Alicia Keys

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Alicia Keys — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

2010s

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Carol Robinson on escaping out of her bedroom window as a child
Castaway · 10 August 2025Lauren Laverne
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on eating out of a bin
Castaway · 29 September 2019Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Jacqueline de Rojas on being told we simply don't have women on the leadership team

Castaway · 24 March 2019Lauren Laverne

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Kelly Holmes on looking in the mirror at 14 and deciding to be Olympic champion

Castaway · 1 January 2006Sue Lawley