Up to Speed

Season 1

TV-14

80%

Follows tour guide, historian and flâneur Timothy 'Speed' Levitch as he visits the monumentally ignored monuments of America's cities, from the shoe gardens of San Francisco to the luckiest subway grate in New York City.

Where to Watch Up to Speed • Season 1

6 Episodes

San Francisco: A City Shaped by Earthquakes
E1
San Francisco: A City Shaped by EarthquakesSpeed 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.
Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood
E2
Chicago: To Conjure a Lost NeighborhoodSpeed 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.
Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest
E3
Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the MidwestSpeed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas – a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.
Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson
E4
Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas JeffersonSpeed 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.
New York City: The Beauty of Randomness
E5
New York City: The Beauty of RandomnessSpeed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.
The Tour Guide Convention
E6
The Tour Guide ConventionSpeed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.