Lucinda Williams

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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

Lucinda Williams — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø on his father's New Year's Eve story of a comrade's head exploding
Castaway · 21 June 2026Lauren 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

Alexandra Shulman on her English teacher saying she might work in a kindergarten

Castaway · 16 June 2013Kirsty Young

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Cath Kidston on turning a laurel bush into a shop as a child

Castaway · 24 April 2011Kirsty Young