The Fountainhead

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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

The Fountainhead — Book · desert is.land

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Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales on losing a full scholarship after driving around listening to Motley Crue
Castaway · 24 May 2015Kirsty Young
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova on her father telling her at age eight she would win Wimbledon
Castaway · 8 July 2012Kirsty Young

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

Michael Caine on his mother still working as a cleaner after he became a millionaire

Castaway · 20 December 2009Kirsty Young