The 10 Best Desert Island Discs Podcast Episodes
1) Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist
Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known as the composer, lyricist and original star of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton. It won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 11 Tony Awards and Grammy f...Show More
2) Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, is Kirsty Young's castaway. She worked for Google at the beginning of the tech boom before joining Facebook in 2008. Raised in Miami Beach, Florid...Show More
3) Samantha Morton, actor
Samantha Morton is an actor and director. She has appeared in films directed by Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg, and is also known for her work on independent productions, often with serious themes s...Show More
4) Ian Wright, former footballer and broadcaster
Ian Wright is a former professional footballer and now a football pundit on TV and radio. He began his career at Crystal Palace before moving to Arsenal where he became their highest goal scorer of al...Show More
5) Classic Desert Island Discs: Stephen Hawking
Another chance to listen to the theoretical physicist speaking to Sue Lawley in 1992. Stephen Hawking wrote the best-selling A Brief History of Time and was the founder of the Centre for Theoretical C...Show More
6) Tom Hanks
Kirsty Young's castaway is Tom Hanks. From 'Big' to 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Captain Phillips' to 'Apollo 13', his long and distinguished film-making career has brought him multiple awards and many p...Show More
alexandrasmeets recommended:
Tom Hanks is a vivid story teller
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Ed Sheeran
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Ed Sheeran. His songs have brought him two Grammys, four Brit awards and global success. Shortly after the release of his latest album, Divide, tracks from it occu...Show More
8) Malala Yousafzai, activist
Malala Yousafzai is an activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17 - becoming the youngest winner in its history. Today she is known globally for her human rights advocacy and her o...Show More
9) Professor Louise Richardson
Kirsty Young's castaway is the political scientist and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University Professor Louise Richardson. She was born in Ireland, is one of seven children and has gone on to have an i...Show More
ksbrophy recommended:
Listened to this randomly, but so interesting. Interview with the (first female) president of Oxford set to her own soundtrack.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Hugh Bonneville
Kirsty Young's castaway is Hugh Bonneville. Known around the world for his portrayal of Lord Grantham in ITV's hugely popular Downton Abbey, he made British audiences laugh with his portrayal of the ...Show More
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