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A Little Help From My Friends
Jul 17, 2020 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Talk
With Melissa Ngai
A Little Help From My Friends is an advice show where we give (unqualified but awesome) advice, share stories, and talk about anonymous topics and questions sent in by real listeners via our social media. We also have live guests and callers who ask questions and help us give live advice for our listeners. The stories can be awkward, silly, serious, sticky, or otherwise. Our goal is to let people know they aren't alone in whatever they face, through giving advice from our personal experiences. We start with 20 minutes of honest talk/advice followed by 20 minutes of music (of any genre) that we find relates to the topic and possibly comfort the viewer in their need of a friend. This cycle repeats for the rest of the show (with, at most, 3 topics being discussed) until the last 20 minutes of the show, at which point we DJs take turns telling short stories/situations that we are facing this week and finish the show with advice and relevant songs. Each DJ has a different taste in music, so the artists we play can be anything from contemporary pop, to obscure indie, to alternative, to oldies, to folk! We even have special themed shows where we give advice on a specific topic throughout the show, and play music more focused on the theme (for example, in our "Dads" show, we gave advice on what to get your dad for father's day or his birthday among other topics and played music that reminded us of our dads).
2:54 PM |
| The Merrymen Hot, Hot, Hot Beautiful Barbados CRS Music & Media Ltd. courtesy of BFM Digital 2009
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2:59 PM |
| One Direction up all night Up All Night (Deluxe Version) Syco Music UK 2011
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3:02 PM |
| KT Tunstall Suddenly I See (Single Version) Suddenly I See - Single Relentless/Virgin 2006 Rock
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3:06 PM |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis thrift shop The Heist Macklemore 2012
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3:10 PM |
| Fifth Harmony bo$$ Reflection (Deluxe) Syco Music/Epic 2014
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3:12 PM |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis can't hold us The Heist Macklemore 2012
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3:17 PM |
| Of Monsters and Men Slow Life Beneath The Skin (Deluxe) Universal Records 2015
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3:22 PM |
| Billie Eilish no time to die No Time To Die - Single Darkroom/Interscope Records 2020
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3:26 PM |
| Of Monsters and Men dirty paws My Head Is an Animal Universal Records 2012
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3:31 PM |
| Patrick James Bugs outlier Independent 2015
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3:35 PM |
| The Chicks gaslighter Gaslighter Columbia 2020
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3:38 PM |
| Céline Dion skies of L.A. Taking Chances (Deluxe Version) Columbia 2007
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3:43 PM |
| Coldplay Sleeping Sun Talk Parlophone UK 2019
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3:46 PM |
| Mindy Gledhill all the pennies Anchor Blue Morph Music 2010
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3:49 PM |
| Annie Dang Distracted Distracted - Single Ionika 2019
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3:52 PM |
| Imogen Heap hide and seek Speak for Yourself Sony BMG Music UK 2015
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3:57 PM |
| Mindy Gledhill one A Child's Prayer - Primary Songs for Bedtime Little Stream Records 2006
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