Episodes

  • Paul Levinson interviews Jared Moshe about Aporia
    Dec 23 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 403, in which I interview Jared Moshe about his movie Aporia, a time-travel movie on Hulu that explores, in a way I've never seen before, the wrenching ethical dilemmas that arise when you try to change the past.

    Relevant links:

    • my written review of Aporia
    • Aporia on Hulu
    • more about Jared Moshe here
    • my best-known time travel novel
    • my best-known alternate history novel
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    27 mins
  • Review of Dexter: Original Sin 1.1-1.3
    Dec 21 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 402, in which I review Dexter: Original Sin on Paramount+Showtime.

    Relevant links:

    • written reviews of Dexter: Original Sin 1.1 and 1.2-1.3 (with links to written reviews of all episodes of Dexter: New Blood and all eight seasons of the original Dexter)
    • audio podcast reviews of Dexter: New Blood 1.1 ... 1.2 ... 1.3 ... 1.4 ... 1.5-1.6 ... 1.7-1.8 ... 1.9-1.10

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    12 mins
  • Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, NYC, 14 Dec 2024
    Dec 7 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 401, in which I interview Dan Abella about The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, NYC, 14 Dec 2024. (Kendall Brown, Operations Manager for the Festival, joins us in the interview.)

    Relevant links:

    • The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival
    • written interview with me by Evan Levine, in which I discuss Hegel's "spirit of an age" (see 10th question in the interview)
    • Dan Abella's play, "Timothy X’s Journey from PTSD to Wholeness," to be performed live at the Festival [scroll down]
    • McLuhan in an Age of Social Media
    • Lioness (streaming on Paramount+)
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    39 mins
  • Review of Beatles '64
    Nov 30 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 400, in which I review the Beatles '64 documentary that just went up yesterday on Disney+.

    Here are links to some of the many people and things I discuss in the podcast:

    • my written review of Beatles '64
    • my 1972 article about Murray the K in The Village Voice
    • my 1971 article about Paul McCartney in The Village Voice
    • the song I wrote and recorded about Murray the K
    • my podcast reviews of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back
    • my podcast review of Maestro
    • McLuhan in an Age of Social Media
    • It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
    • Evan Levine's 25 November 2024 written interview with me

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    16 mins
  • Review of Dune: Prophecy 1.1-1.2: The Hart of the Matter
    Nov 28 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 399, in which I review Dune: Prophecy 1.1-1.2 on HBO Max.

    • written review of Dune Prophecy 1.1-1.2
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    12 mins
  • Paul Levinson interviews Andrew Hoskins about AI and the End of the Human Past
    Nov 2 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 398, in which I interview Andrew Hoskins about the new book he is writing, The Deadbot Society: AI and the End of the Human Past.

    Relevant links:

    • "AI and Memory" an article by Andrew Hoskins
    • the AI-created video I mentioned in our conversation
    • more about McLuhan in an Age of Social Media
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Paul Levinson interviews Gerrit Van Woudenberg about his new movie Quantum Suicide
    Oct 16 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 397, in which I interview Gerrit Van Houtenberg about his new multiple universe feature film, Quantum Suicide, debuting on Amazon Prime Video on October 18.

    Relevant links:

    • my review of Quantum Suicide
    • The Chronology Protection Case movie on Amazon Prime Video
    • The Chronology Protection Case novelette
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    53 mins
  • Paul Levinson interviews Bob Hutchins: An Optimistic Discussion of AI
    Oct 6 2024

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 396, in which I interview Bob Hutchins about AI. My guess is you'll find this discussion much more optimistic about AI than what you'll usually hear.

    Discussed or mentioned in this interview:

    • "On Behalf of Humanity: The Technological Edge" my 1996 article
    • The Media Ecology Association
    • New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication
    • my review of Confronting the Presidents

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    1 hr and 11 mins