Oliver Sacks
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996
English - January 02, 1994 11:15 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture comedy interview news politics business entrepreneurship culture health books leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Dr Oliver Sacks. Now a distinguished Professor of Neurology, he was immortalised by Robin Williams in the film Awakenings. Inspired by Dr Sacks' book of the same name, it tells the story of the summer of 1969, when the catatonic patients he was treating at the time responded to an apparent miracle drug and came alive. He'll be talking about the excitements and disappointments of that summer and also about some of the 100s of extraordinary case histories which have formed the basis of his many other books.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Chu Chin Chow Here Be Oysters by Martin Lawrence
Book: Dictionary of Musical Themes
Luxury: Scuba diving kit