The Notorious B.I.G.

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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

The Notorious B.I.G. — 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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Jessica Ennis-Hill on rubbing her hands on her shorts for confidence
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Billie Piper
How Chris Evans taught Billie Piper to stop reading about herself
Castaway · 9 May 2021Lauren 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

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Zadie Smith on sitting in her future husband’s room until 4am

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