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.

A is for Abalone: marine biologist Dr Melissa Neuman⁠

A is for Abalone: Beatie Wolfe interviews marine biologist and conservationist ⁠Dr Melissa Neuman⁠ about her upbring and work protecting conserving and restoring endangered white abalone, a key member of the kelp forest ecosystem in the US and Mexico, by reintroducing captive-bred white abalone into the wild.

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.

Dr Melissa Neuman⁠'s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “I’ll Walk In the Rain By Your side” by John Denver

• First album that shaped who you are? “Dreams” from the record: Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We by The Cranberries (1993)

• The music you would send into Space? “Purple Rain” by Prince

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Orinoco Flow” by Enya

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Synchronicity I” from the record: “Synchronicity” by The Police

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

Wellville: Health Pioneer and Cosmonaut Esther Dyson

Beatie Wolfe interviews philanthropist, journalist, investor, and cosmonaut Esther Dyson about her journey from childhood dinners with Einstein to becoming a leading authority in the tech world and executive founder of Wellville, an open source nonprofit looking at health as maintenance rather than a repair job. Listen to this show that takes you from growing up at Princeton to training as a Cosmonaut in Russia via the thread of being present without leave.

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.

Esther Dyson’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “She’s Got A Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles /

• First album that shaped who you are? The White Album by The Beatles - track played “Glass Onion” /

• The music you would send into Space? “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy /

• The song you would have at your memorial? The Canterbury Pilgrims: IV. The Nun by Sir George Dyson /

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles - track played “When I’m Sixty-Four” //

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

Planets: Astronomer and Pluto Killer Mike Brown

Beatie Wolfe w/ Mike Brown - Orange Juice for the Ears
Friday 4 March 2022 - 08h00 - 09h30

Planets: Beatie Wolfe interviews the astronomer and professor of planetary astronomy at (Caltech) Mike Brown about “killing Pluto” and being moments away from proving the discovery of the true 9th planet of our solar system. Listen to this show that takes you from Huntsville Alabama to the Kuiper Belt and beyond via the theme of untangling the universe. 

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.

Named by WIRED as one of “22 people changing the world,” Beatie Wolfe is at the forefront of pioneering new formats for music that bridge the physical and digital, which include: a 3D vinyl for the palm of your hand; a wearable record jacket – cut by Bowie/Hendrix’s tailor out of fabric woven with Wolfe’s music – and most recently the world’s first live 360 AR stream from the quietest room on earth. Wolfe is also the co-founder of a “profound” (The Times) research project looking at the power of music for people living with dementia.

Mike Brown’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted?  “Cracklin Rosie” by Neil Diamond

• First album that shaped who you are? “Song for the Asking” by Simon & Garfunkel - from the album Bridge Over Troubled Water

• The music you would send into Space? “The Great Gates of Kiev” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive” by Old 97’s

• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “You Want it Darker” by Leonard Cohen - from the album You Want it Darker

This show first aired live on dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey [[https://soundwell.io/]].

Ecology: Philosopher Timothy Morton

Beatie Wolfe interviews philosopher and "Professor of the Environment" Timothy Morton about their work that asks us to give up the idea that we can control the planet along with the notion that we are above other beings. Listen to this show that takes you from discos to academia via the feeling of being alive.

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.

Tim Morton’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• * First song that imprinted? “The Plastic Age” by The Buggles

• * First album that shaped who you are? "Welcome to the Pleasure Dome" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood - from the album Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

• * The music you would send into Space? “I Wish You Heaven” by Prince

• * The song you would have at your memorial? “Cico Buff” by Cocteau Twins

• * The album you would pass onto the next generation? “All Neon Like” by Bjork - from the album Homogenic

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

Oceans: Sea Shepherd's Captain Peter Hammarstedt

Beatie Wolfe interviews Sea Shepherd Captain & Board Member Peter Hammarstedt about a life spent protecting the oceans from illegal whaling, fishing, and seal clubbing. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from teenage activism to the longest maritime pursuit in history via the power of determination. 

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.

Peter Hammarstedt’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty 

• First album that shaped who you are? “Wake Up” by Rage Against the Machine - from their self-titled album 

• The music you would send into Space? “Left Over Sea Running” by Dr. Roger Payne & Humpback Whales

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Safe at Anchor” by Kate Wolf 

• The album you would pass onto your kids? “The Thread” by Cary Ann Hearst - from Lions & Lambs

The show opens with “Think About Your Troubles” by Harry Nilsson (from the animated movie The Point).

The show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio but is also available as a podcast. This podcast was Mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.

News: CNN's multi award winning correspondent Sara Sidner

News Beatie Wolfe interviews Sara Sidner, CNN's multiple award-winning global correspondent, about presence in the face of fear and the importance of humane reporting. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from horse whispering to dodging bullets via the thread of human compassion. 

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.

Sara Sidner’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder

• First album that shaped who you are? Purple Rain by Prince - track played “When Doves Cry”

• The music you would send into Space? “Waltz of the Flowers” by Tchaikovsky

• The song you would have at your memorial? “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton

• The album you would pass onto your kids? Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder - track played “Love’s In Need of Love Today” 

The show opens with “Rainbow Connection” by Kermit, a song that reminds Beatie Wolfe of Sara because of how they first connected at the LA Times NewStory festival. 

This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.

Space: Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson

Beatie Wolfe interviews Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson about capturing the sound at the birth of our universe (Cosmic Microwave Background) via the Holmdel Horn Antenna and proving the validity of the "Big Bang" theory. Listen to this dublab radio show which takes you from sound to astronomy via the thread of curiosity.

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 (with Robert Wilson via the “Big Bang” Horn Antenna), been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Robert Wilson’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? Puccini's Madama Butterfly by the Metropolitan Opera

• First album that shaped who you are? Graceland by Paul Simon - track played "Graceland" 

• The music you would send into Space? Already done this with Beatie Wolfe's Raw Space

• The song that you most associate with a loved one? “Can't Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley

• The album you would pass onto your kids? Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie - track played "City of New Orleans"

The show opens with “Starman" by David Bowie, a track Beatie Wolfe most associates with Dr Robert Wilson as he is the ultimate star man. 

This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.