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 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...

Review of 'The Greatest Night in Pop'

Feb 6, 2024

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 372, in which I review The Greatest Night in Pop: The Untold Story Behind 'We Are the World'.

my written blog post review of The Greatest Night in Pop
the "We Are the World" video
30-minute documentary made shortly after "We Are the...

Review of Maestro

Dec 26, 2023

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 366, in which I review Maestro, the Leonard Bernstein biopic.

Read this review.

Links to some of what I mentioned in the podcast:

1955 Edward R. Murrow Person to Person interview with Leonard Bernstein
1967 Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (CBS special with...

A Conversation about The Beatles 'Now and Then'

Nov 14, 2023

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 360, in which Joel McKinnon and Cora Buhlert join me for a conversation about The Beatles' "Now and Then". We had reconvened for a conversation about the second season of the Foundation series on Apple TV+ -- I had asked them to join me to talk about the first season back in...

Paul Levinson interviews Spencer Hannabuss

May 15, 2023

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 352, in which I interview Spencer Hannabuss, who sang "If I Traveled to the Past" at the end of the It's Real Life radio play adapted from my alternate history story about The Beatles, streaming on Killerwatt Radio. We also discuss our views of The Beatles and their preeminent...