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TODAY’S RADIO
Lauren Laverne
10AM, BBC 6 MUSIC
Angel Olsen, the Missouri-born indie folk singer, is currently on a European tour. Angel, who worked as a backing singer before going solo, talks about her rather unusual upbringing and the influence it has had on her music, then plays tracks from her latest album, My Woman.
The Untold
11AM, RADIO 4
John left the Army 20 years ago, having served in Northern Ireland and in the Persian Gulf; he suffers from the physical and psychological injuries he sustained in service. He hardly sleeps, suffers panic attacks and nightmares, has been addicted to drugs and has been in prison; the cause of these problems is post-traumatic stress. What little comfort John finds in his tormented life comes when he sleeps on the floor of sheltered accommodation for troubled veterans. Grace Dent follows John as he makes his first, tentative steps to get his life back on track in this powerful piece of radio.
Short Cuts
4PM, RADIO 4
Josie Long returns with a new series of her programme of true stories and short documentaries. As ever, the show is intriguing, entertaining and full of genuinely eccentric characters. In this first show, we hear from a man who’s on a mission to con the con artists – and a poet who fell down the wormhole between fiction and reality.
CMA Music Festival 2016
10PM, RADIO 2
Kristian Bush continues his series of highlights from this year’s country music festival, held in Nashville. In this penultimate show, Kristian will feature a set from
Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard, who make up the somewhat cheesy duo Florida Georgia Line.
The Essay: All My Presidents
10.45PM, RADIO 3
Michael Goldfarb was 13 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and the memory of hearing the news of JFK’s death remains vivid. In this first of a week-long, highly personal series, Michael looks at American Presidents, from Eisenhower to Obama, and recalls his family’s close encounters with Ike and JFK.