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Let’s Get Lost: A Psychogeographical Playlist

03.12.25

Aired on Wednesday 3rd December 2025 · 1:03:33

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What impact does your physical environment have on you? How does it affect your mood? The way you behave? Are your movements through the city just a way of getting from A to B – or is there more to your relationship with your surroundings?

Situationist philosopher Guy Debord came up with the idea of ‘psychogeography’ as a way of examining how we relate to our open spaces, particularly urban spaces. He also came up with the idea of le dérive – the drift – as a way of re-engaging with urban landscapes to free ourselves from the predictablilty and and monotony of life as consumers.

The Hairpin Turn offers a selection of great tunes to accompany you as you wander the streets with with purpose – but without a destination.

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