Paul Levinson interviews Andrew Hoskins about AI and the End of the Human Past
Release Date: 11/02/2024
Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Tom Cooper's Wisdom Weavers
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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, , 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 playlist on YouTube for 50 of my lectures, interviews, etc...
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Paul Levinson interviews The Polar editors
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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 .
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Paul Levinson interviews Simon Vozick-Levinson about Rolling Stone's Top 100 Protest Songs
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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...
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Paul Levinson interviews Lance Strate about 'Not A, Not Be &C'
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 408, and my in-depth interview with Lance Strare about his new book, Not A, Not Be &C. Relevant links: Get a copy of Come see Lance, Thom Gencarelli, and me talking about Lance's book at The Players in Manhattan on 19 February 2025 at 6pm. More information about this book launch, including FREE registration, 's Facebook page -- where he will be live streaming the dramatic reading from my novel, , taking place at in Nyack, NY, 23 February 2025.
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Paul Levinson interviews Sarah Seltzer about The Singer Sisters
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 407, and my in-depth interview with Sarah Seltzer about her novel, The Singer Sisters. Relevant links: Get a copy of My of The Singer Sisters Sarah Seltzer personal appearances at JCC-MidWestchester () February 28, and JCC-Rockland () March 12 from with Paul Levinson, Anthony Marinelli, Amanda Greer, Frank LoBuono, and Denise Reed, at Big Red Books, Nyack NY, February 23.
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Paul Levinson interviews David Browne about Talkin' Greenwich Village
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 406, and my in-depth interview with Rolling Stone writer David Browne about his masterful book, Talkin' Greenwich Village. We talk at length about Dave Van Ronk, Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, The Blues Project, Bob Lind, and a little less about many others, including Hegel and his spirit of an age. Relevant links: Get a copy of My of Talkin' Greenwich Village Catch in Nyack, NY, March 6 Catch me at Big Red Books, Nyack, NY, February 23, doing a , with Anthony Marinelli and Amanda Greer, real people who appear as characters in the novel, and...
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Dramatic Reading from 2nd Chapter of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 405: Howard Margolin invited me to join him on his Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction show (on WUSB Radio) in a dramatic reading from the second chapter of my 2024 novel, It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles. Here's the reading, with some commentary before and after by me. Relevant links: Get the , , or of the novel Read the award-winning of the novel, FREE Listen to the award-winning adapted from the 1st chapter, FREE Anne Reburn's recording of for the radioplay Watch my reading the 1st chapter of the novel at its...
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Review of A Complete Unknown: Nearly Completely Superb, Slightly Alternate History
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 404, in which I review A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan biopic, which my wife and I went to see on its opening day, Christmas, in New York. Relevant links: my written review of with Terri Thal, Dylan's first manager my written review of Jack Dann's ... my podcast interview with my video interview of Sarah Seltzer, author , a novel about a folk-singing family (my novel)
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Paul Levinson interviews Jared Moshe about Aporia
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 403, in which I interview Jared Moshe about his movie Aporia, a time-travel movie on Hulu that explores, in a way I've never seen before, the wrenching ethical dilemmas that arise when you try to change the past. Relevant links: my of Aporia Aporia on more about Jared Moshe my best-known my best-known
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Review of Dexter: Original Sin 1.1-1.3
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Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 402, in which I review Dexter: Original Sin on Paramount+Showtime. Relevant links: written reviews of and (with links to written reviews of all episodes of Dexter: New Blood and all eight seasons of the original Dexter) audio podcast reviews of ... ... ... ... ... ...
info_outlineWelcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 398, in which I interview Andrew Hoskins about the new book he is writing, The Deadbot Society: AI and the End of the Human Past.
Relevant links:
- "AI and Memory" an article by Andrew Hoskins
- the AI-created video I mentioned in our conversation
- more about McLuhan in an Age of Social Media