Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 417, in which Sarah Clarke Stuart and her husband Jonathan Oakes join me and my wife Tina Vozick in a conversation about Sarah's debut novel, Song of the Unsung Mushroom, published January 15, 2026 by Connected Editions (a boutique publisher that I and Tina created and operate).

At times joining our conversation are Alexis Stuart (who created the cover for Sarah's novel), Susan Clarke, Molly Vozick-Levinson, Elizabeth Clarke, Chryssi Steven, Meghan Vickers, Bud Gundy, and Edwin Stepp (thanks to the last three for providing blurbs for the novel).

Relevant links:

• Kindle, paperback, hardcover, audiobook (read by Sarah for Listen and Live Audio) of the novel here
• More about Connected Editions here
• YouTube video of this conversation here

Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 416, in which I review the The Beatles Anthology 2025 documentary.

Relevant links:

• my written review of Anthology 2025
• my 2024 podcast review of Beatles '64
• my 1972 article in The Village Voice: Murray the K in Nostalgia's Noose
• my 1971 article in The Village Voice: A Vote for McCartney
• my 1972 song Murray the K's Back In Town
• my 2024 novel It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
• 2023 radioplay It's Real Life on Killerwatt Radio adapted from first chapter of my novel (audiobook of radioplay here)
• my 2025 written review of One to One: John & Yoko
• my 2017-2018 written reviews of Rob Sheffield's book Dreaming the Beatles (I review every chapter!)
• my 2016 review of Billy J. Kramer's book Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
• my thoughts about The Beatles' Now and Then
• "The Beatles and Podcasts" my Fall 2023 essay in the Journal of Beatles Studies
• my 2023 written review of John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
• my 2021 podcast reviews of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back
• Chris Willman's interview with Oliver Murray in Variety
• Note added at February 10, 2026: Ten-Minute Take on Current Beatles Books and Documentaries on Rock Talk Studio podcast with Big Rick

Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 415, in which I interview Brooklyn Demme about Paul Thomas Anderson's movie One Battle After Another, in which Brooklyn played a minor role. But in a movie this great, every role is important.

Relevant links:

• my review of One Battle After Another
• Simon Vozick-Levinson's A Guide to the Revolutionary Music in 'One Battle After Another' in Rolling Stone, September 29, 2025
• screening of That Kid (produced by Brooklyn Demme) in Nyack, NY November 1, 2025 at 12 Noon