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Oh my word oh my word! Another extraordinary week has come and gone. I hope you’re keeping safe and coping OK and that you’ll join me for another Mosen Explosion on Mushroom FM.

It’s incredible, but we’re only a couple of weeks away from Mushroom FM’s 10th birthday. Recent events have reminded me all over again what a special family connection we have with our audience. We’ve got some cool celebrations in store for you that we would be honoured to have you a part of. I’ll tell you about some of them on this week’s show.

If you’re in Europe or the UK, the fact that you sprung forward last weekend means the Mosen Explosion is back to its usual 7 PM UK Start time, that’s 8 PM in Central Europe.
If you’re in New Zealand and Australia, we fall back this weekend, meaning the show starts earlier. Oh boy!

So if all that’s left you thoroughly confused, the Mosen Explosion is back for three hours of music, conversation and interaction at 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM UK, and 6 AM in New Zealand.

Today I hosted my usual Mosen Explosion, which also forms the basis of my Mosen At Large podcast. Afterwards, I was left with a sense of responsibility and honour.

Due to hardware failure at their end, the Treasure Island Oldies team have so far not been able to get their show to us for airing.

If it becomes available before show time, 5 Pm Eastern, we'll do all we can to ensure it airs. If not, please accept our apologies. We expect to be able to air it in the usual replay slot, Saturday at 7 AM Eastern.

In the event of no show, the Mushroom Pot will keep you entertained with some great music.

Here we go with more fun with the space time continuum. The clocks have gone forward in the USA, but they have not gone forward in some other parts of the world. This means the show may start an hour earlier for you. For example, while we still rock the world at 2 PM Eastern time, it will start at 6 PM in the UK, and 7 AM in New Zealand. Oh boy I had better set my alarm an hour earlier!

Another Mosen Explosion is rapidly rolling around. Or if you prefer that infinitives not be split, a view with which I have sympathy, another Mosen Explosion is rolling around rapidly! However you phrase it, it’ll be on again at 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM UK, 8 AM in New Zealand. That’s the last time I’ll be able to say that for a while as times start to change around the world.

Join Ronnie Sevean on Mondays at 6 AM Eastern, repeated on Fridays at 6 PM Eastern for the Musical History Tour.

Since the age of 8, Ronnie Sevean wanted to either play professional soccer or be a DJ. After his college playing career didn't yield any pro contracts, he turned to his Communications education and went into radio in the NYC market..the most competitive, cut-throat broadcasting market there is on this or any other planet!

This show has been going on in some form or other for well over 20 years now, but this is the first time it’s ever been on a leap day! And just think, if we were still on Sundays like we were this time last year before my job change, we’d have missed out again. So what a worthy thing to celebrate!

Mushroom FM has to fill the time somehow, so they are letting The Mosen Explosion back on the air again at 2 PM Eastern and 7 PM in the UK on Saturday, that’s 8 AM on Sunday morning. Parts of it are then sliced, diced and published on the Mosen At Large podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Well that got your attention now didn’t it? And rightly so. It’s that time of year again when the San Francisco Lighthouse is calling for applications for its Holman Prize for blind ambition. Any blind person throughout the world can apply and you could be awarded up to $25,000. I’ll be joined on The Mosen Explosion this week by Lee Kumutat, the San Francisco Lighthouse’s new Director of Communications to tell us all about the prize, what kind of entries float the boats of judges, and how you can apply.