{"id":740,"date":"2026-08-31T20:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=740"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:20:30","slug":"theplaylist-119-radio-desolation","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/podcast\/theplaylist-119-radio-desolation\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThePlaylist &#8211; 119 &#8211; Radio Desolation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I bought a t-shirt that made me laugh last week, and, well, <a href=\"https:\/\/mendeddrum.org\/@MintSpies@beige.party\">@MintSpies<\/a> decreed that it should be a theme. Therefore it is this week&#8217;s theme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Desolation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked what that might conjure up in your lightly broken minds, as you trawl your way across an empty wasteland, desperately trying to survive. Or as you watch people doing that from your secure, well-appointed bunker.<\/p>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary style=\"text-align: center;\">Click to see the track listing<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-741 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3108-620x1024.png\" alt=\"The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: \n\n01. The Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire\n02. Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere\n03. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes\n04. Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation\n05. Kraftwerk - Radioaktivit\u00e4t\n06. Metric - All Comes Crashing\n07. Electric Six - Radio Ga Ga\n08. The Dears - No Cities Left\n09. James - Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)\n10. Monty Python - I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio\n11. 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