Flowers: award-winning author, biologist and professor David George Haskell

Beatie Wolfe w/ David George Haskell – Orange Juice for the Ears

Tuesday July 07, 2026

08:00 PM to 09:30 PM

Flowers: Beatie Wolfe interviews award-winning author, biologist and professor David George Haskell about his many "invitations" to relish the sensory exuberance of the natural world and tap into deep time in the process. Listen to this show that takes you from birds as a gateway drug to recasting Flowers as our great Revolutionaries via the joy of embodied experience.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation, held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum and most recently exhibited her award winning imPRINTING.me exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science. 

Tracklist:

• First song that imprinted?A Eurasian blackbird singing inside a reverberant courtyard in Paris

• First album that shaped who you are? (plus track to play)“Perfect Skin” from the record Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

• The music you would send into Space?“The Edge of Time: Palaeolithic bone flutes from France & Germany” by Anna Friederike Potengowski and Georg Wieland Wagner

• The song you would have at your memorial?“Les Barricades Mystérieuses” by François Couperin (played on the piano by Simone Dinnerstein from the record Undersong)

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? (plus track to play)“Dialogue: Bottles And Jars” from the record Glass World by Annea Lockwood
  

The radio show was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

David’s latest book “How Flowers Made Our World” The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries is available in all good bookshops or penguinrandomhouse.com.

Marvel: Casting director and producer Sarah Finn

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Podcast: Orange Juice for the Ears

Beatie Wolfe interviews x-ray visionary, superhuman casting director and producer Sarah Finn about building out the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as casting the most awarded film in movie history, amongst many others. Listen to this show that takes you from sufism to being dubbed as the most valuable email address in Hollywood via the electrical charge of one’s intuition. 

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Sarah Finn’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Yellow Bird” by The Mills Brothers 

• First album that shaped who you are? “Home Again” from the record Tapestry by Carole King

• The music you would send into Space? “Somewhere over the Rainbow” as performed by Israel "IZ” Kamakawiwo'ole

• The song you would have at your memorial? “As” by Stevie Wonder

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Power of Two” from the record Swamp Ophelia by Indigo Girls

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

Play: polymath and colour conductor Brian Eno

Friday 22 September 2023 - 09h00 - 10h00

Play: Beatie Wolfe interviews polymath, producer, philosopher, environmentalist, colour conductor and “toad in the hole” tosser Brian Eno about his journey from pioneering ambient music, ever-evolving light paintings, production styles, conceptual installations to his constant strategies of surrender. Listen to this show that takes you from co-founding Roxy Music to addressing the climate emergency via the thread of play. Blender of colours and bender of genres, when it comes to the truly mad and experimental, there is only “One Brain”.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

…read the article version in The Great Discontent (TGD) magazine

Authenticity: Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson

Authenticity: Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson

Friday 24 February 2022 - 08h00 - 10h00

Authenticity: Beatie Wolfe interviews Garbage frontwoman, alternative icon, activist, feminist and undeniable tour de force Shirley Manson about her life and career forged by love and fury, all the while changing the face of Pop music as we know it and speaking out for the voiceless, the oppressed, the marginalized. Listen to this show that takes you from Somewhere Over the Rainbow to cleaning up the shit via the power of Truth.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Shirley Manson’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland (from ‘The Wizard of Oz)

• First album that shaped who you are? “Nicotine Stain” from the record ‘The Scream’ by Siouxsie & the Banshees

• The music you would send into Space? “Spiegel Im Spiegel” by Arvo Pärt

• The song you would have at your memorial? “White Horses” by Jackie Lee

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Black Boys on Mopeds” from the record ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got’ by Sinéad O'Connor

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

Journeys: production designer and master visualist Rick Carter

Beatie Wolfe interviews two time Oscar winning (and 2023 nominee) production designer, art director, world builder, painter, master visualist Rick Carter about his journey from visualising his future as a child to working with the cinematic heavyweights Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, and J.J. Abrams (to name a few), creating and shaping worlds that have become embedded in our own. However, while few have enjoyed such an illustrious career in Hollywood, Rick lives in another dimension entirely, very much on his own terms, seeing his work as creative journeys in consciousness. Listen to this show that takes you from Oz to across the Universe via the power of minding the gap.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Rick Carter’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” by Judy Garland from The Wizard of Oz

• First album that shaped who you are? Please Please Me by The Beatles - track played “There’s A Place” 

• The music you would send into Space? “Across The Universe” by John Lennon

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles - track played “A Day In The Life”

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

Underground: artist, director, curator and writer Aaron Rose

Underground: artist, director, curator and writer Aaron Rose

Friday 2 December 2022 - 08h30 - 10h00

Underground: Beatie Wolfe interviews artist, director, curator and writer Aaron Rose about his journey from wanting to be a trash collector to creating a space for art-world outsiders, first at his renowned New York gallery Alleged and then in his documentary Beautiful Losers and follow-up exhibition. Listen to this show that takes you from conservative Calabasas to a subculture that swept the globe via the power of DIY.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Aaron Rose’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Come Sail Away” by Styx

• First album that shaped who you are? “Birth Control” by CRASS - from the album Christ The Album

• The music you would send into Space? "Boléro" by Maurice Ravel 

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Blame It On My Youth” by Chet Baker

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Wild is the Wind” by Nina Simone - from the album Wild Is the Wind

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey.

Ancestry: Tongva-Acjachemen artist and activist L. Frank

Beatie Wolfe interviews Tongva-Acjachemen artist, activist, tribal scholar, elder and writer L. Frank about L’s journey from hearing the voices of her ancestors as a young child to reviving the Tongva stone bowl and being an active culture keeper of her ancestry. Listen to this show that takes you from genocide to art as an antidote for invisibility via the power of doing.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

L. Frank’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted?  “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” by Claude Debussy   

• First album that shaped who you are? Rubber Soul by the Beatles - track played “I've Just Seen a Face”   

• The music you would send into Space? “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones  

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Turn The Page” by Bob Seger

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? The White Album by the Beatles - track played “Blackbird”

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey.

Service: Luthier and Taylor Guitars CEO Andy Powers

Friday 22 July 2022 - 08h30 - 10h00

Beatie Wolfe interviews Master luthier and Taylor Guitars CEO Andy Powers about his journey from making his first guitar, age 7, to Bob Taylor offering him a job, age 15, to being CEO today. Listen to this show that takes you from the power of purpose to crafting a legacy of excellence via the thread of service.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Andy Powers’ Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Pipeline Sequence” by Honk*   

• First album that shaped who you are? “Keep On The Sunny Side” from the record Will The Circle be Unbroken by Mother Maybelle & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band*   

• The music you would send into Space? “In the Morning When I Rise” by Sweet Honey in the Rock*  

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Traumerei” by Robert Schumann played by Vladimir Horowitz *   

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)” from the record We Get Requests by Oscar Peterson

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey.