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Paul Levinson interviews Deana Weibel about The Ultraview Effect
Review of On the Calculation of Volume (Vols 1-4)
Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about Philip K. Dick Film Festival 2026
A Conversation with Sarah Clarke Stuart about Song of the Unsung Mushroom
Review of (Beatles) Anthology 2025: The Highs and the Highs (and the One Low)
Paul Levinson interviews Brooklyn Demme about One Battle After Another
Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour: Paul Levinson and Josh Meyrowitz about Phil Ochs
Paul Levinson interviews Mike Grynbaum about Empire of the Elite
Paul Levinson interviews Tom Cooper 1 May 2025 about Wisdom Weavers
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Tom Cooper's Wisdom Weavers
Paul Levinson interviews The Polar editors
Paul Levinson interviews Simon Vozick-Levinson about Rolling Stone's Top 100 Protest Songs
Paul Levinson interviews Lance Strate about 'Not A, Not Be &C'
Paul Levinson interviews Sarah Seltzer about The Singer Sisters
Paul Levinson interviews David Browne about Talkin' Greenwich Village
Dramatic Reading from 2nd Chapter of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
Review of A Complete Unknown: Nearly Completely Superb, Slightly Alternate History
Paul Levinson interviews Jared Moshe about Aporia
Review of Dexter: Original Sin 1.1-1.3
Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, NYC, 14 Dec 2024
Review of Beatles '64
Review of Dune: Prophecy 1.1-1.2: The Hart of the Matter
Paul Levinson interviews Andrew Hoskins about AI and the End of the Human Past
Paul Levinson interviews Gerrit Van Woudenberg about his new movie Quantum Suicide
Paul Levinson interviews Bob Hutchins: An Optimistic Discussion of AI
Patrick Rands interviews Paul Levinson about It's Real Life on WZBC Radio
Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The New York Science Fiction Film Festival
It's the Debate that Failed, Not Biden
Review of Dark Matter 1.9
Review of Dark Matter 1.8
Review of Dark Matter 1.7
Review of Dark Matter 1.6
Review of Dark Matter 1.5
Review of Dark Matter 1.3-1.4
Paul Levinson interviews Mark Dawidziak about Edgar Allan Poe
Review of Dark Matter 1.1-1.2
Review of Rebel Moon, Parts 1 and 2
Review of Constellation
Review of American Rust 2
'It's Real Life' at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival
Review of 3 Body Problem season one
Book Launch and Reading of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles novel at The Players
Why Banning TikTok in the US Is a Bad Idea
Review of Hightown season 3
Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about The Mind Revolution Experience
Paul Levinson interviews Richard Sparks about New Rock, New Role
Review of True Detective 4
Review of Reacher 2
Review of 'The Greatest Night in Pop'
Roundtable Discussion of For All Mankind, Seasons 1-4
Review of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 25 Premiere
Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 9-10
Tetrads for History and Alternate History
Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 6-8
Review of Maestro
Review of The Way Home season 1
Review of the Who Killed JFK podcast, Episodes 1-5
Review of The Lazarus Project season 1
Review of Bosch: Legacy 2.7-2.10
Foundation 2nd Season: Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss
A Conversation about The Beatles 'Now and Then'
Paul Levinson interviews Jack Dann about Alternate History
Review of Bosch: Legacy 2.1-2.6
Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2
Paul Levinson interviews Chris Cosmain about his Time Travel Novel 'Novikov Windows'
Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about his upcoming Psychedelic Festival
Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Picard 3
Robots Through the Ages, AI, and Chat GPT
Paul Levinson interviews Spencer Hannabuss
'It's Real Life' on Captain Phil's Planet
Paul Levinson interviews Anne Reburn
Review of The Last of Us 1.1-1.4
Review of The Pale Blue Eye
Review of Kaleidoscope
Review of The Mosquito Coast 2.8: Hari Seldon in Mexico
Review of Harry & Meghan
Review of The Peripheral 1.6
Review of The Peripheral 1.3-1.5
Review of The Peripheral 1.1-12
Review of Blonde
Roundtable Discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the Rise of Fascism and other Current Dangers
Review of Quantum Leap (2022) 1.1
Review of House of Dragons 1.1-1.3
Review of The Orville season 3 finale
Review of The Orville 3.9
Review of No Time to Die
Review of The Orville 3.7 - 3.8
Review of The Orville 3.6
Review of The Orville 3.5
Review of Westworld 4.2
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth season 1 finale
Review of For All Mankind 3.3-3.4
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.9
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.9
Review of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Review of Westworld 4.1
Review of The Orville 3.4
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.8
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.8
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.6
Review of The Orville 3.3
Review of For All Mankind 3.2
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.7
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the House Jan 6 Hearings
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.7
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.5
Review of For All Mankind 3.1
Review of The Orville 3.2
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.6
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.5-1.6
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.4
Review of The Orville 3.1
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.5
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about what must be done about the slaughter of children in America by AR15s
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.3
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.4
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.2
Review of Night Sky
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.3
Review of The Time Traveler's Wife 1.1
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1.1-1.2
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.4
Star Trek: Picard Season Two: A Roundtable Discussion
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.3
Agnieszka Stecko-Żukowska speaks to Paul Levinson about the impact on Poland of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Review of Outer Range 1.7-8
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.10
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.2
Review of Slow Horses 1.6
Review of Outer Range 1.5-6
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1
Katia Iakovlenko speaks to Paul Levinson about getting Ukrainian voices out to the world
Review of Outer Range 1.3-4
Review of Slow Horses 1.5
Interview with Joel McKinnon about Uncanny Similarity of Working for Apple and Working for Lumon
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8
Review of Bridgerton 2
Review of Outer Range 1.1-2
Review of Slow Horses 1.4
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7
Review of Slow Horses 1.3
Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 6
Review of Severance 1.9
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6
Review of Slow Horses 1.1-2
Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 5
Review of Severance 1.8
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5
Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 4
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4
Review of Severance 1.7
Review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 1-3
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3
Review of Severance 1.6
Review of Suspicion (Season 1) Finale
Review of Raised by Wolves season 2 finale
Christine Feldman-Barrett interviewed by Paul Levinson about A Women's History of the Beatles
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2
Review of Severance 1.5
Review of Suspicion 1.7
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.7
Review of Severance 1.4
Review of Suspicion 1.6
Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.6
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski Interviewed by Paul Levinson about Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Review of Severance 1.3
Review of Suspicion 1.5
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.5
Review of Severance 1.1-1.2
Review of Suspicion 1.4
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.4
Review of Suspicion 1.1-1.3
Review of Kimi
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.3
Review of Reacher
Review of Raised by Wolves 2.1-2
Review of Beforeigners seasons 1 and 2
Review of The Colony
Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg Interviewed by Paul Levinson about Nordic Noir
Review of Munich: The Edge of War
Review of Ray Donovan: The Movie
Review of Station Eleven 1.10
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.9-10
Review of Station Eleven 1.8-9
Review of Return to Hogwarts
Review of Station Eleven 1.6-7
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.7-8
Review of Don't Look Up
Review of Station Eleven 1.4-5
Review of The Matrix Resurrections
Review of Station Eleven 1.1-3
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.5-6
Review of Invasion season 1 Finale
Rufus Sewell interviewed by Paul Levinson about The Man in the High Castle
The Theater of the Mind: Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about his New Book
Page to Screen: Dune, Foundation, The Man in the High Castle, The End of Eternity
Review of Invasion 1.9
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.4
Review of Invasion 1.8
Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 3
Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 2
Review of The Beatles: Get Back, Part 1
Foundation 1st Season: Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.3
Review of Invasion 1.7
Review of Foundation 1.10
Who Killed JFK: Interview with Walter Herbst
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.2
Review of Invasion 1.6
Review of Foundation 1.9
Review of Dexter: New Blood 1.1
Review of Finch
Review of Invasion 1.5
Review of Foundation 1.8
Review of Invasion 1.4
Review of Foundation 1.7
Review of Invasion 1.1-3
Review of Dune, Part One
Review of Foundation 1.6
Review of You seasons 1-3
Review of Foundation 1.5
Review of Squid Game
Review of Foundation 1.4
Review of The Many Saints of Newark
Review of Foundation 1.3
Review of Foundation 1.1-2
Review of Star Trek: Discovery season 3
Review of Sweet Girl
Cuomo, Health Care, Online Education
Foundation, COVID, Afghanistan
Review of Reminiscence
Thinking about Asimov's Foundation on Apple TV+
Review of The Tomorrow War
Review of The Rain
Supreme Court Protects Student Right to Free Speech!
Interview with Jay Kensinger about The Chronology Protection Case
Solar Eclipse, Politics, Online Learning, Origin of Covid, More
Review of the Mosquito Coast: Well Bitten
Review of Mare of Easttown: Jude the Obscure Near Philadelphia
Review of Debris season one
Review of The Nevers, Part I
Double Review of Decades Apart
Review of Stowaway: Breathless Realism
Tenet: A Re-View
Biden and the Republicans
Review of For All Mankind, Season 2
Review of Home Before Dark
Review of Q: Into the Storm
Review of Shtisel 3: Cheesecake and Faith
Review of For All Mankind (Season 1 and Episode 2.1)
Review of The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Opinions, Lies, and Polarization
Twitter Ban of Trump Was Right, Even Though It Violates the Spirit of the First Amendment
Insurrection, Trump, Impeachment, More
Review of Bridgerton: Alternate Jane Austen
Review of the Blumhouse Horror Quartet
Review of The Queen's Gambit
Review of The Undoing
Tiger King: A McLuhanesque Perspective
Why Did the Polls Get So Much Wrong Again in 2020 US Election?
Review of The Crown season 4
Why Did So Many People Vote for Trump?
Truth Wins in the Marketplace of Ideas, Even When Situated in Social Media
Grounds for Optimism the Day after the Election
U.S. Senate vs. Twitter
Review of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Why the US Gov Going after Google is Not a Good Idea
Running Scared
Review of Utopia
Review of Raised by Wolves 6-10
Trump Ban of TikTok Violates the First Amendment
Review of Amazing Stories (2020) on Apple+ TV 1-5
Review of Raised by Wolves 4-5
Review of Raised by Wolves 1-3
Report on Day Two of the 2020 Republican National Convention
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about the 2020 Democratic National Convention
Report on Day Four of 2020 Democratic National Convention
Report on Day Three of 2020 Democratic National Convention
Report on Day Two of 2020 Democratic National Convention
Report on Day One of 2020 Democratic National Convention
Defending the Postal Service
Kamala Harris: The First Step Back from the Precipice
Why I Think America Is Not Permanently Unraveling
Three Absentias
SpaceX Splashdown
The Safdies
The Return of Unsolved Mysteries
Survival of the Media Fit
Media Determinism
Justice in America: The View from the Jury
The Problem of Police Authority
Politics and Media in History
Star Trek: Picard and Discoveries Reviewed
Paul Levinson virtual concert at HELIOsphere
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about his New Album 'Welcome Up', and Trump
Patrick Rands Debuts "Welcome Up" in Boston
The Crown seasons 1-3: A Review
The Irishman - a review
The Man in the High Castle: review of extraordinary final Season 4
Paul Levinson reads in 1999 from The Silk Code
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about his New Music, Science Fiction, and Trump
Trump and the Media
CP interviews PL about his Music, Views of Trump, and Ultima Thule
The Village Voice Goes Silent
Making a Murderer: Frightening Reflection of Justice in America
The Man in the High Castle: review of superb Season 3
Captain Phil Interviews Paul Levinson 2
Captain Phil Interviews Paul Levinson
review of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Season 1
Paul Levinson reads from Robinson Calculator
The Omnipotent Ear
Paul Levinson reads from Marilyn & Monet
The Man in the High Castle - review of superb Season 2
The Affair season 2
A Conversation with Linda Kaplan Thaler
Interview with John Glenn
Philip K. Dick on Television
Predestination and TV 12 Monkeys
The Affair season 1
Bones 100 and 200
Why I Am Against Net Neutrality
Three Time Travel Movies
Outlander: First Half Season
The Sopranos Revisited
The Selfie and Marshall McLuhan
Amazon vs. Hachette: I Stand with Amazon
The Last Train to Margaretville
Marshall McLuhan and the Kindle
Science Fiction and Music
Paul Levinson reads from Unburning Alexandria
Occupy Wall Street Chronicles, Part 1
Voice Mail from Marshall McLuhan, 1978
Unconstitutional Wars
Time to Say Goodbye to Nuclear Energy
China Goes Totalitarian about Time Travel
Kojo Nnamdi's NPR Interview with Paul Levinson about New New Media
MSNBC Wrong to Suspend Keith Olbermann
The Chronology Protection Case
Paul Levinson Talks about His Music
The Lincoln Penny and the VDB Litho: An Interview with Illustrator Joel Iskowitz
Concerns about Kagan's First Amendment Position
Why the Arizona Immigration Law is Unconstitutional
Astronauts Right to Criticize Obama on Space
FlashForward Reviewed: First 10 Episodes
My Prius Is Fine
Memo to ABC-TV and Cablevision: Stop Extorting Your Viewers
New New Media and Religion
A January 2010 TV Review Sampler
Leno, Conan, and New New Media
Weep Not for Newspapers
How Does It Feel To Have A Book Published?
Rob Sawyer Talks About FlashForward!
An Introduction to New New Media
Moon 40
Sotomayor vs. First Amendment: An Interview with Avery and Lauren Doninger
Star Trek: Reborn, Reset, Resplendent
Author and Critic: Perilous Symbiosis
Asimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy
The Future of Media
Conversation with Greenburgh NY Town Supervisor Paul Feiner about Blogging, Obama, and Caroline Kennedy
I'm A Progressive Libertarian
24 Season 6 Plus Redemption
Cyberbullying and a Remedy: The Music of the Truth on Earth Band, and an Interview
Lost 4 and 13
Lost 4 and 8
Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of Television
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
Interview with Analog Editor Stan Schmidt!
Conversation with Ken Hudson/Kenny Hubble: Second Life!
Interview with Rich Sommer - Mad Men's Harry Crane!
First Year Anniversary Party!
Modest Political Proposal via Podcast: How About Working for the Best Candidates in =Both= Parties
Celebrating Sputnik
Interview with Obama Girl Producer Ben Relles!
Violence and Videogames: The Truth
The Sloan Ranger Interviews Paul Levinson about Media Misreporting of Ron Paul
Sedition! A Conversation with Mark Shanahan
The Media Disenfranchising of Ron Paul
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The View from New York
Harry Potter and the iPhone
A Conversation with Robert J. Sawyer!
Lost New Questions
Exclusive TV Predictions - Finales for 24, Heroes, and Lost!
Harry Potter and the Refutation of Illiteracy
Memo To Networks: Tell Us Which Candidates Are Raising Their Hands!
My Sweet Prius: Part II
John Edwards' Favorite Book: The Trial of Socrates
Four Imus Fallacies
The Tudors and Rome: Golden Ages on Television
Galactica Dylan
Cops Cracking Down On Journalists - Again!
The Four Phils
Free Josh Wolf
Gore Back On Center Stage
Dummy in the HOV Lane
Lost: Anatomy of a Loss
How To Research Ancient History for Science Fiction
Blockbuster, Netflix, the Web: The Future of Watching Movies out of Theaters
How Goes the Ship of Free Speech?
Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What on Earth Are They Doing to Poor Pluto?
diGGin' Round: Further Adventures in Gate Opening
The Stuff of the Cosmos
Trader Joe's and Mo'
The Goldplated Globes: What They Missed On Television
The Wire Season 4 in 20 with Driis Speaking On Stringer
Almost Walkin On Sunshine
Every Eye's A Camera, Every Ear's A Mike
The New James Bond - or, The Man Without the Golden Pun
Time Travel in Fiction and Fact
TV Roundup - The Field in Mid-November
Elective Media
The Wire Without Stringer
A Cranky Look at Eastern Standard Time
Wikipedia: The Open Gates of Knowledge
Kidnapped & Battlestar Galactica - Leading the TV pack at quartertime
Prius and the Reunion of Talking and Walking