PaulLev
@paullev.bsky.social
author 20bks: media/politics, scifi novels; prof Fordham U; podcaster;singer-songwriter; I had sign that said a neat desk is sign of a sick mind, but I lost it
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PaulLev
@paullev.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Across the What-If Universe: Paul Levinson On His Novel ‘It’s Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles’
Rock Is Lit · Episode
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#ICYMI -- Talking about my novel, It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles in March 2025 on Christy Alexander Hallberg's Rock Is Lit podcast open.spotify.com/episode/5eNi...
MS Now has been broadcasting nothing but commercials for @ms.now @velshimsnow.bsky.social for the past 15 minutes -- I hope everything is ok there.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
MS Now has been broadcasting nothing but commercials for @ms.now @velshimsnow.bsky.social for the past 15 minutes -- I hope everything is ok there.
Excellent interview of author @jenniferniven.bsky.social (most recent novel Breathless) on @velshibbc.bsky.social @velshimsnow.bsky.social @velshi.com (And speaking of Velshi, he'll be talking about Frankenstein next week -- he's my review of the superb 2025 movie substack.com/home/post/p-... )
Review of "Frankenstein" (2025)
Unveiling the Real Monster
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November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excellent interview of author @jenniferniven.bsky.social (most recent novel Breathless) on @velshibbc.bsky.social @velshimsnow.bsky.social @velshi.com (And speaking of Velshi, he'll be talking about Frankenstein next week -- he's my review of the superb 2025 movie substack.com/home/post/p-... )
The Diplomat got top Nielsen ratings! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s... Here's my review paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Streaming Ratings: ‘The Diplomat’ Negotiates a No. 1 Ranking
True crime documentary ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ also scores big on Nielsen’s charts.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Diplomat got top Nielsen ratings! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s... Here's my review paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Great new blurb by @roychristopher.com for @sarahclarkesy.bsky.social's Song of the Unsung Mushroom:
"Glimmering w/excitement & danger ... post-human spirit"
To published by Connected Editions Jan 15, 2026. Pre-order Kindle now www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXSW36...
"Glimmering w/excitement & danger ... post-human spirit"
To published by Connected Editions Jan 15, 2026. Pre-order Kindle now www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXSW36...
Song of the Unsung Mushroom
Amazon.com: Song of the Unsung Mushroom eBook : Stuart, Sarah Clarke: Kindle Store
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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great new blurb by @roychristopher.com for @sarahclarkesy.bsky.social's Song of the Unsung Mushroom:
"Glimmering w/excitement & danger ... post-human spirit"
To published by Connected Editions Jan 15, 2026. Pre-order Kindle now www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXSW36...
"Glimmering w/excitement & danger ... post-human spirit"
To published by Connected Editions Jan 15, 2026. Pre-order Kindle now www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXSW36...
Just up: Task has been renewed for a second season on @HBO www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... Here's my review of the first paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
‘Task’ Renewed for Second Season at HBO
The drama starring Mark Ruffalo has become a word-of-mouth hit.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just up: Task has been renewed for a second season on @HBO www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... Here's my review of the first paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Here's the complete conversation Joshua Meyrowitz & I had at The Players last Wednesday night (sponsored by the New York Society for General Semantics, and the Institute for General Semantics), Thanks Peggy Cassidy and Lance Strate for organizing this event! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIiq...
40th Anniversary Conversation about No Sense of Place with Joshua Meyrowitz and Paul Levinson
YouTube video by New York Society for General Semantics
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November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here's the complete conversation Joshua Meyrowitz & I had at The Players last Wednesday night (sponsored by the New York Society for General Semantics, and the Institute for General Semantics), Thanks Peggy Cassidy and Lance Strate for organizing this event! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIiq...
Full-length video of Joshua Meyrowitz & me discussing his book No Sense of Place on its 40th anniversary -- at The Players in NYC -- coming soon. In the meantime, here's a 1-min clip of us discussing the use of media by political leaders, evil and good youtube.com/shorts/aOYHj...
Clip: Josh Meyrowitz & Paul Levinson at The Players, Discussing Use of Media by Political Leaders
YouTube video by Paul Levinson
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Full-length video of Joshua Meyrowitz & me discussing his book No Sense of Place on its 40th anniversary -- at The Players in NYC -- coming soon. In the meantime, here's a 1-min clip of us discussing the use of media by political leaders, evil and good youtube.com/shorts/aOYHj...
my review of "One to One: John & Yoko" on Substack paullev.substack.com/p/one-to-one...
Review of "One to One: John & Yoko"
As They Really Were
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November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
my review of "One to One: John & Yoko" on Substack paullev.substack.com/p/one-to-one...
review of One to One paullevinson.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
One to One: John & Yoko: As They Really Were
My wife and I just finished watching One to One: John and Yoko , the 2024 documentary, 141 minutes, comprised of never-seen-before and newly...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
review of One to One paullevinson.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...
One Battle After Another now available for purchase and renting online; streaming coming at end of December/beginning of New Year www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... here's my review & interview with Brooklyn Demme paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Where to Watch ‘One Battle After Another’ Online
Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's new film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Chase Infiniti and others — here's when the action thriller is expected to land on HBO Max.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
One Battle After Another now available for purchase and renting online; streaming coming at end of December/beginning of New Year www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... here's my review & interview with Brooklyn Demme paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
A here's my response to Andrey Mir's view that my "human replay" will reverse into "human replacement" paullev.substack.com/p/a-response... Enjoy!
A Response to Andrey Mir's "What will be the ultimate form of Human Replay"?
A debate on the fate of humankind
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November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A here's my response to Andrey Mir's view that my "human replay" will reverse into "human replacement" paullev.substack.com/p/a-response... Enjoy!
The beginning of a debate substack.com/@paullev/not...
Paul Levinson (@paullev)
This is the beginning of a welcome debate I’ll be having with @Andrey Mir. Actually, the debate began with my review of Andrey’s recent tour-de-force of a book, Digital Reversal. In my otherwise lau...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The beginning of a debate substack.com/@paullev/not...
Honored that my review of Frankenstein 2025 was selected as a Top Story on Vocal vocal.media/horror/revie...
Review of 'Frankenstein' 2025
Unveiling the Real Monster
vocal.media
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Honored that my review of Frankenstein 2025 was selected as a Top Story on Vocal vocal.media/horror/revie...
At The Players earlier this evening: Joshua Meyrowitz & I talking about his book No Sense of Place. Thanks Lance Strate, Peggy Cassidy, and the Institute for General Semantics for organizing and hosting this. Thanks Joseph Weisenthal for the photo and the great questions.
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
At The Players earlier this evening: Joshua Meyrowitz & I talking about his book No Sense of Place. Thanks Lance Strate, Peggy Cassidy, and the Institute for General Semantics for organizing and hosting this. Thanks Joseph Weisenthal for the photo and the great questions.
First footage of The Devil Wears Prada 2 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... ... here's my interview with Mike Grynbaum this past summer about his book Empire of The Elite paullev.libsyn.com/paul-levinso...
‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Teaser Trailer: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway Return to Beloved Roles
First footage from the long-awaited sequel released by 20th Century Studios.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
First footage of The Devil Wears Prada 2 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... ... here's my interview with Mike Grynbaum this past summer about his book Empire of The Elite paullev.libsyn.com/paul-levinso...
my first post literally in 10 years -- since 2015 -- on my little known but deeply admired family blog, Educated Tastes educatedtastes.blogspot.com/2025/11/elk-...
Elk Steak!
PL here -- Well, I was motivated to come back here with the first post on this blog in literally 10 years. And it's about something closely...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
my first post literally in 10 years -- since 2015 -- on my little known but deeply admired family blog, Educated Tastes educatedtastes.blogspot.com/2025/11/elk-...
One Battle After Another to make digital debut this Friday Nov 14 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... here's my review & nonspoiler interview with Brooklyn Demme paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
‘One Battle After Another’ Will Make Digital Debut This Week (Exclusive)
4K UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD release dates have also been set for Paul Thomas Anderson's best picture Oscar frontrunner, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a revolutionary turned washed-up stoner.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One Battle After Another to make digital debut this Friday Nov 14 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... here's my review & nonspoiler interview with Brooklyn Demme paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-...
One of my all-time favorite songs, covered by one of my all-time favorite singers @annereburn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8g...
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Almost A Cappella Cover) - Gordon Lightfoot
YouTube video by Anne Reburn
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November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of my all-time favorite songs, covered by one of my all-time favorite singers @annereburn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8g...
"In the Dybbuk's Pocket" on Substack open.substack.com/pub/paullev/...
In the Dybbuk’s Pocket
A Neo-Fable
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November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"In the Dybbuk's Pocket" on Substack open.substack.com/pub/paullev/...
I went all out, and posted my review on #Frankenstein (2025) on Substack paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-... and Vocal vocal.media/horror/revie...
Review of "Frankenstein" (2025)
Unveiling the Real Monster
paullev.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I went all out, and posted my review on #Frankenstein (2025) on Substack paullev.substack.com/p/review-of-... and Vocal vocal.media/horror/revie...
Honored to have my term "new new media" quoted in this article about science fiction (in which Marshall McLuhan is also discussed) www.pismowidok.org/en/archive/4...
Science Fiction Images: The Otherness and the Legacy of SF
Science Fiction Images: The Otherness and the Legacy of SF
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November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Honored to have my term "new new media" quoted in this article about science fiction (in which Marshall McLuhan is also discussed) www.pismowidok.org/en/archive/4...
ICE American Gestapo pull teacher out of pre-school, traumatizing children www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKV...
ICE detains teacher at Rayito Del Sol daycare; parents dispute claims by DHS she tried to "barricade
YouTube video by CBS Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICE American Gestapo pull teacher out of pre-school, traumatizing children www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKV...
Join us! paullev.substack.com/p/josh-meyro...
Josh Meyrowitz's Nov 12 "conversation" with Paul Levinson about the 40th anniversary of No Sense of Place
Josh Meyrowitz and I, after I defended my doctoral dissertation, “Human Replay: A Theory of the Evolution of Media”, at New York University in 1978 (photo by Tina Vozick)
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November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! paullev.substack.com/p/josh-meyro...
discussion on Reddit of my theory about why Dexter: Original Sin was unrenewed by Paramount www.reddit.com/r/Dexter/com... (hint: same reason as Paramount is ending @colbertlateshow.bsky.social )
From the Dexter community on Reddit: My Theory on Why Paramount Unrenewed Dexter: Original Sin
Explore this post and more from the Dexter community
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November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
discussion on Reddit of my theory about why Dexter: Original Sin was unrenewed by Paramount www.reddit.com/r/Dexter/com... (hint: same reason as Paramount is ending @colbertlateshow.bsky.social )