Captain Phil interviews Paul Levinson about Tom Cooper's Wisdom Weavers
Release Date: 04/19/2025
Paul Levinson interviews Paul Kaplan about The Thingy That's Stringy
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Paul Levinson interviews Matt Witten about His Cyberpunk Novel 51%
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 421, in which I interview Mitt Witten about his new novel 51%. In all seriousness, I consider this cyberpunk novel in the same league as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984. Relevant links: my of 51% get the novel about Orwell's 1984 Rob Sawyer's novel my novelette
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Paul Levinson interviews Deana Weibel about The Ultraview Effect
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 420, in which I interview Deana Weibel about her new book, The Ultraview Effect. I consider Deana the Margaret Mead of outerspace -- find out why in this interview. Relevant links: More about The Ultraview Effect -- the anthology with Deana's Weibel's "Pennies from Heaven" Paul Levinson's reviews of and in which we discuss his and Neil Postman's views of the space program
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 419, in which I review Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (Vols 1-4). Relevant links: of Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (Vols 1-4)
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Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about Philip K. Dick Film Festival 2026
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 418, in which I interview Dan Abella about The Philip K. Dick Film Festival to take place in New York City, March 13-14, 2026. Relevant links: my with Rufus Sewell about The Man in the High Castle TV series my novelette ... short of The Chronology Protection Case by Jay Kensinger ... Edgar-nominated adaptation by Mark Shanahan
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A Conversation with Sarah Clarke Stuart about Song of the Unsung Mushroom
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 417, in which Sarah Clarke Stuart and her husband Jonathan Oakes join me and my wife Tina Vozick in a conversation about Sarah's debut novel, Song of the Unsung Mushroom, published January 15, 2026 by Connected Editions (a boutique publisher that I and Tina created and operate). At times joining our conversation are Alexis Stuart (who created the cover for Sarah's novel), Susan Clarke, Molly Vozick-Levinson, Elizabeth Clarke, Chryssi Steven, Meghan Vickers, Bud Gundy, and Edwin Stepp (thanks to the last three for providing blurbs for the novel)....
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Review of (Beatles) Anthology 2025: The Highs and the Highs (and the One Low)
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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 416, in which I review the The Beatles Anthology 2025 documentary. Relevant links: my of Anthology 2025 my 2024 podcast review of my 1972 article in The Village Voice: my 1971 article in The Village Voice: my 1972 song my 2024 novel 2023 radioplay It's Real Life on adapted from first chapter of my novel (audiobook of radioplay ) my 2025 written review of my 2017-2018 written reviews of Rob Sheffield’s book (I review every chapter!) my 2016 review of Billy J. Kramer’s book my thoughts about The Beatles’ “The...
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Paul Levinson interviews Brooklyn Demme about One Battle After Another
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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 Simon Vozick-Levinson’s in Rolling Stone, September 29, 2025 screening of (produced by Brooklyn Demme) in Nyack, NY November 1, 2025 at 12 Noon
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Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour: Paul Levinson and Josh Meyrowitz about Phil Ochs
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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.
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Paul Levinson interviews Mike Grynbaum about Empire of the Elite
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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 Maureen Dowd interviews Mike Grynbaum at the tonight! Mike Grynbaum's "Mangia Mafia! Food, Punishment, and Cultural Identity in The Sopranos" in , eds. David Lavery, Douglas Howard, and Paul Levinson; University Press of Kentucky, 2011...
info_outlineWelcome 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.