Light On Light Through

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 148, in which I review episodes six to ten of Raised by Wolves .  Further listening:  podcast review of Raised by Wolves 1-3 podcast review of Raised by Wolves 4-5 Further reading: Mind at Large: Knowing in the Technological Age review of The Silicon Man The Silk Code  

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 147, in which I offer a lecture I gave just last night -- the night before Trump's ban on TikTok was announced -- about why that ban violates the First Amendment.  I discuss such issues as why the public's right to know protects non-American media in the United States, why entertainment is and has long been protected under the First Amendment, and Trump'...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 146, in which I review all five episodes of Amazing Stories (2020) now on Apple+ TV. Further reading: Amazing Stories (2020) 1.1: "The Cellar": The Tops Amazing Stories (2020) 1.2: "The Heat": Life after Life Amazing Stories (2020)1.3: "Dynoman and the Volt!": Sweet Superpowers Amazing Stories (2020)1.4: "Signs of Life": Happy Revivals Amazing Stories (2...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 145, in which I review episodes four and five of Raised by Wolves .  (Cameo by Tina) Further listening:  podcast review of Raised by Wolves 1-3 Further reading: Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Interaction of Space and Religion blog post reviews: Raised by Wolves 1.4-5: Halfway to Dune Raised by Wolves 1.1: Fast Action and Deep Philosophy Raised b...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 144, in which I review the first three episodes of a powerful new science fiction series, Raised by Wolves . Further reading: Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Interaction of Space and Religion blog post reviews: Raised by Wolves 1.1: Fast Action and Deep Philosophy Raised by Wolves 1.2-3: More than Meets the Eye

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 143, in which I offer my assessment of the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention: lies. Further reading (blog post): Report on Day 2 of 2020 Republican National Convention: Lies Further listening: Four nightly assessments of the Democratic National Convention: Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day One Podcast take on...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 142, in which the inimitable Captain Phil (on WUSB Radio) interviews me again, this time about the 2020 Democratic National Convention, conducted virtually, which concluded last week.  Special treat: Phil plays "Samantha" from my new album, Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time , right before the interview. Further listening: 1. Four nightly assessments of...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 141, in which I offer my assessment of the fourth and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day One Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day Two Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day Three Further reading (my blog): Report on the 2020 Democratic Nati...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 140, in which I offer my assessment of the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day One Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day Two Further reading (my blog): Report on the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 1 Report on the 2020 Democratic National Convention,...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 139, in which I offer my assessment of the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day One Further reading (my blog): Report on the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 1 Report on the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 2

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 138, in which I offer my assessment of the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Podcast take on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day One Further reading (my blog): Report on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 1 Report on 2020 Democratic National Convention, Day 2

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 137, in which I explain why I think we Americans must do everything in our power to defend the US Postal Service from the current, all-out Trumpian attack. Further reading (my blog post): Defending the Postal Service

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 136, in which I explain why I think Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate is America's first step back from the precipice. Further reading (my blog post): Kamala Harris: First Step Back from the Precipice

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 135, in which I rebut Wade Davis's claim in a recent essay in Rolling Stone that America's decline is irreversible.  (Note: This podcast was recorded before Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris for VP on 11 August 2020 -- a selection which I'd say is the first step in America's choosing a new path, away from the precipice .) Further reading Wade Davis'...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 134, in which I review the three seasons so far of Absentia . Read the reviews in my blog: Absentia 1: In Your Face and Worth Watching Absentia 2: Even More There than the First Season Absentia 3: Adrenalin and Relevance

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 133, in which I give context to why the SpaceX splashdown today is such a momentous event in lifting our species off this planet. Further reading: Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Interaction of Space and Religion

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 132, in which I review two movies by The Safdie Brothers -- Good Time and Uncut Gems . Read these reviews: Good Time Uncut Gems

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 131, in which I review Unsolved Mysteries , recently returned, on Netflix. Further reading: Unsolved Mysteries Is Back - With No Host? The New Unsolved Mysteries: A Proper Review

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 130, in which I talk about one of the bedrocks of my "anthropotropic" theory of media evolution -- why some media, such as sight-only silent movies, are obliterated by the advent of newer media like "talkies" (sight and sound), in contrast to other media, such as sound-only radio, which amply survive and even thrive in the advent of newer media like tele...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 129, in which I give you a little primer about "media determinism," the bedrock of just about all media studies. Further listening:  Politics and Media in History and Voice Mail from Marshall McLuhan, 1978 Further reading: The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution and McLuhan in an Age of Social Media

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 128, in which I tell you what happened more than seven years ago, when I served as foreperson on a jury in Westchester County, NY, where an African-American male was charged with the felony of assaulting a police officer.  I published a blog post about this right after the trial was over back then, but didn't get a chance to provide the account in a podc...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 127, in which I talk about the problem of police authority, which has afflicted African-Americans for decades to the point of innocent people being shot to death and choked to death, and everyone else who challenges police authority in the slightest being assaulted and brutalized in usually less grievous ways.  I relate this to being victimized myself, a...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 126, in which I share an online lecture I gave a few days ago about Politics and Media in History.  I touch on such topics as literacy and democracy in Ancient Athens, how the printing press revolutionized the world, the four "radio heads" of the 1930s-1940s (FDR, Churchill, Hitler, and Stalin), television Presidents of the United States from JFK through...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 125, in which I review Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1 and 2.  Here, for anyone who would also like to read my reviews of these two series, are my written reviews: Star Trek: Picard Star Trek: Discovery 1 Star Trek: Discovery 2 And here's a book of essays about the original series, Boarding the Enterprise , that you might enjoy, and...

Welcome to Light On Light Through , Episode 124, in which I present the audio of the entire 1-hour virtual concert I did via Zoom at HELIOsphere: Beyond the Corona on the afternoon of April 4, 2004.  (You can get the video + audio of my concert here. ) I sing songs from Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time (Old Bear Records, Light In the Attic Records) and from Twice Upon A Rhyme (HappySad Records,...