R.E.M. — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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R.E.M. — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

R.E.M.

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alexandra Shulman
Christiane Amanpour
Doug Allan
Jasvinder Sanghera
J K Rowling
Michael Lewis
Paul Merton
Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Thom Yorke

Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis on mistaking REM guitarist Peter Buck for a lawyer
Castaway · 12 January 2020Lauren Laverne
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke on the eye surgery that used muscle from his buttocks
Castaway · 22 September 2019Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

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

Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour on asking Slobodan Milosevic how he could sleep at night

Castaway · 2 October 2016Kirsty Young

03°26′S 136°02′W

Doug Allan

Doug Allan on being mistaken for a seal by a walrus

Castaway · 20 July 2014Kirsty Young

Alexandra Shulman

17°53′S 048°08′W

Alexandra Shulman

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

Castaway · 16 June 2013Kirsty Young

Jasvinder Sanghera

07°54′S 134°58′W

Jasvinder Sanghera

Jasvinder Sanghera on being told she was dead in her mother's eyes for refusing a forced marriage

Castaway · 24 March 2013Kirsty Young

Rt Hon David Cameron MP

08°16′S 061°39′W

Rt Hon David Cameron MP

David Cameron on driving home from hospital after his son's diagnosis

Castaway · 28 May 2006Sue Lawley

14°34′S 092°14′W

J K Rowling

J K Rowling on conceiving Harry Potter on a delayed train

Castaway · 5 November 2000Sue Lawley

23°29′S 065°31′W

Paul Merton

Paul Merton on conducting the Joe Loss Orchestra with a knitting needle aged two

Castaway · 19 September 1993Sue Lawley