Light On Light Through

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 235, in which I review Dexter: New Blood 1.9-10 on Showtime. Written reviews of Dexter: New Blood 1.9 and Dexter: New Blood 1.10 Written review of episodes in all eight seasons of Dexter (the original series): Reviews of Dexter Season 8 Premiere: Mercury in Retrograde, Dexter Incandescent ... Dexter 8.2: The Gift ... Dexter 8.3: The Question and the Confession ... Dexter 8.4: The "Lab Rat" and Harry's Daughter ... Dexter 8.5: Just Like Family ... Dexter 8.6: The Protege ... Dexter 8.7: Two Different Codes? ... Dexter 8.8: "A Great Future" ... Dexter 8.9: The Psycho Son ... Dexter 8.10: Watch Out, Buenos Aires ... Dexter 8.11: "Not the Old Dexter" ... Dexter Series Finale: Solitude, Style, and a Modicum of Hope Reviews of  Dexter Season 7.1-3: Sneak Preview Review ... Dexter 7.4: The Lesson in Speltzer's Smoke ... Dexter 7.5: Terminator Isaac ... Dexter 7.6: "Breaking and Entering" ... Dexter 7.7: Shakespearean Serial Killer Story ... Dexter 7.8: Love and Its Dema

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 234, in which I review episodes eight and nine of Station Eleven on HBO Max. Podcast reviews of Station Eleven episodes one to three ...episodes four and five... episodes six and seven Written blog post review of Station Eleven 1.8-9

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 233, in which I review Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts on HBO Max. Other podcast episodes about Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The View from New York ...  Harry Potter and the iPhone ... Harry Potter and the Refutation of Illiteracy ...  Written blog post review of Return to Hogwarts    

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 232, in which I review episodes six and seven of Station Eleven on HBO Max. Podcast review of Station Eleven episodes one to three ...episodes four to five  Written blog post review of Station Eleven 1.6-1.7

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 231, in which I review Dexter: New Blood 1.7-8 on Showtime. Written reviews of Dexter: New Blood 1.7 and Dexter: New Blood 1.8 Written review of episodes in all eight seasons of Dexter (the original series): Reviews of Dexter Season 8 Premiere: Mercury in Retrograde, Dexter Incandescent ... Dexter 8.2: The Gift ... Dexter 8.3: The Question and the Confession ... Dexter 8.4: The "Lab Rat" and Harry's Daughter ... Dexter 8.5: Just Like Family ... Dexter 8.6: The Protege ... Dexter 8.7: Two Different Codes? ... Dexter 8.8: "A Great Future" ... Dexter 8.9: The Psycho Son ... Dexter 8.10: Watch Out, Buenos Aires ... Dexter 8.11: "Not the Old Dexter" ... Dexter Series Finale: Solitude, Style, and a Modicum of Hope Reviews of  Dexter Season 7.1-3: Sneak Preview Review ... Dexter 7.4: The Lesson in Speltzer's Smoke ... Dexter 7.5: Terminator Isaac ... Dexter 7.6: "Breaking and Entering" ... Dexter 7.7: Shakespearean Serial Killer Story ... Dexter 7.8: Love and Its Demands

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 230, in which I review Don't Look Up, and offer up a rare pan (for me) of a science fiction movie. Written blog post review of Don't Look Up

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 229, in which I review episodes four and five of Station Eleven on HBO Max. Podcast review of Station Eleven episodes one to three. Written blog post review of Station Eleven 1.4-1.5 Also mentioned in this podcast: blog post written review of Season 3 finale of Succession.    

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 228, in which I review The Matrix Resurrections. Written blog post review of The Matrix Resurrections.

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 227, in which I review the first three episodes of Station Eleven on HBO Max. Written blog post review of Station Eleven 1.1-3.  

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 226, in which I review Dexter: New Blood 1.5-6 on Showtime. Written reviews of Dexter: New Blood 1.5 and Dexter: New Blood 1.6 Written review of episodes in all eight seasons of Dexter (the original series): Reviews of Dexter Season 8 Premiere: Mercury in Retrograde, Dexter Incandescent ... Dexter 8.2: The Gift ... Dexter 8.3: The Question and the Confession ... Dexter 8.4: The "Lab Rat" and Harry's Daughter ... Dexter 8.5: Just Like Family ... Dexter 8.6: The Protege ... Dexter 8.7: Two Different Codes? ... Dexter 8.8: "A Great Future" ... Dexter 8.9: The Psycho Son ... Dexter 8.10: Watch Out, Buenos Aires ... Dexter 8.11: "Not the Old Dexter" ... Dexter Series Finale: Solitude, Style, and a Modicum of Hope Reviews of  Dexter Season 7.1-3: Sneak Preview Review ... Dexter 7.4: The Lesson in Speltzer's Smoke ... Dexter 7.5: Terminator Isaac ... Dexter 7.6: "Breaking and Entering" ... Dexter 7.7: Shakespearean Serial Killer Story ... Dexter 7.8: Love and Its Demand

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 225, in which I review the Season One finale of Invasion on Apple TV+.  Earlier podcasts about Invasion: December 3, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.9 ... November 30, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.8 ... November 20, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.7 ... November 13, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.6 ... November 6, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.5 ... November 2, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.4 ... October 26, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.1-3 Written blog post review of Invasion Season 1 Finale is here.

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 224, in which I interview Rufus Sewell about his role in The Man in the High Castle and much more, including his work in Victoria, Old, and other TV series and movies. Transcript of interview (plus reviews of the series):  Kindle, paperback See the video of this interview.  

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 223, in which I interview Dan Abella about his new book, The Theater of the Mind. Among the topics we discuss: Marshall McLuhan, Julian Jaynes, Gestalt psychology, ideas for inventions and music in dreams, the power of the spoken word and the acoustic, the history of motion pictures, the essence of "poetic faith," how art reduces stress, and much more. More about The Theater of the Mind here and here. Publications and Music mentioned in the interview: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Julian Jaynes) The Photoplay: A Psychological Study (Hugo Münsterberg) Biographia Literaria (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (free article) "McLuhan's Space" (Paul Levinson) (music) "Welcome Up" (Paul Levinson)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 222, in which I share the talk I gave yesterday in Krakow, Poland via Zoom at PhilosophyCon about the aesthetics and philosophy of assessing the screen adaptations of the science fiction classics Dune (1984, 2021), Foundation (2021), The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019), and The End of Eternity (1987). Thanks to Michal Tadeusz Norworyta for moderating. Q & A at conclusion. Relevant videos: The complete PhilosophyCon panel  Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss the first season of Foundation (also available in audio podcast) Paul Levinson interviews Rufus Sewell about The Man in the High Castle Relevant blog posts: Review of Dune (2021) Review of The End of Eternity (1987)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 221, in which I review the ninth episode of Invasion on Apple TV+.  Earlier podcasts about Invasion: November 30, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.8 ... November 20, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.7 ... November 13, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.6 ... November 6, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.5 ... November 2, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.4 ... October 26, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.1-3 Written blog post review of Invasion 1.9 is here. Talking about "Space Oddity" on WNBC News after David Bowie's death in 2016.

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 220, in which I review Dexter: New Blood 1.4 on Showtime. Written blog post review of Dexter: New Blood 1.4 Written review of episodes in all eight seasons of Dexter (the original series): Reviews of Dexter Season 8 Premiere: Mercury in Retrograde, Dexter Incandescent ... Dexter 8.2: The Gift ... Dexter 8.3: The Question and the Confession ... Dexter 8.4: The "Lab Rat" and Harry's Daughter ... Dexter 8.5: Just Like Family ... Dexter 8.6: The Protege ... Dexter 8.7: Two Different Codes? ... Dexter 8.8: "A Great Future" ... Dexter 8.9: The Psycho Son ... Dexter 8.10: Watch Out, Buenos Aires ... Dexter 8.11: "Not the Old Dexter" ... Dexter Series Finale: Solitude, Style, and a Modicum of Hope Reviews of  Dexter Season 7.1-3: Sneak Preview Review ... Dexter 7.4: The Lesson in Speltzer's Smoke ... Dexter 7.5: Terminator Isaac ... Dexter 7.6: "Breaking and Entering" ... Dexter 7.7: Shakespearean Serial Killer Story ... Dexter 7.8: Love and Its Demands ... Dexter 7.9: Tw

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 219, in which I review the eighth episode of Invasion on Apple TV+.  Earlier podcasts about Invasion: November 20, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.7 ... November 13, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.6 ... November 6, 2021 Review of Invasion 1.5 ... November 2, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.4 ... October 26, 2021, Review of Invasion 1.1-3 Written blog post review of Invasion 1.8 is here.

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 218, in which I review Part 3 of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back documentary. Relevant links: review of Get Back, Part 1 review of Get Back, Part 2 "It's Real Life" -- an alternate history story about The Beatles The Omnipotent Ear my review of Rob Sheffield's Dreaming the Beatles A Vote for McCartney (my first published article, in The Village Voice, 1971)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 217, in which I review Part 2 of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back documentary. Relevant links: my reviews of Part 1 and Part 3 Real Life" -- an alternate history story about The Beatles The Omnipotent Ear my review of Rob Sheffield's Dreaming the Beatles A Vote for McCartney (my first published article, in The Village Voice, 1971)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 216, in which I review Part 1 of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back documentary. Relevant links: my reviews of Part 2 and Part 3 Real Life" -- an alternate history story about The Beatles The Omnipotent Ear my review of Rob Sheffield's Dreaming the Beatles A Vote for McCartney (my first published article, in The Village Voice, 1971)