Beatie Wolfe interviews the multi-platinum producer, songwriter and all round powerhouse Linda Perry about her resounding impact on the music industry. Listen to this show that takes you from sleeping rough to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and beyond via the power of realness.

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.

Linda Perry’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Trust in Me” by Sterling Holloway from The Jungle Book


• First album that shaped who you are? “Union City Blues” from the record Eat to the Beat by Blondie


• The music you would send into Space? “Keep On Truckin” by Surfbort


• The song you would have at your memorial? “In The Dark Woods” by Akira Kosemura


• The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Point Me To The Real" from the record All of Us Flames by Ezra Furman

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