Gil Scott-Heron

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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

Gil Scott-Heron — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2020s

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Castaway · 12 June 2022Lauren Laverne
Deborah Meaden

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

How Deborah Meaden flinched when her father was called her stepfather

Castaway · 17 October 2021Lauren Laverne

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