Chris Cummins
@christianccummins.bsky.social
Presenter, Journalist, nature lover, music fan. dad.
Grey day in November
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Grey day in November
I prefer Messi...
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I prefer Messi...
I thought I had run through all the acceptable excuses for why I was late for The Meeting... but now I have got a new one to store up for when needed
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I thought I had run through all the acceptable excuses for why I was late for The Meeting... but now I have got a new one to store up for when needed
Today, I promise, @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup will bring warmth to your chilly toes! We have TASHEENO, Daffodils, Megablast, James Hersey; new poignant music from De La Soul, Samba from Italy, Calypso Rose, Bollywood disco and Puerto Rican soul.
10am CET here fm4.orf.at/player/live
10am CET here fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Today, I promise, @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup will bring warmth to your chilly toes! We have TASHEENO, Daffodils, Megablast, James Hersey; new poignant music from De La Soul, Samba from Italy, Calypso Rose, Bollywood disco and Puerto Rican soul.
10am CET here fm4.orf.at/player/live
10am CET here fm4.orf.at/player/live
Ukraine has suffered already too much for being next door to Russia. #Holodomor
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ukraine has suffered already too much for being next door to Russia. #Holodomor
"It's been catastrophic. Our freedoms are eroded every day"
US cult author TC Boyle on life under #Trump
There's be a @fm4.orf.at #InterviewPodcast tomorrow.
US cult author TC Boyle on life under #Trump
There's be a @fm4.orf.at #InterviewPodcast tomorrow.
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"It's been catastrophic. Our freedoms are eroded every day"
US cult author TC Boyle on life under #Trump
There's be a @fm4.orf.at #InterviewPodcast tomorrow.
US cult author TC Boyle on life under #Trump
There's be a @fm4.orf.at #InterviewPodcast tomorrow.
Why should we treat the destruction of the ecosystem on the same level as murder? Here's @drjuliashaw.bsky.social
#COP30
#COP30
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Why should we treat the destruction of the ecosystem on the same level as murder? Here's @drjuliashaw.bsky.social
#COP30
#COP30
On @fm4.orf.at's #sunnyside up there's social-conscious Tyrolean hip-hop, a Zambian funk reinterpretation of a Talking Heads classic, Zimbawean Chigiyo music, Kaji Meiko - the Japanese artist who inspired Tarantino, Beguine music from Martinique & Jamaican dancehall. 10am
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
On @fm4.orf.at's #sunnyside up there's social-conscious Tyrolean hip-hop, a Zambian funk reinterpretation of a Talking Heads classic, Zimbawean Chigiyo music, Kaji Meiko - the Japanese artist who inspired Tarantino, Beguine music from Martinique & Jamaican dancehall. 10am
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
Tomorrow on @fm4.orf.at OK Fm4 will have an interview with Hedi Argent who I met in Vienna today. Growing up in 1930's Schwechat, she was bullied at school horribly for being Jewish, even before the Anschluss.
But one little girl refused to join the crowd of hate...
We should be like Gertie...
But one little girl refused to join the crowd of hate...
We should be like Gertie...
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tomorrow on @fm4.orf.at OK Fm4 will have an interview with Hedi Argent who I met in Vienna today. Growing up in 1930's Schwechat, she was bullied at school horribly for being Jewish, even before the Anschluss.
But one little girl refused to join the crowd of hate...
We should be like Gertie...
But one little girl refused to join the crowd of hate...
We should be like Gertie...
In Europe climate action is being watered-down, in the US anti-environmental policies thrive. The clock is ticking. Yet the mass climate protests of 2019 seem a distant memory. Some young activists feel despair.
What message does @ipcc.bsky.social chair @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social have for them?
What message does @ipcc.bsky.social chair @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social have for them?
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
In Europe climate action is being watered-down, in the US anti-environmental policies thrive. The clock is ticking. Yet the mass climate protests of 2019 seem a distant memory. Some young activists feel despair.
What message does @ipcc.bsky.social chair @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social have for them?
What message does @ipcc.bsky.social chair @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social have for them?
My favourite royal met Juma today...
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My favourite royal met Juma today...
We often hear of a anti-#science backlash - a mistrust deliberately fueled by vested interests in the #fossilfuels status quo. Jim Skea of the IPCC says the answer is radical transparency. Peer-reviewed science is accepting of reasoned scepticism but the climate science picture is very clear! #COP30
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We often hear of a anti-#science backlash - a mistrust deliberately fueled by vested interests in the #fossilfuels status quo. Jim Skea of the IPCC says the answer is radical transparency. Peer-reviewed science is accepting of reasoned scepticism but the climate science picture is very clear! #COP30
The world will surely overshoot on the 1.5 degree pledge made in Paris says #IPCC chair Jim Skea. But that doesn't meant that we should panic. Every fraction of a degree is worth fighting for: #climatecrisis #COP30
youtu.be/GifkjY72guY
youtu.be/GifkjY72guY
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The world will surely overshoot on the 1.5 degree pledge made in Paris says #IPCC chair Jim Skea. But that doesn't meant that we should panic. Every fraction of a degree is worth fighting for: #climatecrisis #COP30
youtu.be/GifkjY72guY
youtu.be/GifkjY72guY
I've been speaking to @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social of the @ipcc.bsky.social on whether the 1.5 degrees target is dead (spoiler:he says no, & explains why), the importance of #biodiversity to climate protection; and why positive engagement will defeat despair. Interview on @fm4.orf.at soon:
#COP30
#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've been speaking to @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social of the @ipcc.bsky.social on whether the 1.5 degrees target is dead (spoiler:he says no, & explains why), the importance of #biodiversity to climate protection; and why positive engagement will defeat despair. Interview on @fm4.orf.at soon:
#COP30
#COP30
"Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis", says #COP30 chief André Corrêa do Lago.
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis", says #COP30 chief André Corrêa do Lago.
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
It's going to be a joyful @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside up as we explore Brazilian funk carioca, dance to boogaloo in the Bronx, and party with Italian hell-raiser Loredana Mongardini. Plus Turaeg heart-ache from Imarhan & Danish soul & a new track from Harry Dean Lewis 10am CET
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's going to be a joyful @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside up as we explore Brazilian funk carioca, dance to boogaloo in the Bronx, and party with Italian hell-raiser Loredana Mongardini. Plus Turaeg heart-ache from Imarhan & Danish soul & a new track from Harry Dean Lewis 10am CET
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
In a public park?
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
In a public park?
It's #AllSoulsDay - that's obviously a BIG day for @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp which will be 100% soulful today. We have French soul, Italian soul, Afro-soul, we've got brilliant new music from Sladek, Sharktank, BON JOUR, Mr.Käfer and Thundercat singing falsetto. 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It's #AllSoulsDay - that's obviously a BIG day for @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp which will be 100% soulful today. We have French soul, Italian soul, Afro-soul, we've got brilliant new music from Sladek, Sharktank, BON JOUR, Mr.Käfer and Thundercat singing falsetto. 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dear Austrian friends, which pet is this for? (and how for the Sackerl smell afterwards?)
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dear Austrian friends, which pet is this for? (and how for the Sackerl smell afterwards?)
Grazing historically kept parts of land free from forest and supported biodiversity. That sort of extensive pastorialism is disappearing in Europe. #rewilding projects are trying to bring back its power
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Grazing historically kept parts of land free from forest and supported biodiversity. That sort of extensive pastorialism is disappearing in Europe. #rewilding projects are trying to bring back its power
Happy Austria day. We are celebrating on @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside with a 100% homegrown music show, including songs from the brilliant Elena Shirin, PRESSYES, Manu Delago, Wallners, Oska & rossvanboss - (and of course I will play Tschotscholossa) 10am
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Happy Austria day. We are celebrating on @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside with a 100% homegrown music show, including songs from the brilliant Elena Shirin, PRESSYES, Manu Delago, Wallners, Oska & rossvanboss - (and of course I will play Tschotscholossa) 10am
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
Long term eco-projects, parenthood and, to be honest, my sports mania all mean I am bad at keeping up with News on a daily level, but reassuringly every time I dip into a weekly news digest, a French Prime Minister resigns. Plus ca change…
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Long term eco-projects, parenthood and, to be honest, my sports mania all mean I am bad at keeping up with News on a daily level, but reassuringly every time I dip into a weekly news digest, a French Prime Minister resigns. Plus ca change…
