Blondie — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Blondie — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Blondie

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Anne Tyler
Clare Smyth
Cyndi Lauper
Dame Louise Casey
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Gordon Ramsay
Jed Mercurio
Jennifer Saunders
Mario Testino
Naomi Klein
Ray Mears
Sir Antony Beevor
Winnie Byanyima

Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper on jabbing a guitarist with a broken drumstick
Castaway · 9 March 2025Lauren Laverne
Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth on cooking for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan
Castaway · 31 July 2022Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Winnie Byanyima

Winnie Byanyima on the day her friend went from playing with dolls to becoming a bride

Castaway · 27 March 2022Lauren Laverne

23°41′S 148°51′W

Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler on the compliment that told her her handmade dress was wrong

Castaway · 20 February 2022Lauren Laverne

Dame Louise Casey

05°12′S 042°29′W

Dame Louise Casey

How Louise Casey used the F word seventeen times in one speech

Castaway · 14 March 2021Lauren Laverne

05°54′S 040°40′W

Naomi Klein

How the Montreal massacre made Naomi Klein a feminist

Castaway · 26 November 2017Kirsty Young

14°48′S 138°27′W

Jed Mercurio

Jed Mercurio on the moment a patient's wife said 'don't let him die'

Castaway · 18 June 2017Kirsty Young

Sir Antony Beevor

13°04′S 071°45′W

Sir Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor on collapsing in tears in his editor's office

Castaway · 19 February 2017Kirsty Young

19°40′S 013°06′W

Ray Mears

Ray Mears on the sound of aluminium grinding in his helicopter crash

Castaway · 5 January 2014Kirsty Young

10°02′S 026°37′W

Mario Testino

Mario Testino on being screamed abuse and beaten up for his flamboyant clothes

Castaway · 23 October 2005Sue Lawley

23°55′S 138°32′W

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay on never eating in his own restaurant

Castaway · 31 March 2002Sue Lawley

Jennifer Saunders

06°07′S 086°08′W

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders on initially repelling Dawn French

Castaway · 22 December 1996Sue Lawley

Elisabeth Soderstrom

02°32′S 002°49′W

Elisabeth Soderstrom

Elisabeth Soderstrom on her son inviting friends to watch 'mummy, she's so funny'

Castaway · 8 December 1979Roy Plomley