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 and movies, 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. 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 less often. But in the Summer of 2020, I began getting more in the mood to podcast, and I began publishing a new episode much more often -- Paul Levinson

24 October 2021: Interview about Light On Light Through podcast

26 December 2023: Chuck Todd interviews Paul Levinson about Alternate Realities on The Chuck Toddcast

28 November 2024: The two latest written interviews of me are here and here.

Review of The Undoing

Nov 30, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 160, in which I review the just-concluded limited series on HBO, The Undoing.

Tiger King: A McLuhanesque Perspective

Nov 26, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 159, in which I offer a McLuhanesque perspective about Tiger King, Netflix's runaway smash docu-series.

Further reading: McLuhan in an Age of Social Media

Video with Jesse Ventura mentioned in the...

Why Did the Polls Get So Much Wrong Again in 2020 US Election?

Nov 22, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 158, in which I discuss why the polls got so much wrong, again, in the 2020 US Presidential election. They did predict that Biden would win, which he did, but by smaller margins in several states than projected in the polls. And he lost Florida and Ohio, which the polls said...

Review of The Crown season 4

Nov 19, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 157, in which I review The Crown season 4 -- the best season so far in this superb series.

Further listening:

Review of The Crown seasons 1-3

Why Did So Many People Vote for Trump?

Nov 10, 2020

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 156, in which I consider why more than 70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in the just concluded Presidential election.

Further reading: Escape from Freedom by Erich...