Planets: Astronomer and Pluto Killer Mike Brown

Orange Juice for the Ears with Beatie Wolfe

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.