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Light On Light Through — 419 episodes

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Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about Philip K. Dick Film Festival 2026

2

A Conversation with Sarah Clarke Stuart about Song of the Unsung Mushroom

3

Review of (Beatles) Anthology 2025: The Highs and the Highs (and the One Low)

4

Paul Levinson interviews Brooklyn Demme about One Battle After Another

5

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

6

Paul Levinson interviews Mike Grynbaum about Empire of the Elite

7

Paul Levinson interviews Tom Cooper 1 May 2025 about Wisdom Weavers

8

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

9

Paul Levinson interviews The Polar editors

10

Paul Levinson interviews Simon Vozick-Levinson about Rolling Stone's Top 100 Protest Songs

11

Paul Levinson interviews Lance Strate about 'Not A, Not Be &C'

12

Paul Levinson interviews Sarah Seltzer about The Singer Sisters

13

Paul Levinson interviews David Browne about Talkin' Greenwich Village

14

Dramatic Reading from 2nd Chapter of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles

15

Review of A Complete Unknown: Nearly Completely Superb, Slightly Alternate History

16

Paul Levinson interviews Jared Moshe about Aporia

17

Review of Dexter: Original Sin 1.1-1.3

18

Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, NYC, 14 Dec 2024

19

Review of Beatles '64

20

Review of Dune: Prophecy 1.1-1.2: The Hart of the Matter

21

Paul Levinson interviews Andrew Hoskins about AI and the End of the Human Past

22

Paul Levinson interviews Gerrit Van Woudenberg about his new movie Quantum Suicide

23

Paul Levinson interviews Bob Hutchins: An Optimistic Discussion of AI

24

Patrick Rands interviews Paul Levinson about It's Real Life on WZBC Radio

25

Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The New York Science Fiction Film Festival

26

It's the Debate that Failed, Not Biden

27

Review of Dark Matter 1.9

28

Review of Dark Matter 1.8

29

Review of Dark Matter 1.7

30

Review of Dark Matter 1.6

31

Review of Dark Matter 1.5

32

Review of Dark Matter 1.3-1.4

33

Paul Levinson interviews Mark Dawidziak about Edgar Allan Poe

34

Review of Dark Matter 1.1-1.2

35

Review of Rebel Moon, Parts 1 and 2

36

Review of Constellation

37

Review of American Rust 2

38

'It's Real Life' at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival

39

Review of 3 Body Problem season one

40

Book Launch and Reading of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles novel at The Players

41

Why Banning TikTok in the US Is a Bad Idea

42

Review of Hightown season 3

43

Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The Mind Revolution Experience

44

Paul Levinson interviews Richard Sparks about New Rock, New Role

45

Review of True Detective 4

46

Review of Reacher 2

47

Review of 'The Greatest Night in Pop'

48

Roundtable Discussion of For All Mankind, Seasons 1-4

49

Review of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 25 Premiere

50

Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 9-10

51

Tetrads for History and Alternate History

52

Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 6-8

53

Review of Maestro

54

Review of The Way Home season 1

55

Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 1-5

56

Review of The Lazarus Project season 1

57

Review of Bosch: Legacy 2.7-2.10

58

Foundation 2nd Season: Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss

59

A Conversation about The Beatles 'Now and Then'

60

Paul Levinson interviews Jack Dann about Alternate History

61

Review of Bosch: Legacy 2.1-2.6

62

Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2

63

Paul Levinson interviews Chris Cosmain about his Time Travel Novel 'Novikov Windows'

64

Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about his upcoming Psychedelic Festival

65

Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Picard 3

66

Robots Through the Ages, AI, and Chat GPT

67

Paul Levinson interviews Spencer Hannabuss

68

'It's Real Life' on Captain Phil's Planet

69

Paul Levinson interviews Anne Reburn

70

Review of The Last of Us 1.1-1.4

71

Review of The Pale Blue Eye

72

Review of Kaleidoscope

73

Review of The Mosquito Coast 2.8: Hari Seldon in Mexico

74

Review of Harry & Meghan

75

Review of The Peripheral 1.6

76

Review of The Peripheral 1.3-1.5

77

Review of The Peripheral 1.1-12

78

Review of Blonde

79

Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

80

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the Rise of Fascism and other Current Dangers

81

Review of Quantum Leap (2022) 1.1

82

Review of House of Dragons 1.1-1.3

83

Review of The Orville season 3 finale

84

Review of The Orville 3.9

85

Review of No Time to Die

86

Review of The Orville 3.7 - 3.8

87

Review of The Orville 3.6

88

Review of The Orville 3.5

89

Review of Westworld 4.2

90

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth season 1 finale

91

Review of For All Mankind 3.3-3.4

92

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.9

93

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.9

94

Review of Obi-Wan Kenobi

95

Review of Westworld 4.1

96

Review of The Orville 3.4

97

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.8

98

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.8

99

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.6

100

Review of The Orville 3.3

101

Review of For All Mankind 3.2

102

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.7

103

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the House Jan 6 Hearings

104

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.7

105

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.5

106

Review of For All Mankind 3.1

107

Review of The Orville 3.2

108

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.6

109

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.5-1.6

110

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.4

111

Review of The Orville 3.1

112

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.5

113

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about what must be done about the slaughter of children in America by AR15s

114

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.3

115

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.4

116

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.2

117

Review of Night Sky

118

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.3

119

Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.1

120

Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.1-1.2

121

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.4

122

Star Trek: Picard Season Two: A Roundtable Discussion

123

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.3

124

Agnieszka Stecko-Żukowska speaks to Paul Levinson about the impact on Poland of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

125

Review of Outer Range 1.7-8

126

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.10

127

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.2

128

Review of Slow Horses 1.6

129

Review of Outer Range 1.5-6

130

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9

131

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

132

Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1

133

Katia Iakovlenko speaks to Paul Levinson about getting Ukrainian voices out to the world

134

Review of Outer Range 1.3-4

135

Review of Slow Horses 1.5

136

Interview with Joel McKinnon about Uncanny Similarity of Working for Apple and Working for Lumon

137

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8

138

Review of Bridgerton 2

139

Review of Outer Range 1.1-2

140

Review of Slow Horses 1.4

141

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7

142

Review of Slow Horses 1.3

143

Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 6

144

Review of Severance 1.9

145

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6

146

Review of Slow Horses 1.1-2

147

Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 5

148

Review of Severance 1.8

149

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5

150

Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 4

151

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4

152

Review of Severance 1.7

153

Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 1-3

154

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3

155

Review of Severance 1.6

156

Review of Suspicion (Season 1) Finale

157

Review of Raised by Wolves season 2 finale

158

Christine Feldman-Barrett interviewed by Paul Levinson about A Women's History of the Beatles

159

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2

160

Review of Severance 1.5

161

Review of Suspicion 1.7

162

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.7

163

Review of Severance 1.4

164

Review of Suspicion 1.6

165

Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1

166

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.6

167

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski Interviewed by Paul Levinson about Russian Invasion of Ukraine

168

Review of Severance 1.3

169

Review of Suspicion 1.5

170

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.5

171

Review of Severance 1.1-1.2

172

Review of Suspicion 1.4

173

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.4

174

Review of Suspicion 1.1-1.3

175

Review of Kimi

176

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.3

177

Review of Reacher

178

Review of Raised by Wolves 2.1-2

179

Review of Beforeigners seasons 1 and 2

180

Review of The Colony

181

Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg Interviewed by Paul Levinson about Nordic Noir

182

Review of Munich: The Edge of War

183

Review of Ray Donovan: The Movie

184

Review of Station Eleven 1.10

185

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.9-10

186

Review of Station Eleven 1.8-9

187

Review of Return to Hogwarts

188

Review of Station Eleven 1.6-7

189

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.7-8

190

Review of Don't Look Up

191

Review of Station Eleven 1.4-5

192

Review of The Matrix Resurrections

193

Review of Station Eleven 1.1-3

194

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.5-6

195

Review of Invasion season 1 Finale

196

Rufus Sewell interviewed by Paul Levinson about The Man in the High Castle

197

The Theater of the Mind: Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about his New Book

198

Page to Screen: Dune, Foundation, The Man in the High Castle, The End of Eternity

199

Review of Invasion 1.9

200

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.4

201

Review of Invasion 1.8

202

Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 3

203

Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 2

204

Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 1

205

Foundation 1st Season: Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss

206

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.3

207

Review of Invasion 1.7

208

Review of Foundation 1.10

209

Who Killed JFK: Interview with Walter Herbst

210

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.2

211

Review of Invasion 1.6

212

Review of Foundation 1.9

213

Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.1

214

Review of Finch

215

Review of Invasion 1.5

216

Review of Foundation 1.8

217

Review of Invasion 1.4

218

Review of Foundation 1.7

219

Review of Invasion 1.1-3

220

Review of Dune, Part One

221

Review of Foundation 1.6

222

Review of You seasons 1-3

223

Review of Foundation 1.5

224

Review of Squid Game

225

Review of Foundation 1.4

226

Review of The Many Saints of Newark

227

Review of Foundation 1.3

228

Review of Foundation 1.1-2

229

Review of Star Trek: Discovery season 3

230

Review of Sweet Girl

231

Cuomo, Health Care, Online Education

232

Foundation, COVID, Afghanistan

233

Review of Reminiscence

234

Thinking about Asimov's Foundation on Apple TV+

235

Review of The Tomorrow War

236

Review of The Rain

237

Supreme Court Protects Student Right to Free Speech!

238

Interview with Jay Kensinger about The Chronology Protection Case

239

Solar Eclipse, Politics, Online Learning, Origin of Covid, More

240

Review of the Mosquito Coast: Well Bitten

241

Review of Mare of Easttown: Jude the Obscure Near Philadelphia

242

Review of Debris season one

243

Review of The Nevers, Part I

244

Double Review of Decades Apart

245

Review of Stowaway: Breathless Realism

246

Tenet: A Re-View

247

Biden and the Republicans

248

Review of For All Mankind, Season 2

249

Review of Home Before Dark

250

Review of Q: Into the Storm

251

Review of Shtisel 3: Cheesecake and Faith

252

Review of For All Mankind (Season 1 and Episode 2.1)

253

Review of The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

254

Opinions, Lies, and Polarization

255

Twitter Ban of Trump Was Right, Even Though It Violates the Spirit of the First Amendment

256

Insurrection, Trump, Impeachment, More

257

Review of Bridgerton: Alternate Jane Austen

258

Review of the Blumhouse Horror Quartet

259

Review of The Queen's Gambit

260

Review of The Undoing

261

Tiger King: A McLuhanesque Perspective

262

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

263

Review of The Crown season 4

264

Why Did So Many People Vote for Trump?

265

Truth Wins in the Marketplace of Ideas, Even When Situated in Social Media

266

Grounds for Optimism the Day after the Election

267

U.S. Senate vs. Twitter

268

Review of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

269

Why the US Gov Going after Google is Not a Good Idea

270

Running Scared

271

Review of Utopia

272

Review of Raised by Wolves 6-10

273

Trump Ban of TikTok Violates the First Amendment

274

Review of Amazing Stories (2020) on Apple+ TV 1-5

275

Review of Raised by Wolves 4-5

276

Review of Raised by Wolves 1-3

277

Report on Day Two of the 2020 Republican National Convention

278

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the 2020 Democratic National Convention

279

Report on Day Four of 2020 Democratic National Convention

280

Report on Day Three of 2020 Democratic National Convention

281

Report on Day Two of 2020 Democratic National Convention

282

Report on Day One of 2020 Democratic National Convention

283

Defending the Postal Service

284

Kamala Harris: The First Step Back from the Precipice

285

Why I Think America Is Not Permanently Unraveling

286

Three Absentias

287

SpaceX Splashdown

288

The Safdies

289

The Return of Unsolved Mysteries

290

Survival of the Media Fit

291

Media Determinism

292

Justice in America: The View from the Jury

293

The Problem of Police Authority

294

Politics and Media in History

295

Star Trek: Picard and Discoveries Reviewed

296

Paul Levinson virtual concert at HELIOsphere

297

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about his New Album 'Welcome Up', and Trump

298

Patrick Rands Debuts "Welcome Up" in Boston

299

The Crown seasons 1-3: A Review

300

The Irishman - a review

301

The Man in the High Castle: review of extraordinary final Season 4

302

Paul Levinson reads in 1999 from The Silk Code

303

Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about his New Music, Science Fiction, and Trump

304

Trump and the Media

305

CP interviews PL about his Music, Views of Trump, and Ultima Thule

306

The Village Voice Goes Silent

307

Making a Murderer: Frightening Reflection of Justice in America

308

The Man in the High Castle: review of superb Season 3

309

Captain Phil Interviews Paul Levinson 2

310

Captain Phil Interviews Paul Levinson

311

review of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Season 1

312

Paul Levinson reads from Robinson Calculator

313

The Omnipotent Ear

314

Paul Levinson reads from Marilyn & Monet

315

The Man in the High Castle - review of superb Season 2

316

The Affair season 2

317

A Conversation with Linda Kaplan Thaler

318

Interview with John Glenn

319

Philip K. Dick on Television

320

Predestination and TV 12 Monkeys

321

The Affair season 1

322

Bones 100 and 200

323

Why I Am Against Net Neutrality

324

Three Time Travel Movies

325

Outlander: First Half Season

326

The Sopranos Revisited

327

The Selfie and Marshall McLuhan

328

Amazon vs. Hachette: I Stand with Amazon

329

The Last Train to Margaretville

330

Marshall McLuhan and the Kindle

331

Science Fiction and Music

332

Paul Levinson reads from Unburning Alexandria

333

Occupy Wall Street Chronicles, Part 1

334

Voice Mail from Marshall McLuhan, 1978

335

Unconstitutional Wars

336

Time to Say Goodbye to Nuclear Energy

337

China Goes Totalitarian about Time Travel

338

Kojo Nnamdi's NPR Interview with Paul Levinson about New New Media

339

MSNBC Wrong to Suspend Keith Olbermann

340

The Chronology Protection Case

341

Paul Levinson Talks about His Music

342

The Lincoln Penny and the VDB Litho: An Interview with Illustrator Joel Iskowitz

343

Concerns about Kagan's First Amendment Position

344

Why the Arizona Immigration Law is Unconstitutional

345

Astronauts Right to Criticize Obama on Space

346

FlashForward Reviewed: First 10 Episodes

347

My Prius Is Fine

348

Memo to ABC-TV and Cablevision: Stop Extorting Your Viewers

349

New New Media and Religion

350

A January 2010 TV Review Sampler

351

Leno, Conan, and New New Media

352

Weep Not for Newspapers

353

How Does It Feel To Have A Book Published?

354

Rob Sawyer Talks About FlashForward!

355

An Introduction to New New Media

356

Moon 40

357

Sotomayor vs. First Amendment: An Interview with Avery and Lauren Doninger

358

Star Trek: Reborn, Reset, Resplendent

359

Author and Critic: Perilous Symbiosis

360

Asimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy

361

The Future of Media

362

Conversation with Greenburgh NY Town Supervisor Paul Feiner about Blogging, Obama, and Caroline Kennedy

363

I'm A Progressive Libertarian

364

24 Season 6 Plus Redemption

365

Cyberbullying and a Remedy: The Music of the Truth on Earth Band, and an Interview

366

Lost 4 and 13

367

Lost 4 and 8

368

Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of Television

369

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

370

Interview with Analog Editor Stan Schmidt!

371

Conversation with Ken Hudson/Kenny Hubble: Second Life!

372

Interview with Rich Sommer - Mad Men's Harry Crane!

373

First Year Anniversary Party!

374

Modest Political Proposal via Podcast: How About Working for the Best Candidates in =Both= Parties

375

Celebrating Sputnik

376

Interview with Obama Girl Producer Ben Relles!

377

Violence and Videogames: The Truth

378

The Sloan Ranger Interviews Paul Levinson about Media Misreporting of Ron Paul

379

Sedition! A Conversation with Mark Shanahan

380

The Media Disenfranchising of Ron Paul

381

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The View from New York

382

Harry Potter and the iPhone

383

A Conversation with Robert J. Sawyer!

384

Lost New Questions

385

Exclusive TV Predictions - Finales for 24, Heroes, and Lost!

386

Harry Potter and the Refutation of Illiteracy

387

Memo To Networks: Tell Us Which Candidates Are Raising Their Hands!

388

My Sweet Prius: Part II

389

John Edwards' Favorite Book: The Trial of Socrates

390

Four Imus Fallacies

391

The Tudors and Rome: Golden Ages on Television

392

Galactica Dylan

393

Cops Cracking Down On Journalists - Again!

394

The Four Phils

395

Free Josh Wolf

396

Gore Back On Center Stage

397

Dummy in the HOV Lane

398

Lost: Anatomy of a Loss

399

How To Research Ancient History for Science Fiction

400

Blockbuster, Netflix, the Web: The Future of Watching Movies out of Theaters

401

How Goes the Ship of Free Speech?

402

Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

403

What on Earth Are They Doing to Poor Pluto?

404

diGGin' Round: Further Adventures in Gate Opening

405

The Stuff of the Cosmos

406

Trader Joe's and Mo'

407

The Goldplated Globes: What They Missed On Television

408

The Wire Season 4 in 20 with Driis Speaking On Stringer

409

Almost Walkin On Sunshine

410

Every Eye's A Camera, Every Ear's A Mike

411

The New James Bond - or, The Man Without the Golden Pun

412

Time Travel in Fiction and Fact

413

TV Roundup - The Field in Mid-November

414

Elective Media

415

The Wire Without Stringer

416

A Cranky Look at Eastern Standard Time

417

Wikipedia: The Open Gates of Knowledge

418

Kidnapped & Battlestar Galactica - Leading the TV pack at quartertime

419

Prius and the Reunion of Talking and Walking