Swiss army knife

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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

Swiss army knife — Luxury · desert is.land

Luxury

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma on wanting to be Danny Kaye after performing for President Kennedy
Castaway · 13 June 2021Lauren Laverne

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

Felix Aprahamian on the piano blunder that taught him critical wisdom

Castaway · 19 March 1995Sue Lawley

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Shirley Porter on being denied head girl, possibly because of her Jewish name

Castaway · 28 April 1991Sue Lawley