Authenticity: Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson

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 on dublab radio in 2023 and has been reposted for rights reasons.

The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.