Desert Island Dress by Desert Island Dress

63 - Postanalysis episode inspired by conversations with Caoilfhionn Gallagher

Inspired by the classic BBC radio programme broadcast, Desert Island Discs, our new podcast Desert Island Dress follows a similar arrangement and asks guests to choose four items of dress, items which likewise have shaped guests’ lives, that they could not bear to leave behind on the mainland. Items that cannot be replaced.

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