Up to Speed

Synopsis

Tour guide, historian and flaneur "Speed" Levitch travels the nation visiting those monuments that rarely make it into travel guides, from the shoe gardens of San Francisco to the luckiest subway grate in New York City.

First Air Date: 2012-08-09

Last Air Date: 2012-09-13

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Networks: Hulu

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Top Cast

Timothy "Speed" Levitch as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: San Francisco: A City Shaped by Earthquakes (2012-08-09)

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.
Ep. 2: Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood (2012-08-16)

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.
Ep. 3: Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest (2012-08-23)

Speed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas – a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.
Ep. 4: Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson (2012-08-30)

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.
Ep. 5: New York City: The Beauty of Randomness (2012-09-05)

Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.
Ep. 6: The Tour Guide Convention (2012-09-13)

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