Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana

6 episodes

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Dr Sue Black
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Shirley Ballas
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Castaway · 17 March 2019Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Dr Sue Black

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Stella McCartney

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Jed Mercurio

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George Michael

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George Michael

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Castaway · 30 September 2007Kirsty Young

Shirley Ballas

Marlon James

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