Chicago

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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

Chicago — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1960s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis on mistaking REM guitarist Peter Buck for a lawyer
Castaway · 12 January 2020Lauren Laverne
Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius on telling Princess Diana he had never done a divorce case
Castaway · 13 November 2009Kirsty Young
Barry Sheene

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

Barry Sheene on burning down the riders' loos

Castaway · 15 October 1977Roy Plomley

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Rosea Kemp on feeling like a fish blowing bubbles

Castaway · 25 December 1968Roy Plomley