Jul 23, 2020
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 130, in which I talk about one of the bedrocks of my "anthropotropic" theory of media evolution -- why some media, such as sight-only silent movies, are obliterated by the advent of newer media like "talkies" (sight and sound), in contrast to other media, such as sound-only...
Jul 17, 2020
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 129, in which I give you a little primer about "media determinism," the bedrock of just about all media studies.
Further listening: Politics and Media in History and Voice Mail from Marshall McLuhan, 1978
Further reading: The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the...
Dec 12, 2018
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 114, in which I reflect on the shuttering of The Village Voice this past September, and discuss the crucial role it played in my life as a writer.
The first three articles I ever had published anywhere appeared in The Village Voice in the early 1970s. You can read them for...
Aug 2, 2015
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 102, in which I interview John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, about what he sees as a constructive intersection of space travel and religion. The interview was conducted on July 30, 2015 in Senator Glenn's office at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio...
Dec 9, 2014
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 97, in which I explain why, even though I usually support progressive causes, I'm against net neutrality - or the government mandating that all providers of content have equal access to the Internet. In brief, my reasons are the First Amendment, the Utilitarian principle of...