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Radio 4’s Today guest editors ranged from the glum to the glorious, while the station truly excelled in a day-long celebration of the Shipping Forecast at 100Today’s guest editors (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsA Point of View: On Resolutions (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsMonstrosities Mon Amour Substack Shipping Forecast Day (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsThe days around new year offer a lovely, woozy limbo away from normal life – perfect for the comforts of radio. Today’s second post-Christmas guest editor didn’t get the memo. “You previously predicted a 10% chance that AI will lead to human extinction in the next three decades,” said Sajid Javid to 2024 Nobel prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, two days after Christmas. “Ten to 20,” Hinton updated him. The bleak midwinter, indeed. Continue reading...