There's nothing like a bonus @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup to get things blooming. Frolic in #spring with music from BON JOUR, a grazing song from Rahel, Klangkarussell, Lou Asril, Astrud Gilberto, Isaac Hayes and Francoise Hardy! 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live

Finally I have found a headline today that has pleased me: www.bbc.com/news/article...

By the way, you call it #Easter, we call it #Ronde day... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZgh...

"What Aretha did to „I Say A Little Prayer“ is one of the great acts of musical transformation in the history of popular music. She took a delicate, clockwork pop construction and filled it with the weight of actual human experience. " @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup fm4.orf.at/stories/3053...

As luxurious and comforting as a chocolate egg, @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup today is full of fresh hope and renewal. We have Ross Stanciu, Kimyan, Sharktank as well as Aretha Franklin, Erobique, music from Mali, and some Afro-Brazilian spirituality. 10am fm4.orf.at

I have never really felt strongly about aircraft carriers before (or Keir Starmer for that matter) but I don't think we should tolerate them being mocked by a war-mongering vulgarian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is a very strange ritual. Journalist Rob Cameron approached his article in the only way conscionable - he asked lots of Czech women what they think about the tradition. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Nick Thorpe has been in western #Hungary 10 days before an election that will be fatefully for Hungary but also the rest of Europe. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Microphone drop

And if they had made the switch to electrified mobility, this would have made them much freer right now....

La Cotorra Criolla was Perucho Conde's lightning strike. At 46 years old, with no connection to Hip-Hop culture, no immersion in the Bronx scene, no blueprint except „Rapper’s Delight,“ he created the first protest rap in history. @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

"Why Europe matters" Clearly European nations need to work more closely together and to believe in themselves. This will be a very important watch: #Europe www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8t4...

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

On @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp today we have the first Spanish-language rap song that helped launch a culture of protest, we've got #peace songs, Cari Cari being brilliant, Dunkelbunt with an eastern spice and a new song from my beloved #Ghana featuring a highlife legend fm4.orf.at/player/live

In 1980 Cotorra Criolla from Perucho Conde launched Spanish rap, the Venezuelan made it a protest song that championed campesinos and his song even shook dictatorships as well as paving the way for the likes of Cypress Hill and Band Bunny fm4.orf.at/player/20260... via @fm4.orf.at

The Associated Press getting on board. "The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."

A bombshell report by the Washington Post suggests Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, shared confidential reports of EU Council meetings with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Budapest denies it.

"The controversy obscured what the album actually was: a genuine, respectful collaboration between a French artist and Jamaican musicians at the peak of their powers... He went to learn, to listen, and to create something that honored both traditions." @fm4.orf.at fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

The Bourne Identity (2002) / The Hidalgo Legacy (2026)

Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...

Honestly I would have preferred it if instead of coming to the Munich Security Conference and lecturing us, the MAGA guys had come to listen. Surely a European leader could have told them what might happen if you launch an ill-thought out war and haven't listened to what Tehran had promised to do.

A little taster of A Little Soul today, Serge Gainsbourg singing reggae in Jamaica with Bob Marley's backing group about an old scoundrel - part of an album that enraged the far-right in France: fm4.orf.at/player/20260... via @fm4.orf.at

La Primavera on @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup with songs from Tamara Flores & Von Seiten der Gemeinde, Kenyan sounds from Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo and Cuban music from Charlie Chimi and an Austro-Brazilian party with Curio Curio. Let's celebrate the world, not blow it up. 10 am fm4.orf.at/player/live

"Companies are developing ultra-fast charging systems which can refill a battery almost as fast as a fossil-fuel car can be filled up. Rapid recharging could dispel one of the last remaining obstacles to widespread EV adoption." www.economist.com/science-and-...

Not once does this story mention that offering a federal job in exchange for a political favor is a crime

The IEA is now urging everyone to use public transport avoid flights and do home office and for governments to reduce speed limits. Europe wants a boost for green industry. Trump, having left the Paris Agreement, has given the green agenda a surprise boost with his war of choice...

How we react to the Iran war energy crisis will impact everything. "The world is paying a steep and immediate price for its dependence on fossil fuels. The alternatives — electric vehicles, cleaner cities, renewable energy — are proven, affordable and ready to scale." fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

"Political elites are out of step with the public appetite for #netzero, according to analysis that identifies rightwing media narratives as fuelling a false backlash against #climateaction." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“International law is not a pick and mix, or an à la carte menu. It applies to everyone, at all times, everywhere. If that gets replaced by the law of the strongest — the law of the strongest means that the weakest get crushed” says Jonathan Fowler open.substack.com/pub/christia...

"If we start saying at senior levels in various governments that international doesn't matter anymore what does that mean? It gets replaced by the law of the strongest. And the law of the strongest means that the weakest get crushed." Jonathan Fowler of @unrwa.org sound.orf.at/podcast/fm4/...

"International law is not a pick and mix, or an à la carte menu. It applies to everyone." The situation in #Gaza and the #WestBank is going from bad to worse - the new regional is just making things worse: I spoke to Jonathan Fowler of @unrwa.org fm4.orf.at/player/20260... via @fm4.orf.at

Even the UK conservatives have realized that support for #Trump is a political liability in #Europe. Voters across party lines don't like to see their countries insulted, bullied or taken for granted. Those who have hitched their wagons to #MAGA: beware www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"people soon started to realise there was an alternative. The falling costs of solar panels and generous government incentives to feed excess power back to the grid made rooftop solar an attractive option." #renewables www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Everyone seems to kow-tow to #Trump apart from this man: this is a remarkable conversation: an in-depth discussion with #Spain's Pedro Sanchez (also available audio only podcast but the picture looks nice in Bluesky!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEzK...

When scientists and fishermen work together to mitigate the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis #science #environment #oceans europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/on-cypr...

The #EU treats the #UK like a partner not like a vassal to be insulted and ordered about... I can imagine details over tuition fees and food safety standards can be worked out.... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

"The fundamental question here is whether it is in the European interest to try to force open the Strait of Hormuz right now.The tremendous risks & downsides are clear. This step would inevitably drag Europe into Trump & Netanyahu’s war, which is exactly what they want." substack.com/home/post/p-...

I really should spend my day off finding what is going in/with #Iran right now, but instead I spent a happy 4 hours on the Danube with the @theresthistory.bsky.social #podcast finding out what happened there in 1979 and 1980... in 2073, I might have some insight to offer on current events...

I am beginning to feel nostalgic for the days, not long ago, when I worried about microplastics rather than global conflagrations.

By the way, I've been sneaking about my box and planting my #ALittleSoul flag in David Dempsey's wonderful weekend Morning Show because when you have a feisty Mumbai record-breaker to play, you want to share the joy: fm4.orf.at/player/20260... via @fm4.orf.at

This week on @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup. We have music from Indonesia from the soulful Thee Marloes, Nina Simone transforming a Beatles song... cumbia from Colombia & Mexico, Mumbai magic... Oh it will be spring-like, glorious and consoling #MakePeaceGreatAgain. 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live

This is very heart-warming for an adopted son of #Austria... and 6 of the 7 golds (8 of the 13 medals) come from one family!

You spend months insulting your allies, denigrating them, lecturing them, not consulting them before starting a war of choice... then you call for help. Make America Embarrassed Again? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

"Meloni is trying to use oil price shock to dismantle #EU #climate policy" writes @davekeating.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/davekeat...

The current crisis is a reminder that we need more clarity on the path to #renewables: "In 2025, for the first time since 2016, the #EU actually installed less solar capacity than the year before. In #Austria, solar installations were the lowest in three years" fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

"The world is paying a steep and immediate price for its dependence on #fossilfuels. The alternatives — electric vehicles, cleaner cities, #renewableenergy — are proven, affordable and ready to scale." 4 news story on one day that made me think... christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-dots-n...

If a leader can't guarantee the "life and safety" of competitors, surely the country is now qualified to host a major sporting event?

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

$100 for an oil barrel? Naivety is not the one arguing for faster #energytransition. It's trepeatedly assuming geopolitical stability would allow business as usual to continue and the world is stable enough to justify slow-walking the transition. christiancummins1.substack.com/p/blowing-aw...

"A different conflict, a different set of players — but the same fundamental lesson that we keep failing to learn: tying our energy system to geopolitical instability is a choice, and it is a choice we can undo." #Iran #Renewables #Energy christiancummins1.substack.com/p/blowing-aw...