Light On Light Through

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 193, in which I review the third episode of Foundation, just up today on Apple TV+

• earlier podcasts about Foundation: September 24, 2021: Review of Foundation 1.1-2 .... July 17, 2021: Thinking about Asimov's Foundation Series on AppleTV+ ... March 12, 2009: Asimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy
• written blog post review of Foundation 1.3
• postcard from Isaac Asimov to me in 1979 about the Foundation trilogy

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 192, in which I review the first two episodes of Foundation, just up today on Apple TV+

• earlier podcasts about Foundation: July 17, 2021: Thinking about Asimov's Foundation Series on AppleTV+ ... March 12, 2009: Asimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy
• written blog post review of Foundation 1.1-2
• postcard from Isaac Asimov to me in 1979 about the Foundation trilogy

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 191, in which I review Star Trek: Discovery season 3.

• written review
• The Missing Orientation
• podcast review of Picard season 1, and Discovery seasons 1 and 2

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 190, in which I review the movie Sweet Girl.

• written review of Sweet Girl
• thank you Phil Merkel for the Public Service Announcement about Music Beats Cancer
• more on Music Beats Cancer here

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 189, in which Captain Phil on WUSB-FM Radio (Stony Brook, New York) interviews me about Andrew Cuomo, heath care, online education, Rufus Sewell, and much more (a series of unrelated but currently significant topics). Also, at the end of podcast, Rorie Kelly reads here poem, "Glasses".

Further --

• my 90-minute interview with Rufus Sewell: video ... book
• Online Education -- Even Better Than I Expected (scroll down)
• Plagues and Peoples (William McNeill)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 188, in which Captain Phil on WUSB-FM Radio (Stony Brook, New York) interviews me about the Foundation series, how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the news that just broke this morning about the bombings in Afghanistan. (Note: recorded before the news of the US casualties.)

Further:

• Thinking about Asimov's Foundation on Apple TV+
• "Rage of the Responsible" (Paul Krugman)
• Paul Levinson Talks to Rufus about The Man in the High Castle: Deconstructing the TV Series

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 187, in which I review the new movie (released 20 August 2021) Reminiscence.

My written review is here.

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 186, in which I consider the history, implications, and possibilities of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series debuting on Apple TV+ this September.

• See the trailer.
• 2009 podcast episode: Asimov's Foundation and Herbert's Dune Trilogies as Sources of Philosophy

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 185, in which I review The Tomorrow War. So, I saw today in The Hollywood Reporter that The Tomorrow War has been picked up for a sequel on Amazon Prime Video -- which supports my view that, contrary to some nitpicking critics, The Tomorrow War is one excellent movie! Listen to my review and find out why. (No real spoilers, except at the very end of my review.)

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 184, in which I review The Rain.

Blog post review of The Rain