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

22 December 2024: The three latest written interviews of me are here, here and here.

Paul Levinson interviews Brooklyn Demme about One Battle After Another

Oct 31, 2025

Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 415, in which I interview Brooklyn Demme about Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie One Battle After Another, in which Brooklyn played a minor role. But in a movie this great, every role is important.

Relevant links:

my review of One Battle After Another
Simon Vozick-Levinson’s A...

Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour: Paul Levinson and Josh Meyrowitz about Phil Ochs

Aug 4, 2025

Welcome to Light On Light Though episode 414, the complete "radio documentary" on WFDU-FM from 1977 -- "Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour" -- in which Josh Meyrowitz and I discuss the life, death, and timeless impact of Phil Ochs and his music.

Relevant links:

Lou Canto media conversions
Marilyn and...

Paul Levinson interviews Mike Grynbaum about Empire of the Elite

Jul 15, 2025

Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 413, in which I interview Mike Grynbaum about his book Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America, which was just published today. Condé Nast is the publisher of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, Wired, and other iconic magazines, so...

Paul Levinson interviews Tom Cooper 1 May 2025 about Wisdom Weavers

May 30, 2025

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 412, in which I interview Tom Cooper about his new book Wisdom Weavers: The Lives and Thought of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan published on May 1, 2025 by Connected Editions.

A group of 51 scholars from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and Poland gathered on May 1...

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Tom Cooper's Wisdom Weavers

Apr 19, 2025

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 411: I returned to Captain Phil's Planet on WUSB (Stony Brook University) Radio the other day to talk to Captain Phil about Tom Cooper's new book, Wisdom Weavers: The Lives and Thought of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan, to be pubished by Connected Editions (my...