Desert Island Discs
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Categorias: Cultura y sociedad
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Clive Oppenheimer is a volcanologist, filmmaker and Professor of Volcanology at the University of Cambridge. His research has taken him on expeditions across the world, from Antarctica, where he discovered the camp of Captain Scott’s attempt to reach the South Pole, to Ethiopia where he was held at gunpoint by rebels.
Clive was born in London, and fell in love with rocks and the stories they tell on visits to what is now the Natural History Museum. His mother survived the Blitz in London and his father escaped persecution by the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s. On a gap year trip to Indonesia, Clive saw his first volcanoes and realised both their natural power and their significance in human lives. He studied at the University of Cambridge, and completed a PhD at the Open University.
He has taken part in and led expeditions to volcanoes all over the world, including Indonesia, Italy and Ethiopia. He is one of few Westerners to have worked in North Korea, where he was invited by the government to study volcanic activity at the culturally significant Mount Baekdu.
He has also made three documentaries with filmmaker Werner Herzog about volcanoes and their scientific, cultural and spiritual significance.
DISC ONE: Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck Quartet DISC TWO: Love Hangover - Diana Ross DISC THREE: Autobahn - Kraftwerk DISC FOUR: Lava - The B-52's DISC FIVE: Debaser - Pixies DISC SIX: Turangalîla-symphonie, Part VI Jardin du sommeil d’amour. Composed by Olivier Messiaen and performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille, cond Myung-Whun Chung, with Yvonne Loriod (piano) and Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) DISC SEVEN: T’zeta - Bezawork Asfew DISC EIGHT: Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God - The Sixteen and Harry Christophers
BOOK CHOICE: The Vivisector by Patrick White LUXURY ITEM: A seismometer CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Debaser – Pixies
Presenter Lauren Laverne Producers Sarah Taylor and Tim Bano
Episodios anteriores
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797 - Clive Oppenheimer, volcanologist Sun, 17 Mar 2024
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796 - Cillian Murphy, actor Sun, 10 Mar 2024
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795 - Val Wilmer, writer and photographer Sun, 03 Mar 2024
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794 - Jamie Dornan, actor Sun, 25 Feb 2024
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793 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist Sun, 18 Feb 2024
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792 - Guli Francis-Dehqani, Church of England Bishop Sun, 11 Feb 2024
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791 - Graham Nash, musician Sun, 04 Feb 2024
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790 - Delia Smith, CH, CBE, cookery writer and broadcaster Sun, 21 Jan 2024
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789 - Greta Gerwig, writer and director Sun, 14 Jan 2024
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788 - Shirley Ballas, dance judge Sun, 07 Jan 2024
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787 - Marina Abramović, performance artist Sun, 31 Dec 2023
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786 - Dr Nicola Fox, head of science at Nasa Sun, 24 Dec 2023
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785 - Pia Sinha, Director Prison Reform Trust Sun, 17 Dec 2023
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784 - Peter White, broadcaster Sun, 10 Dec 2023
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783 - Lea Salonga, singer and actor Sun, 03 Dec 2023
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782 - Professor Dame Lesley Regan, obstetrician and gynaecologist Sun, 26 Nov 2023
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781 - Patrick Grant, designer and broadcaster Sun, 19 Nov 2023
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780 - Dame Donna Langley, film studio executive Sun, 12 Nov 2023
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778 - Greg Jackson, entrepreneur Sun, 05 Nov 2023
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776 - Katherine Ryan, comedian Sun, 29 Oct 2023
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774 - Lucinda Russell, horse trainer Sun, 22 Oct 2023
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772 - Adrian Edmondson, actor, writer Sat, 14 Oct 2023
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770 - Billie Jean King Sun, 15 Jul 2018
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765 - Sue Perkins Sun, 09 Jul 2017
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764 - Professor Carlo Rovelli Sun, 02 Jul 2017
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763 - Stella McCartney Sun, 25 Jun 2017
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762 - Jed Mercurio Sun, 18 Jun 2017
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761 - Rick Wakeman Sun, 11 Jun 2017
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760 - Sonia Friedman Sun, 04 Jun 2017
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759 - Elif Shafak Sun, 28 May 2017
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758 - Demis Hassabis Sun, 21 May 2017
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757 - Liz Lochhead Sun, 14 May 2017
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756 - Ed Sheeran Sun, 07 May 2017
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755 - Arundhati Roy Sun, 26 Mar 2017
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754 - Amanda Levete Sun, 19 Mar 2017
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753 - Marian Keyes Sun, 12 Mar 2017
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752 - Jimmy Carr Sun, 05 Mar 2017
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751 - Dame Katherine Grainger Sun, 26 Feb 2017
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750 - Sir Antony Beevor Sun, 19 Feb 2017
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749 - Clive James Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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748 - June Brown Sun, 12 Feb 2017
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747 - Nigel Owens Sun, 05 Feb 2017
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746 - David Beckham Sun, 29 Jan 2017
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745 - Desert Island Discs at 75 Sat, 28 Jan 2017
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744 - Caitlin Moran Sun, 22 Jan 2017
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743 - Wayne McGregor Sun, 15 Jan 2017
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722 - Professor Dame Jane Francis Sun, 24 Sep 2017
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721 - Paul Greengrass Sun, 17 Sep 2017
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720 - Dr Kevin Fong Sun, 06 Aug 2017
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719 - Sheryl Sandberg Sun, 30 Jul 2017