Tracy Chapman — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Long wave 198 kHz
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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Tracy Chapman

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alice Walker
Andy Hamilton
Baroness Arminka Helić
Gok Wan
Maggie Alphonsi
Nazir Afzal
Professor Lucy Easthope
Professor Sharon Peacock

Maggie Alphonsi
Castaway · 17 August 2025Lauren Laverne
Professor Lucy Easthope
Castaway · 8 June 2025Lauren Laverne
Professor Sharon Peacock
Castaway · 21 May 2023Lauren Laverne
Nazir Afzal
Castaway · 1 August 2021Lauren Laverne
Baroness Arminka Helić
Castaway · 13 October 2019Lauren Laverne
Alice Walker
Castaway · 19 May 2013Kirsty Young
Gok Wan
Castaway · 7 February 2010Kirsty Young
Andy Hamilton
Castaway · 27 April 1997Sue Lawley

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
Report a fault

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