Light On Light Through

You'll hear a little of this and lot of that on Light On Light Through - my reviews of great television series, my interviews with authors and creative media people and their interviews of me, my media theory and political commentary, thoughts about my favorite cars and food and space travel, discussions of my music, and a few of my readings from my science fiction stories. These are usually audio and a few are video. In the first years, starting in 2006, I put up a new episode at least once a month. More recently, it became more or less often than once a month, usually a lot less often. But in the Fall of 2018, I began getting more in the mood to podcast, and you can expect new episodes now a little more frequently. - Paul Levinson

Kamala Harris: The First Step Back from the Precipice

Aug 12, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 136, in which I explain why I think Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate is America's first step back from the precipice.

Why I Think America Is Not Permanently Unraveling

Aug 9, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 135, in which I rebut Wade Davis's claim in a recent essay in Rolling Stone that America's decline is irreversible. (Note: This podcast was recorded before Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris for VP on 11 August 2020 -- a selection which I'd say is the first step...

Three Absentias

Aug 6, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 134, in which I review the three seasons so far of Absentia.

Read the reviews in my blog:

SpaceX Splashdown

Aug 2, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 133, in which I give context to why the SpaceX splashdown today is such a momentous event in lifting our species off this planet.

Further reading: Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Interaction of Space and Religion

The Safdies

Aug 2, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 132, in which I review two movies by The Safdie Brothers -- Good Time and Uncut Gems.

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