USA for Africa

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desert is.land

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

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

USA for Africa — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Mina Smallman
Mina Smallman on her primal scream of grief
Castaway · 16 February 2025Lauren Laverne
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu on black children scavenging sandwiches from white school waste bins
Castaway · 6 November 1994Sue Lawley

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

Virginia Holgate on her mother's ultimatum: eat or stop riding

Castaway · 10 August 1986Michael Parkinson

02°17′S 166°28′W

Jackie Stewart on learning about timing from a deer stalker on Loch Lomond

Castaway · 22 June 1986Michael Parkinson