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Paul Levinson
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Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors

  1. 11/30/2025

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

    Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 416, in which I review the The Beatles Anthology 2025 documentary. Relevant links: my written review of Anthology 2025 my 2024 podcast review of Beatles '64 my 1972 article in The Village Voice: Murray the K in Nostalgia's Noose my 1971 article in The Village Voice: A Vote for McCartney my 1972 song Murray the K's Back In Town my 2024 novel It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles 2023 radioplay It's Real Life on Killerwatt Radio adapted from first chapter of my novel (audiobook of radioplay here) my 2025 written review of One to One: John & Yoko my 2017-2018 written reviews of Rob Sheffield's book Dreaming the Beatles (I review every chapter!) my 2016 review of Billy J. Kramer's book Do You Wanna Know a Secret? my thoughts about The Beatles' Now and Then "The Beatles and Podcasts" my Fall 2023 essay in the Journal of Beatles Studies my 2023 written review of John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial my 2021 podcast reviews of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back Chris Willman's interview with Oliver Murray in Variety

    21 min

  2. 10/31/2025

    Paul Levinson interviews Brooklyn Demme about One Battle After Another

    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 Guide to the Revolutionary Music in 'One Battle After Another' in Rolling Stone, September 29, 2025 screening of That Kid (produced by Brooklyn Demme) in Nyack, NY November 1, 2025 at 12 Noon

    38 min

  3. 08/04/2025

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

    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 Monet

    2h 37m

  4. 07/15/2025

    Paul Levinson interviews Mike Grynbaum about Empire of the Elite

    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 we had a lot to talk about. order Empire of the Elite Maureen Dowd interviews Mike Grynbaum at the 92nd Street Y tonight! Mike Grynbaum's "Mangia Mafia! Food, Punishment, and Cultural Identity in The Sopranos" in The Essential Sopranos Reader, eds. David Lavery, Douglas Howard, and Paul Levinson; University Press of Kentucky, 2011 Excerpt from Empire of the Elite in The Hollywood Reporter

    57 min
  5. Paul Levinson interviews Tom Cooper 1 May 2025 about Wisdom Weavers

    05/30/2025

    Paul Levinson interviews Tom Cooper 1 May 2025 about Wisdom Weavers

    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 via Zoom -- a mini global village -- to see this interview with Tom Cooper. The interview and subsequent Q&A is presented here in audio its entirety. We started off with some casual conversation ... Transcript of the complete Zoom Chat that took place after the interview Get the book in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover here Other audio interviews about Wisdom Weavers:  Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Wisdom Weavers on WUSB Radio ... Frank LoBuono interviews Paul Levinson and Tom Cooper about Wisdom Weavers on the Being Frank podcast Watch the entire interview on video

    1h 39m

  6. 04/19/2025

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

    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 publishing company) on May 1.   As we discussed in the interview, I'll be interviewing Tom about his book via Zoom on the evening of Wisdom Weavers' publication -- 8pm (New York time), May 1.  If you'd like to attend, email me at Levinson at Fordham dot edu and I'll be happy to send the Zoom URL to you. In the meantime, check out my Marshall McLuhan playlist on YouTube for 50 of my lectures, interviews, etc about McLuhan over the past 20 years.  Here are my two books about McLuhan: Digital McLuhan and McLuhan in an Age of Social Media.  You'll also find numerous essays about McLuhan on my Academia.edu page.  And, if you're a fan of audio podcasts, just search on "McLuhan" on my Light On Light Through podcast page.

    46 min

  7. 04/12/2025

    Paul Levinson interviews The Polar editors

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 410, in which I interview Kingsley Marin and Massimo Seriale, two freshmen at Fordham University, who have created and edit a new publication (independent of the University), The Polar. More about The Polar here.

    46 min

  8. 03/08/2025

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

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 409, in which I interview Simon Vozick-Levinson, Deputy Editor of Rolling Stone, about the magazine's list of the 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time.  We talk in particular about Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Sam Cooke, and also discuss the importance of publications like Rolling Stone standing up for democracy in these politically troubling times. As a special treat, at the end of this interview, I play a song, "Dance with Destiny," from James Harris's new LP, The Moons of Jupiter.  This is consistent with Phil Ochs' view that we needs works of beauty especially in troubled times. Relevant links: Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time The science fantasy story I wrote, "Sam's Requests," inspired by Sam Cooke's song "Having a Party" ... read the story here ... or here (free) My review of Trupa Trupa at the Bowery Electric, Manhattan, 1 March 2025 My Light On Light Through interview with David Browne about his book, Talkin' Greenwich Village NY Times listing of the three-hour show Joshua Meyrowitz and I did about Phil Ochs, after his death in 1976, on WFDU-FM Radio My Light On Light Through interview with Sarah Seltzer about her novel The Singer Sisters The Moons of Jupiter on Bandcamp (soundscapes by Nicky Rowe, vocals by James Harris)

    51 min
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Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors

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  • Creator
    Paul Levinson
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2025
  • Episodes
    417
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright (c) 2006-2025 by Paul Levinson; permission given to distribute everywhere
  • Show Website
    Light On Light Through