Five in the Eye 0359

PHIL It’s Friday, so you know that can only mean one thing! It’s Five in the Eye day! I’m Phil Woodford in London and you’re listening to episode 0359 right here on Colourful Radio. MICHAEL And joining Phil via Zoom this week, it’s me - Michael Ohajuru - revealing that our top story is going to be a number of reports about racism within our society and proposals to tackle it. From maternity wards to policing, how can we find solutions that actually make a difference? PHIL For our second story, we look at an article in The Guardian by Torsten Bell, boss of the Resolution think-tank. He says that a pleasant workplace where you can make friends and are offered flexible hours is more important than salary. MICHAEL What’s story number three this week? Well, there’s a craze for people putting coat hangers on their head. They seem mystified in online videos as the process seems to lead to their heads turning involuntarily. But isn’t something fairly straightforward in fact going on? Why do we choose to believe in weird, mystical explanations for things? PHIL For story number four, it’s the joker who put up a 200-foot sign on the flight path into Gatwick saying… welcome to Luton! MICHAEL And finally, experts have discovered an ancient book from the end of the 17th century that speculates about life on other planets! PHIL Ye olde little greene men! And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye! +++++