Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 400, in which I review the Beatles '64 documentary that just went up yesterday on Disney+.

Here are links to some of the many people and things I discuss in the podcast:

• my 1972 article about Murray the K in The Village Voice
• my 1971 article about Paul McCartney in The Village Voice
• the song I wrote and recorded about Murray the K
• my podcast reviews of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back
• my podcast review of Maestro
• McLuhan in an Age of Social Media
• It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
• Evan Levine's 25 November 2024 written interview with me

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 399, in which I review Dune: Prophecy 1.1-1.2 on HBO Max.

• written review of Dune Prophecy 1.1-1.2

Welcome 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

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 397, in which I interview Gerrit Van Houtenberg about his new multiple universe feature film, Quantum Suicide, debuting on Amazon Prime Video on October 18.

Relevant links:

• my review of Quantum Suicide
• The Chronology Protection Case movie on Amazon Prime Video
• The Chronology Protection Case novelette

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 396, in which I interview Bob Hutchins about AI. My guess is you'll find this discussion much more optimistic about AI than what you'll usually hear.

Discussed or mentioned in this interview:

• "On Behalf of Humanity: The Technological Edge" my 1996 article
• The Media Ecology Association
• New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication
• my review of Confronting the Presidents

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 395, in which Patrick Rands interviews me about It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles on his WZBC Radio program Abstract Terrain.

• more about It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles here
• say hello at the Meet and Greet at Big Red Books, 120 Main Street, Nyack, NY, Sunday, October 6, 12noon-2pm
• It's Real Life radioplay on Killerwatt Radio
• Anne Reburn's cover of Real Love
• my interview with Anne Reburn
• Yoko Ono's Cambridge 1969

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 394, in which I interview Dan Abella about The New York Science Fiction Film Festival, to take place Saturday, September 14, 2024 at the Stuart Cinema and Cafe, 79 West Street in Brooklyn, NY.

• more details here
• my review of Gerrit Van Woudenberg's Quantum Suicide
• my in-depth interview with Rufus Sewell about The Man in the High Castle

Among the science fiction filmmakers we discuss: Gerrit Van Woudenberg, Jay Kensinger, Frank Spotnitz, M. Night Shyamalan, Francis Ford Coppola

Among the science fiction authors we discuss: Philip K. Dick, Sam Delany, Robert Harris, Walter Mosley

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 393, in which I argue that debate performance has nothing to do with how a candidate actually performs as President.

See also:

• It's the Debate that Failed Last Night, Not Biden blog post
• NY Times Editorial Board: President Biden Should Leave the Race
• What's Wrong with The New York Times blog post
• Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial: Donald Trump Should Leave the Race