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.