Paul Levinson

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  • Username: PaulLev
  • author, professor, commentator, singer-songwriter
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Paul Levinson

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The Sopranos and Hamlet (03:55)
From: Paul Levinson

"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn't it...
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The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies (07:09)
From: Paul Levinson

we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we encounter - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the ending of The Sopranos?
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The Sopranos, or the Tiger? (04:41)
From: Paul Levinson

first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...
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What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer (02:52)
From: Paul Levinson

What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you
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Lost ... Recovering (02:42)
From: Paul Levinson

Lost returned last night - with best episode since first season
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Gore Nomination for Nobel Prize Poetic Justice (02:41)
From: Paul Levinson

Nobel Committee did much better than the Supreme Court re: Al Gore
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Olbermann's Suspension of Rationality about 24 (03:55)
From: Paul Levinson

Olbermann's thesis that 24 is a Bush admin tool shows ignorance of Coleridge
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Wikipedia: A 5-Minute Primer (05:29)
From: Paul Levinson

the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making
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Why Is Copyright So Complicated? (04:21)
From: Paul Levinson

a 4-minute primer about intellectual property
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White Tea in Three Minutes (03:04)
From: Paul Levinson

an appreciation