Lose Yourself — Eminem — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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Lose Yourself — Eminem — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Lose Yourself — Eminem

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Ronnie O'Sullivan
Sir Clive Woodward

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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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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Julie Bentley

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Michael Johnson

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Sir Clive Woodward

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