Abel Meeropol

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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

Abel Meeropol — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson on going into therapy at 14 for drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity
Castaway · 12 January 2003Sue 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

Fran Landesman on the origin of Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

Castaway · 22 September 1996Sue Lawley

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Alan Yentob on his mother's objection to the term 'immigrant family'

Castaway · 8 October 1995Sue Lawley