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Prius and the Reunion of Talking and Walking
on the road to teleportation ... once upon a time, to talk to a person - to communicate - meant you had to be in that person's physical presence ... writing and subsequent media changed all of that......
View ArticleKidnapped & Battlestar Galactica - Leading the TV pack at quartertime
... well, certainly not in the ratings - at least as far as Kidnapped goes - but these two shows have brought the intelligence and intensity and courage of dramas on television to new heights... in...
View ArticleWikipedia: The Open Gates of Knowledge
For centuries, the public has relied upon encyclopedias - written by carefully chosen experts, vetted by a few venerable editors.... For the past few years, Wikipedia has tried something a little...
View ArticleA Cranky Look at Eastern Standard Time
A special bonus episode of Light On Light Through - which I guess would make this Episode 4 - in which I lament the loss of sunlight at the end of the day under the cruel Standard Time regime that has...
View ArticleThe Wire Without Stringer
I say it's the best show about the real world on television - but is The Wire as good as it was without Stringer Bell? In Episode 5 of Light On Light Through I probe the powerful appeal of bad guys...
View ArticleElective Media
A special Election-Day Episode of Light On Light Through - Episode 6 - Elective Media, in which I discuss the shift in the way we get our news and election coverage - from network news which attracted...
View ArticleTV Roundup - The Field in Mid-November
a jumbo episode of =Light On Light Through= --thumbail discussions of Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, Heroes, Kidnapped, Lost, The Nine, Six Degrees, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Wire ... the...
View ArticleTime Travel in Fiction and Fact
Time for something a bit different ...Episode 8 of Light On Light Through -- Time Travel in Fiction and Fact ... a jam-packed 30-minute show ... with a special clip from my Edgar-nominated radioplay,...
View ArticleThe New James Bond - or, The Man Without the Golden Pun
Whoa ... a special Sunday bonus Episode of Light On Light Through... a brief review of the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale... or, as I like to call it, The Man Without the Golden Pun... The gist...
View ArticleEvery Eye's A Camera, Every Ear's A Mike
Welcome to the 10th Episode of Light On Light Through ... Every Eye's A Camera, Every Ear's A Mike ... or, How the Cell Phone On YouTube Has Made Movie Stars of Us All, For Better or Worse... It's good...
View ArticleAlmost Walkin On Sunshine
Oh yeah ... almost walkin' on sunshine, in my Crocs ... and talkin' all about it in Episode 11 of Light On Light Through ... from Thom McCan to Clark's Wallabees to Rockport to Crocs ... a manifesto...
View ArticleThe Wire Season 4 in 20 with Driis Speaking On Stringer
Just in time for the Season 4 finale of The Wire, Episode 12 of Light On Light Through has Idris Elba aka Stringer Bell speaking on Stringer, in his new rap record - Driis Speaks on Stringer - in which...
View ArticleThe Goldplated Globes: What They Missed On Television
I'm talking about the Golden Globe Awards, of course, and I call them "The Gold Plated Globes" in this Episode - lucky #13 - of Light On Light Through because of what they missed on television in their...
View ArticleTrader Joe's and Mo'
Happy holidays! Episode 14 of Light On Light Through is mostly about food ... in particular the revolution in convenience and delicious eating being brought about by places like Trader Joe's ... I talk...
View ArticleThe Stuff of the Cosmos
Happy New Year! And welcome to Episode 15 of Light On Light Through: The Stuff of the Cosmos ... Carl Sagan, who died ten years ago at the end of December, said that, because we come from the cosmos,...
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diGGin' Round: Further Adventures in Gate Opening
Welcome to Episode 16 of Light On Light Through: diGGin' Round: Further Adventures in Gate-Opening, in which I take a look at Digg, the fabulously popular online news system, in which readers not...
View ArticleWhat on Earth Are They Doing to Poor Pluto?
Hello Solar System - What on Earth Are They Doing to Poor Pluto? - and welcome to Episode 17 of Light On Light Through, where we consider the semantic fate of Pluto, standing vigil at the edge of our...
View ArticleKeith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Welcome to Episode 18 of Light On Light Through - Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... What do these three have in common? Well, last Tuesday evening, Olbermann delivered a...
View ArticleHow Goes the Ship of Free Speech?
Welcome to Episode 19 of Light On Light Through in which we consider How Goes the Ship of Free Speech? The ancient Greeks called it parrhesia, and loved it so much they named ships after it. How is...
View ArticleBlockbuster, Netflix, the Web: The Future of Watching Movies out of Theaters
Welcome to Episode 20 of Light Light Through - Blockbuster, Netflix, the Web: The Future of Watching Movies out of Theaters. It all began with Edison's kinetoscope, which gave movie-viewers a...
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