The Power of Now

Tuning in…

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 Power of Now — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé on looping a song on cassette as a 10-year-old
Castaway · 30 October 2016Kirsty Young
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox on losing her first child
Castaway · 11 May 2008Kirsty 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

Gillian Anderson on going into therapy at 14 for drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity

Castaway · 12 January 2003Sue Lawley