Pete Seeger

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Pete Seeger — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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9 episodes

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1970s

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Joseph Rotblat
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Phil Drabble
Ruth Rogers
Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Edmund Hillary

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Lord May

desert is.land

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

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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

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Joseph Rotblat

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Joseph Rotblat on being told the bomb was to subdue the Russians

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Chris Haskins

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Chris Haskins on getting paid £5 to write about the Aldermaston march

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James Cameron

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How a six-pound weekly budget sent James Cameron to France

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Sir Edmund Hillary

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Sir Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary on concluding that the Yeti is mythological

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Sir Alec Guinness

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Sir Alec Guinness

How Nellie Wallace's rude noises inspired Alec Guinness to become an actor

Castaway · 24 December 1977Roy Plomley

Phil Drabble

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Phil Drabble

Phil Drabble on learning natural history from poachers

Castaway · 10 December 1977Roy Plomley