The Cruise: Psycho-Geographer Timothy "Speed" Levitch

Orange Juice for the Ears with Beatie Wolfe

Beatie Wolfe interviews actor, tour guide, poet, speaker, philosopher, author Timothy "Speed" Levitch about his work as a psycho-geographer for the unloved, the unseen. Listen to this show that takes you from Bennett Miller’s 1998 documentary, The Cruise, to commuter consciousness (aka the anti-cruise) all while making love to the present moment.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Speed Levitch’s Orange Juice for the Ears

* First song that imprinted? “Twisted” by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross /

* First album that shaped who you are? “It’s Up To You” by The Specials - from their self-titled album /

* The music you would send into Space? "In A Jar" by Dinosaur Jr - from their album You’re Living All Over Me /

* The song you would have at your memorial? “Party At Ground Zero” by Fishbone /

* The album you would pass onto the next generation? "No Imagination" by Blondie - from Plastic Letters //.

This show first aired live on dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey.