in cheesy music, you'll be dancing around the room we promise!If you want to get in touch with us, then contact us on our socials @voicefmradio.Don't worry if you miss a show.You can catch up on our website at voicefmradio.co.uk

Ok, so back by popular demand, we welcome Bazza Barnett's Youth Club Disco playing absolute bangers and the best in cheesy music, you'll be dancing around the room we promise!If you want to get in touch with us, then contact us on our socials @voicefmradio.Don't worry if you miss a show.You can catch up on our website at voicefmradio.co.uk

Ok, so back by popular demand, we welcome Bazza Barnett's Youth Club Disco playing absolute bangers and the best in cheesy music, you'll be dancing around the room we promise!If you want to get in touch with us, then contact us on our socials @voicefmradio.Don't worry if you miss a show.You can catch up on our website at voicefmradio.co.uk

YFS's Louis Cooper speaks to the manager of East Kilbride YM, Graeme Robertson , on their player pathway with East Kilbride Youth Club. Since joining forces there have also been exciting developments on the facility front for EKYC. And in a fitting tribute, club legends Denny Byrne and Angus McConnell, will have pitches named after them. Produced & Voiced by Lewis Moynihan

This episode shows the point of view of the fashion scene and movement in Jakarta-based streetwear brand's founder Adit from Paradise Youth Club

Fewer spaces, more need. We check in with Chester Borden, the executive director of the Whitney Pier Youth Club, to see how the pandemic has impacted the Club and its members.

In the second episode of the Political Punk Podcast, host Zach Thomas hangs out in the Youth Club with Davey Warsop, a producer/musician from Los Angeles, California. Davey shares stories from his experiences working with big and small bands from across the world, going on tour, producing his own albums, and his perspective on some major issues like income inequality and the movement for racial equity. 

Today, The Youth Club of Trinidad is back in swing and we'll check in on how it's going so far. In the state, research from Denver University shows contact tracing apps are effective in reducing COVID-19 spread and in the world, an oil spill is causing some trouble in Mauritius.

Today, we are in Tom’s house! Plus, Cilla Black, wall-to-wall Colins and a book update.Don’t forget you can email the show chattolikemindedfriends@gmail.com, and if you like us why not leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever it is you listenTo pre-order Tom’s new book ‘No Shame’ for 12th November you can do so here:https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F3f12Xvm&data=02%7C01%7Cveronique.norton%40hodder.co.uk%7Ca5d39c19338f41c15a0b08d81e5e9556%7Cf881a2c50a89483181b1c7846c49594d%7C0%7C0%7C637292738892160280&sdata=5UF%2FDJ6u%2FCMe6rIY2pfDQRXlKtN7Cw50ywVNovLF5Ws%3D&reserved=0or find your local independent bookseller here:https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booksellers.org.uk%2Fbookshopsearch&data=02%7C01%7Cveronique.norton%40hodder.co.uk%7Ca5d39c19338f41c15a0b08d81e5e9556%7Cf881a2c50a89483181b1c7846c49594d%7C0%7C0%7C637292738892170273&sdata=5EEW6GdH1Q%2Fp8ljJTCbIRnpiAi7oa%2F3JqDRY5RsKw88%3D&reserved=0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wir sprechen mit der Jugend! Sie ist Anfang Zwanzig und aufgewachsen in Berlin. Wie ist es eigentlich so, in einer Stadt wie Berlin groß zu werden, zur Schule und an die Uni zu gehen? Wie ist es, dass erste mal Alkohol und Drogen zu konsumieren und wie kann ich es schaffen, wieder davon loszukommen, wenn der Rest weitermacht?Wir besprechen unter anderem auch darüber, was die Musikszene mit Drogen zu tun hat und was Rebellion in jungen Jahren eigentlich bedeutet. Wird unsere Jugend aufgeklärt? Wenn ja, wie? Und bringt das überhaupt etwas?Falls ihr mehr erfahren wollt, dann checkt Sober Youth Club auf Instagram - @soberyouthclubFalls du dich für unser Mentoring Programm interessieren solltest, dann schreibe uns liebend gerne eine Mail an hello@mesober.comFalls du auf der Suche nach einem "Sober Buddy" oder einer Community bist, dann schaue gerne bei unserer rauschlos.Glücklich! - Community (Facebook) vorbei.[Update: Uns ist die Qualität der Community unendlich wichtig – um diese auch langfristig gewähren zu können, erhältst Du Zugang zur Community, sobald Du einen unserer Kurse gebucht hast.]Mehr von uns findest du auf unserer Website(www.mesober.com) & auf Instagram (@me__sober).Wir freuen uns mega über eine Bewertung, falls dir diese Folge gefallen haben sollte.

In this insightful, hotly anticipated debate, YF Chair Adam Allnutt  hosted a debate on the future of the Labour Party's youth wings, from funding, to safeguarding, to international collaborations and a certain Labour Live. Joining him were: Abdi Duale - https://twitter.com/AbdiDuale_ Ex Young Fabian Exec member, GMB member and UK Labour organiser Danny Filer - https://twitter.com/DannyFiler UK Labour organiser, ex member of Young Labour Eloise Harris - https://twitter.com/elihxrris Chair of Queen Mary Labour Society and Women's Officer at Unite Tower Hamlets Ella Rose  - https://twitter.com/ellarachelrose NEC member of Jewish Labour and LGBT Labour, and ex-President of the Union of Jewish Students This event was recorded on Friday 12th June.To all our female listeners: we want you in our podcast, so if you're passionate about a topic just get in touch with us at podcast@youngfabians.org.uk. We want to hear from you. Enjoy! Follow us on social media to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastYFhttps://twitter.com/PodcastYfThe intro music is by ‘One in a Googolplex' and used under Creative Commons. Find out more about them here: https://oneinagoogolplex.bandcamp.com/

Pindy Kaur, the Community Development Manager of SCCYC, the Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club, talks about the work of the organisation within the community and how it has grown under and adapted to Covid-19. Their work has resulted in a recent Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, an MBE for charitable organisations. With its new Waterside Connect Community Centre about to open, find out how the organisation plans to go from strength to strength.

In Episode 14, I interview FIDE Master Mike Ivanov, Founder of Canada Chess Youth League. We discuss the founding of his organization, the differences of playing chess tournaments in North America and Europe, organization of norm tournaments, the benefits of chess and more.

Dans cet extrait du 113ème épisode DigiClub powered by Topnet, nous avons invité Eya Ben Hamdane, Secrétaire Générale de l'association Youth Club ainsi que Mayssa Rezgui, du Conseil de supervision nationale de l'association Youth Club. Cette association -gérée par des jeunes pour les jeunes- a un réseau de plus de 20 clubs dans les lycées et les maisons de jeunes (elle touche environ 1900 élèves et étudiants) grâce à ses activités. Que fait exactement cette association et pourquoi a-t-elle été invité récemment au Qatar ? Réponse dans cet extrait. Producteur : Walid Naffati Ingénieur son : Ghazi Neffati Production : StreamingHD Enregistrement effectué au studio de IntilaQ (intilaq.tn/)

Chloe Dickson knows first hand the power of the St Kilda Police and Citizen’s Youth Club, a not-for-profit organisation mentoring young people of all ages and backgrounds. As a former resident, Chloe’s world was turned around by the support of the PCYC mentors. Now she’s inspiring the next generation as Operations Manager of the centre, leading programs that are changing lives. Chloe shares her story on this week’s Igniting Change Podcast.

Dans ce 113 ème épisode de DigiClub powered by Topnet, nous avons invité Hichem Ben Fadhl, fondateur de Ajyel Capital et qui a lancé récemment Startup Fund, un mécanisme de financement participatif (crowdfunding) des Startups par 'Tokenisation' basé sur la technologie Blockchain. Mais cette initiative, comme d'habitude, a attiré l'ire du Conseil du Marché Financier. Qu'en est il maintenant ? Réponse dans le podcast. En 2ème partie de l'émission, nous avons invité Eya Ben Hamdane, Secrétaire Générale de l'association Youth Club ainsi que Mayssa Rezgui, du Conseil de supervision nationale de l'association Youth Club. Cette association -gérée par des jeunes pour les jeunes- a un réseau de plus de 20 clubs dans les lycées et les maisons de jeunes (elle touche environ 1900 élèves et étudiants) grâce à ses activités. Que fait exactement cette association et pourquoi a-t-elle été invité récemment au Qatar ? Plus d'informations dans cet épisode. Producteur : Walid Naffati Ingénieur son : Ghazi Neffati Production : StreamingHD Enregistrement effectué au studio de IntilaQ (http://intilaq.tn/)

We Finished off Elevate Week with Ian Harland. Ian was heavily involved in Elevate week; in charge of Generation NXT who held events for both the kids and Youth Club. Heres one of two Sermons given by Ian.

We Finished off Elevate Week with Ian Harland. Ian was heavily involved in Elevate week; in charge of Generation NXT who held events for both the kids and Youth Club. Heres one of two Sermons given by Ian.

Kalau di episode sebelum ada pertanyaan ke brand Dover Street Market, di sini gue dapet jawabannya dari Adit, founder dari brand streetwear Jakarta, Paradise Youth Club.

With his two latest films blowing up the box office, we discuss one of Bollywood’s freshest leading men, Ayushmann Khurrana. Show Notes: * We’ve changed up our recording schedule for the rest of the year, we only have three episodes left in 2018 * [Ayushmann Khurrana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayushmann_Khurrana) * [MTV Roadies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Roadies) * [Meri Pyaari Bindu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meri_Pyaari_Bindu), [Bareilly Ki Barfi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareilly_Ki_Barfi), and [Shubh Mangal Saavdhan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubh_Mangal_Saavdhan) * [Andhadhun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhadhun) and [Badhaai Ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badhaai_Ho) * [Aparshakti Khurrana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparshakti_Khurana) * Lack of ego * Comparions and similarities to [Rajkummar Rao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajkummar_Rao) * Great boyfriend material and [BDE](https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/27/17506898/big-dick-energy-explained) * [Vicky Donor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Donor) * [Starbuck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbuck_(film)) and [Delivery Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivery_Man_(film)) * People as sperm, cute sperm * Khurrana’s fertility trilogy * Not a lot of diversity * Challenging conventions of masculinity (INTERVAL (“[Pani Da Rang](https://youtu.be/EiItLWWxgOI)” from Vicky Donor) * [Hawaizaada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaizaada) * Khurrana channels Ranbir Kapoor * We are the only ones who remember this movie * [Saawariya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saawariya) and [Baz Lurhmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baz_Luhrmann) * [Boat workshop](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3ny7vIpMN0/VUZ5U_hbhHI/AAAAAAAAD4U/dXnuebh1gAw/s1600/Hawaizaada%2B(2015)%2B-720p%2B-%2BDVDRip%2B-%2Bx264%2B-%2BAC3%2B5.1%2B-%2BESub%2B%5BDDR%5D.mkv_001580412.jpg) * [Shivkar Bapuji Talpade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivkar_Bapuji_Talpade) * Style over substance * [Dum Laga Ke Haisha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dum_Laga_Ke_Haisha) * [Bhumi Pednekar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumi_Pednekar) * Unlikable hero * “Youth Club” * Mental health issues? * [Wife carrying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying) * Metaphor for marriage NEXT TIME: Sriram Raghavan’s Johnny Gaddaar and Agent Vinod Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the [Alberta Podcast Network](https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com/) powered by [ATB](https://www.atb.com/listen/Pages/default.aspx) Check out [OtherWise](https://otherwiseshow.com/) Listen to [The Well Endowed Podcast](https://www.thewellendowedpodcast.com/) Find us on [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4)! and [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/matt-bowes/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and [Audioboom](https://audioboom.com/channel/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and [iHeartRadio](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-bollywood-is-for-lovers-28344928/)! and [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1m38Hxx8ZFxTJzadsVk5U3)! and [Google Podcasts](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ2OTg2OTAucnNz)! Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers)! #AyushmannKhurrana, #VickyDonor, #YamiGautam, #AnnuKapoor, #DollyAhluwalia, #Hawaizaada, #VibhuPuri, #MithunChakraborty, #PallaviSharda, #DumLagaKeHaisha, #SharatKatariya, #BhumiPednekar, #SanjayMishra,

"I've seen an Oxo cube," says Ruth, as the latest father-and-daughter podcast discusses Waitrose student essentials. Also debated this week, religion, saving the planet, unhappiness among young girls, and Soon Yi Previn's support for a beleaguered Woody Allen - all the small stuff. Musically, it's 10cc v Tom Rosenthal.If you enjoy 'Ruthie - Me & My Dad' it would be great if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts here; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruthie-me-and-my-dad/id1350367213?mt=2 - and don't forget to subscribe on your favourite pod app and never miss an episode. Oh, and be sure to tell your friends.You can get in touch with the show via email here; martinandruthpodcast@gmail.comMartin’s on Twitter at @martinkelner, or if you prefer Facebook he’s here; https://www.facebook.com/martinkelnerAnd if you want to listen to the tracks played on the podcast in full, the Spotify playlist is here;https://open.spotify.com/user/glmpepfmh1mewya62ea7xlpuv/playlist/1YTmo0gN8NNg4f6fWSJqCk?si=xNMf76_oR6Kx6T02HHJaSg See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brien Stewart formed AVAIL in 1988 with Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, and Mikey Warstler. He and his bandmates had the idea to put on a concert featuring bands from the burgeoning local scene, and with the support of his bandmate’s mom, Patty Warstler--who ran the local Youth Club--put on the first Jam for Man concert. After the band moved to Richmond in 1990 and his good friend, Andy Wells, died tragically in a drunk-driving accident, Brien left the band. He went on to play in many memorable bands from the Reston hardcore scene, including L.D.K. (Learning Disabled Kids), BSR (Basic Skills Review), and Lickity Split. He has been recording with Ruin By Design since 2015 and they are putting the finishing touches on a new album this summer. You can find Brien’s music with AVAIL at: https://brienstewart.bandcamp.com/album/avail-each-other-1988-1990 and Ruin by Design here: https://ruinbydesign.bandcamp.com/

Pharell • Emmy • Rhianna man in the mirror • Rhianna arts n crafts • Merwa school & youth club • Lesonte • Merwa favourite things about youth work • Taariq

Hilla ja Inari podcast 18. Sensitive Youth Club Kesän ensimmäisessä podcastissa hyppäämme kylmään mereen ja ruodimme surullisuudesta ja mielenterveysongelmista ammentavaa estetiikkaa. Tarkastelemme tuskailun kulttuurin historiaa aina romantiikan ajasta nykyhetkeen. Onko olemassa parempia vaihtoehtoja? Lisäksi luvassa Sodankylän elokuvafestivaali -tunnelmointia ja vinkkejä niille, jotka eivät ole lähdössä Lappiin. http://onequartmagazine.com/2017/06/hilla-ja-inari-podcast-sensitive-youth-club/ www.facebook.com/Hilla-ja-Inari-1575618086072460/ photography : Adele Hyry

2000hrs (CET) 1900hrs (BST) Dj Julien Dawson AKA Dj JD bringing you a rap session with some other bits in between! x

2000hrs (CET) 1900hrs (BST) Dj Julien Dawson AKA Dj JD bringing you a rap session with some other bits in between! x

2000hrs (CET) 1900hrs (BST) A first for Radio Nova Lujon with a snapshot of what the “yout” of today are listening & dancing to; from the shores of France and introducing Dj Julien Dawson (eleven years young)! Expect some dubstep / rap & future pop classics x

2000hrs (CET) 1900hrs (BST) A first for Radio Nova Lujon with a snapshot of what the “yout” of today are listening & dancing to; from the shores of France and introducing Dj Julien Dawson (eleven years young)! Expect some dubstep / rap & future pop classics x

Hello and welcome to Talk With eM! This week Michael and Emma talk about a fantastic car show they went to, and spill the gossip on their local youth club! You can have your say on the topics In this weeks episode and give the team a talking point for the next episode by emailing them at talkwithempodcast@gmail.com Or you could tweet them on Twitter @TalkWitheM

"In this week's show we kick things off with a great track from the Ruen Brothers, we have a 'Shameless Favourite' from His New Atlas, we have a 'Double Bill' from Billionaire and Youth Club and we have gig news and tracks from Joe Boyd, Patch & The Giant, Fred Light, August and After, Chastity Brown and Millie Manders. We play every kind of music – it just has to be good. You can find details of all the gigs mentioned and hear the tracks again by going to the website - www.londongigguide.co.uk. http://www.twitter.com/londongigguide http://www.facebook.com/thelondongigguide"

"In this week's show we kick things off with a great track from the Ruen Brothers, we have a 'Shameless Favourite' from His New Atlas, we have a 'Double Bill' from Billionaire and Youth Club and we have gig news and tracks from Joe Boyd, Patch & The Giant, Fred Light, August and After, Chastity Brown and Millie Manders. We play every kind of music – it just has to be good. You can find details of all the gigs mentioned and hear the tracks again by going to the website - www.londongigguide.co.uk. http://www.twitter.com/londongigguide http://www.facebook.com/thelondongigguide"

Alice Baum and Annie Hickling describe aspects of living in the West End community of Leicester as teenagers and young adults, including youth clubs, table manners, recollections of football hooliganism, bicycle transport, and aspects of their home living conditions.

1. News from around the world – Developing news – 2. Interview with the national director of SOS Children's Villages Greece marking International Day of Families - 3. On the 'I Matter' series: Youth Club established in Croatia