Public Enemy

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Public Enemy — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

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2010s

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Ade Adepitan
Asif Kapadia
Bernardine Evaristo
Guy Garvey
Jimmy Wales
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Romesh Ranganathan
Shirine Khoury-Haq

Romesh Ranganathan
Castaway · 1 June 2025Lauren Laverne
Shirine Khoury-Haq
Castaway · 9 June 2024Lauren Laverne
Bernardine Evaristo

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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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

Castaway · 20 September 2020

·Lauren Laverne

Asif Kapadia

07°58′S 007°27′W

Asif Kapadia

Castaway · 1 December 2019Lauren Laverne

Jimmy Wales

06°18′S 023°03′W

Jimmy Wales

Castaway · 24 May 2015Kirsty Young

Guy Garvey

01°07′S 154°18′W

Guy Garvey

Castaway · 3 August 2014Kirsty Young

Ade Adepitan

16°50′S 179°54′W

Ade Adepitan

Castaway · 30 September 2012Kirsty Young

Kwame Kwei-Armah

09°57′S 168°41′W

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Castaway · 15 May 2011Kirsty Young