Synopsis
Paul Levinson talks about social media, politics, TV, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from science fiction stories
Episodes
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Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.4
16/05/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 299, in which I review the fourth episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime. Written blog post review of this episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth. podcast reviews of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1 ... 1.2... 1.3 Paul Levinson interviewed on WNBC-TV about David Bowie in 2016
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Star Trek: Picard Season Two: A Roundtable Discussion
14/05/2022 Duration: 01h23minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 298, in which Captain Phil, MaryBeth Ritkouski, Michael Rizzo, and I discuss Star Trek: Picard Season 2 on Paramount+ and much more about Star Trek: TOS, Star Trek: TNG, and all things Star Trek and related. More about Mary Beth Ritkouski and Michael Rizzo at SciFi Distilled More about Captain Phil at Captain Phil's Planet Boarding the Enterprise (edited by David Gerrold and Robert J. Sawyer), anthology with essay "How Star Trek Liberated Television" by Paul Levinson, which discusses the Star Trek syndication impact Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists (edited by Kevin R. Grazier) anthology with essay by Paul Levinson, "The Return of 1950s Television in Fringe," which discusses Levinson's "First Love Syndrome" in popular culture appreciation. Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time (2020 LP by Paul Levinson on Old Bear Records and Light in the Attic Records) podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.10 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9
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Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.3
12/05/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 297, in which I review the third episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime. Written blog post review of this episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth. podcast review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1 ... 1.2
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Agnieszka Stecko-Żukowska speaks to Paul Levinson about the impact on Poland of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
11/05/2022 Duration: 53minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 296, in which I interview Polish social media researcher Agnieszka Stecko-Żukowska about the impact on the Russian invasion of Ukraine on her family, her studies, and her country. Video of this interview is here. Previous interviews about the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: with Polish poet and member of the bank Trupa Trupa, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski with Ukrainian writer Katia Iakovlenko
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Review of Outer Range 1.7-8
07/05/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 295, in which I review episodes 7 and 8 of Outer Range on Amazon Prime. Written blog post review of these episodes of Outer Range. podcast reviews of Outer Range 1.1-2... 1.3-4... 1.5-6
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Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.10
06/05/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 294, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.10 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.10 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard season 1 a little time travel story -- free
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Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.2
04/05/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 293, in which I review the second episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime. Written blog post review of this episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth. podcast review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1 Paul Levinson interviewed on WNBC-TV about David Bowie in 2016 -- video
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Review of Slow Horses 1.6
03/05/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 292, in which I review episode 1.6 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ written blog post review of this episode of Slow Horses Podcast reviews: 1.1-2... 1.3 ... 1.4... 1.5
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Review of Outer Range 1.5-6
02/05/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 291, in which I review episodes 5 and 6 of Outer Range on Amazon Prime. Written blog post review of these episodes of Outer Range. podcast reviews of Outer Range 1.1-2... 1.3-4
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Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9
02/05/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 290, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.9 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.9 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard season 1 a little time travel story -- free
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Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
29/04/2022 Duration: 01h03minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 289, in which Captain Phil on WUSB-FM Radio (Stony Brook, New York) interviews me about Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. mentioned in this interview: my brief essay Hitler, Trump, Putin alternate Beatles story It's Real Life Bob Mann's Hot Media podcast Frank LoBuono's Being Frank podcast
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Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth 1.1
27/04/2022 Duration: 08minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 288, in which I review the first episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime. Written blog post review of this episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth.
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Katia Iakovlenko speaks to Paul Levinson about getting Ukrainian voices out to the world
26/04/2022 Duration: 50minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 287, in which I interview Ukrainian scholar and writer Katia Iakovlenko about getting Ukrainian voices out to the world via art and writing, in this time of the Russian invasion. Watch video of this interview. mentioned in the interview: "It's Time for Ukraine to Speak" recent essay by Katia Iakovlenko "warнякання" music by Антон Слєпаков / Андрiй Соколов Ukrainian artist/painter Horska Alla (1929-1970) "Pleasures of the Harbor" LP by Phil Ochs (1967) interview about Russian invasion of Ukraine with Polish poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski Katia Iakovlenko's Twitter
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Review of Outer Range 1.3-4
24/04/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 286, in which I review episodes 3 and 4 of Outer Range on Amazon Prime. Written blog post review of these episodes of Outer Range. podcast review of Outer Range 1.1-2
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Review of Slow Horses 1.5
23/04/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 285, in which I review episode 1.5 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Written review of this episode of Slow Horses Podcast reviews: 1.1-2... 1.3 ... 1.4
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Interview with Joel McKinnon about Uncanny Similarity of Working for Apple and Working for Lumon
23/04/2022 Duration: 52minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 284, in which I interview Joel McKinnon about the uncanny similarity he noticed in working for Apple and working for Lumon (as depicted in Severance on Apple TV+). video of this interview podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1.2... 1.3... 1.4... 1.5 ...1.6... 1.7... 1.8... 1.9 audio podcast interview of Cora Buhlert and Joel McKinnon about first season of Foundation on Apple TV+ Joel McKinnon interviews Paul Levinson about Star Trek, Foundation, and Isaac Asimov on the Seldon Crisis podcast.
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Review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8
22/04/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 283, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.8 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.8 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard season 1 a little time travel story -- free
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Review of Bridgerton 2
19/04/2022 Duration: 07minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 282, in which I review Bridgerton Season 2 on Netflix. Written blog post review of Season 2 of Bridgerton. Podcast review of Bridgerton Season 1.
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Review of Outer Range 1.1-2
17/04/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 281, in which I review the first two episodes of Outer Range on Amazon Prime. Written blog post review of these episodes of Outer Range.
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Review of Slow Horses 1.4
16/04/2022 Duration: 06minWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 280, in which I review episode 1.4 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode of Slow Horses Podcast reviews: 1.1-2... 1.3 Mick Jagger on how he came to write and sing "Strange Game"