Up to Speed
Up to Speed: Season 1

Air Date

August 9, 2012

Episodes

6 episodes

Up to Speed

Season 1

Episodes

1. San Francisco: A City Shaped by Earthquakes

August 9, 2012
24 min

Speed takes us on a tour of renowned objects in San Francisco – a city shaped by earthquakes that makes a point of attacking the status quo and appreciating the beauty in the unexpected.

2. Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood

August 16, 2012
24 min

Speed spends a day steeped in the history of working class Chicago – a city of blue collar labor constantly fighting back against the status quo of their corporate overlords.

3. Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest

August 23, 2012
24 min

Speed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas – a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.

4. Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson

August 30, 2012
24 min

Speed sifts through the many flavors of Thomas Jefferson in Monticello and the University of Virginia – two historic landmarks representing the many sides of America’s most complicated founding father.

5. New York City: The Beauty of Randomness

September 5, 2012
24 min

Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.

6. The Tour Guide Convention

September 13, 2012
24 min

Speed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.