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Light On Light Through
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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Moon 40
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 64: Moon 40 ... in which I reflect on watching our species land on the Moon 40 years ago, regret that we have not…
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Sotomayor vs. First Amendment: An Interview with Avery and Lauren Doninger
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 63: Sonia Sotomayor vs. the First Amendment: An Interview with Avery and Lauren Doninger. The First Amendment has…
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Star Trek: Reborn, Reset, Resplendent
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 62: Star Trek: Reborn, Reset, Resplendent ... in which I explain how the new May 2009 Star Trek movie succeeded in…
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Author and Critic: Perilous Symbiosis
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 61: Author and Critic: Perilous Symbiosis ... in which I examine the love/hate mutually catalytic relationship of…
Light On Light ThroughAsimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 60: Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Frank Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy ... in which I discuss how…
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The Future of Media
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 59: The Future of Media ... In the Fall of 2007, I sat down for an interview by Mark Molaro, for his popular…
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Conversation with Greenburgh NY Town Supervisor Paul Feiner about Blogging, Obama, and Caroline Kennedy
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 58: A Conversation with Paul J. Feiner, Town Supervisor of Greenburgh, NY, about Blogging, Obama, and Caroline…
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I'm A Progressive Libertarian
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 57: I'm A Progressive Libertarian ... in which I explain how one can insist that the government respect the Bill of…
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24 Season 6 Plus Redemption
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 56: 24 Season 6 Plus Redemption...a special, super-jumbo compilation episode, in which you'll hear my reviews of…
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Cyberbullying and a Remedy: The Music of the Truth on Earth Band, and an Interview
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 55, a very special episode about cyberbullying and a remedy - the music of the Truth on Earth band. It's been in the…
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Lost 4 and 13
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 54 LOST 4 and 13 ...another special, jumbo compilation episode, in which you'll hear all of my reviews of the second…
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Lost 4 and 8
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 53 LOST 4 and 8 ...a special, jumbo compilation episode, in which you'll hear all of my reviews of the first part of…
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Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of Television
Welcome to Episode 52 of Light On Light Through ... "Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of Television" ... It started in the mid-late 1990s with HBO's…
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
Welcome to Light On Light Through Episode 51, "Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton," in which I examine the strengths and differences of these two extraordinary…
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Interview with Analog Editor Stan Schmidt!
Welcome to Light On Light Through Episode 50 - my interview with Dr. Stanley Schmidt, long-time editor of Analog Magazine of Science Fiction and Fact, the…
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Conversation with Ken Hudson/Kenny Hubble: Second Life!
Welcome to Episode 49 of Light On Light Through in which I converse with digital artist Ken Hudson aka Kenny Hubble of and about Second Life. At ten million…
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Another Network Undercuts the Results of its Own Post-Debate Presidential Poll - This Time, MSNBC about Barack Obama
The networks continue to denigrate the results of their own post-debate polls- Last night, Chris Matthews mentioned on MSNBC's Hardball that Barack Obama won…
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Interview with Rich Sommer - Mad Men's Harry Crane!
Welcome to Light On Light Through Episode 48, an Interview with Rich Sommer, who plays Harry Crane on AMC's Mad Men. Among the highlights - the "joys" of…
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Colmes Mends Ways About Misreporting Ron Paul; Hannity Recalcitrant
The universe is finally behaving as it should be. You may recall that after the last Republican Presidential debate on Fox, Hannity & Colmes - who disagree…
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First Year Anniversary Party!
Welcome to a very special Episode - #47 - of Light On Light Through ... our first year anniversary party! Lots of surprises, special guests (see guest list…
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Question on My Midterm Exam About Ron Paul and Mass Media Mistreatment
As you know, I devoted 50-minutes of my Intro to Communication and Media Studies class last month at Fordham University to a lecture about the mass media's…
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Help Me Celebrate First Anniversary of Light On Light Through
To my friends out there across the universe ... Light On Light Through, this more or less weekly podcast on pop culture, politics, outer space, good food…
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Modest Political Proposal via Podcast: How About Working for the Best Candidates in =Both= Parties
Welcome to Episode 46 of Light On Light Through, in which I offer a modest proposal for greatly improving our political process: why not work for the best…
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Howard Stern on Sirius Radio
One of the most serious issues of our time - pardon the pun - is the FCC's unconstitutional crackdown on broadcasting for allegedly "indecent" programming. The…
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McLuhan as Micro Blogger
Marshall McLuhan died on the last day of 1980 - not only years before there was micro-blogging and blogging, but a few years before e-mail and commenting on…
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Modest Proposal: Why Not Support the Best Candidates in Each of the Two Parties?
I wrote the following on another blog back in March. In view of the growing number of Ron Paul supporters - people who believe we should take the Constitution…
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Open Letter to CNBC Managing Editor: Apologize to American People about Your Taking Down of Ron Paul Poll, or Resign
To: Allen Wastler Managing Editor, CNBC.com From: Paul Levinson, PhD Professor & Chair, Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University, NYC…
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Ron Paul Makes the Only Worthy Point in the CNBC Republican Debate
Here are some of the highlights and lowlights in the Republican Presidential debate which concluded a fw hours ago in Michigan. It was on CNBC, and will…
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Celebrating Sputnik
Welcome to Episode 45 of Light On Light Through in which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik - the first artificial satellite to circle the Earth. We…
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Complete Video of my Sept 28 Fordham University Lecture about Media Misreporting of Ron Paul
This is the lecture I delivered to my "Introduction to Communication and Media Studies" class at Fordham University last Friday, September 28, 2007, about the…
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Sputnik's 50 Years Old: And We're Still Toddlers in Space
Sputnik celebrates its 50th anniversary this Thursday, October 4 - the first artificial satellite to circle the planet. It was soon followed by Sputnik 2 (dogs…
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Latest ABC Mistreatment of Ron Paul: I Intend to Include This in the Next Edition of My Textbook
The Free Market News Network reports that WMUR neglected to cover Ron Paul at his "Family Day" rally in Manchester, New Hampshire this past weekend. WMUR is a…
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Ron Paul at PBS Debate: I Am Against Federal Death Penalty
I was delighted to hear Ron Paul say at the Republican Presidential debate on PBS that he is opposed to the Federal death penalty. He indicated that this was…
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Kucinich at Dem Debate: "I Would Give 16-Year Olds the Vote"
You see the Democratic Presidential Debate at Dartmouth last night? You gotta love Mike Gravel. Asked by Tim Russert how he could run for President and be…
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An Example of How Pro-War Republicans Are Trying to Mislead Us about MoveOn.org and General Petraeus
I enjoy hearing from people who disagree with my blog posts, podcasts, radio and TV appearances. I've always agreed with Socrates that dialog is the best path…
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Five Major News Networks Ranked in Their Fair/Unfair Treatment of Ron Paul
With the Fall at our doorstep, and the lecture I'm giving to my class at Fordham University about the media mistreatment of Ron Paul just a week away, I…
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What Passes for Humor on Fox News These Days
"Anyone listening to John Kerry should be tasered" - that "joke" came from a former homicide detective, Rod Wheeler, who Fox News chose to have as a guest on…
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Welcome Back, Keith
I'm just watching Keith Olbermann, back on MSNBC's Countdown, after several days of being down and out with appendicitis ... It's good to see him back on his…
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The Media Exile of Useless Places
I was in an elevator yesterday afternoon. It almost got stuck. You know what I mean? It stopped for a split second in between floors, shuddered, and then…
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Hats Off to Dan Rather
Dan Rather is suing CBS for $70 million and he is 100% justified. Instead of standing by its reporter, after its own two-member panel could not say that the…
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Shoutout for YouTube for Keeping Us Posted on Police Misconduct
Bravo to YouTube for making videos of police brutality, such as occurred with Andrew Meyer in Florida, more accessible than ever to the general public. In…
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Fox Broadcasting Should Be Boycotted
I'm not talking about Fox News. It is the Fox Broadcasting Company - the entertainment part of the company, which has far more viewers and rakes in far more…
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Interview with Me in the Smoking Poet
Hey, I don't smoke ... but my interview in the current issue of The Smoking Poet sure does ... here's a snapshot of the e-zine's front page ... THE SMOKING…
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Found in Translation
Translations ... in some ways, they are the most exciting, profound thing that can happen to an author. Your words translated into another language, read by…
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Dylan's God on Our Side: Should Be Ron Paul's Campaign Song
Joan Baez's 1966 performance of Bob Dylan's "With God On Our Side"... The voice of angel. Dylan's words are the most powerful refutation of war as a moral…
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Interview with Obama Girl Producer Ben Relles!
Welcome to Light On Light Through Episode 44, An Interview with Obama Girl Producer Ben Relles ... We cover everything in this powerful, revealing 20-minute…
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More Dylan: Evolution of the Interview
I'm still thinking about Scorsese's No Direction Home - likely because I watched another piece of it, again, last night ... the "Meet the Press" section…
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Dylan
I continue to be fascinated - haunted, even - by Martin Scorsese's 2005 film about Bob Dylan, No Direction Home. I'd seen large pieces of it before, but saw…
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Wild Things in the Neighborhood
A six-foot boa-constrictor was just discovered in New York City's Central Park. Officials say a pet owner likely left it there. But I gotta say I've been…
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The Cell Phone Will Always Be the iPhone's Brightest Part
Is Steve Jobs Sick Of The Cell Phone Industry Already? Crunchgear's Seth Porges asked and and answered that yesterday: Yes. The new iPod Touch steals some of…
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One Sharp Cookie
I guess this comes under the category of you should be careful what you absurdly joke about, lest it become true... Ever since I was a kid, if I saw a fly land…
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YouTube Video of My Aug 28 Talk in New York: Ron Paul and the Mass Media
In the back room of a spirited pub, over clinking glasses and happy, boisterous voices by the bar, I spoke to the NYC Ron Paul Meet-Up group last week, about…
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The Closest Thing to Time Travel...
Seriously ... not science fiction ... science fiction can be very serious, actually, but this is one-hundred percent real... It's about that letter that I…
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Copy of Letter I Wrote in 1972 about my Album, Twice Upon A Rhyme
The following is a letter my wife Tina just saw on eBay - being sold along with a copy of my album, Twice Upon A Rhyme - I wrote the letter shortly after the…
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Redshift Rendezvous
File this under a novel I'm almost positive you never heard of. But I thought I'd mention it here because, who knows, maybe years from now, someone will read…
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Pounce Pots to Pownce
I was just looking at the small collection of sanders my wife and I have acquired over the years... No, it's not a collection of power tools - I don't really…
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iPhones In My Classroom
Fall 2007 classes begin today at Fordham University, where I teach. I have a big Intro to Mass Media course, which I teach every term, and I'm looking forward…
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A Umami Tomato...
Well, my wife and I just had our first tomatoes from that straggly plant that I told you about last week. It's a "Better Boy" variety, and I have been hovering…
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Violence and Videogames: The Truth
Welcome to Light On Light Through podcast Episode 43, Violence and Videogames: The Truth, where I examine the two main types of "scientific evidence" that…
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Sushi Manhattan
Mmm.... Having sushi in Manhattan with the family tonight... my favorite. Or tied for first place in my favorite cuisine with Italian food - vongole (clams) or…