{"podcast":{"title":"Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers","slug":"light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508","podcast_index_feed_id":5969508,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/97669/rss","website_url":"http://lighttalk.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/b/b/7/fbb716636a8850ff16c3140a3186d450/Light_Talk_with_Sisters_Logo_jpg-20250519-ht7llncms3.jpg","author":"David Jacques","episode_count":482,"summary":"LIGHT TALK is a show featuring three seasoned professional lighting designers and educators who discuss the latest developments in the world of live entertainment and architectural lighting design. Steve Woods (SMU), Stan Kaye (University of Florida), and David Jacques (California State University Long Beach) offer sage, and sometimes controversial advice to professionals and students of lighting design. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and very little makes sense.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:21:32.711429+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508"},"episode":{"title":"LIGHT TALK Episode 477 - \"Landscape vs. Portrait, or Yachts vs. Dinghies... Our Conversation with Bruce Aleksander\"","slug":"light-talk-episode-477-landscape-vs-portrait-or-yachts-vs-dinghies-our-conversation-with-bruce-aleksander","published_at":"2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508/light-talk-episode-477-landscape-vs-portrait-or-yachts-vs-dinghies-our-conversation-with-bruce-aleksander","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508","url":"https://lighttalk.libsyn.com/light-talk-episode-477-landscape-vs-portrait-and-yachts-vs-dinghys-our-conversation-with-bruce-aleksander","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/lighttalk/LIGHT_TALK_EPISODE_477_052626_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=506556","summary":"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Lighting Director and Director of Photography, Bruce Aleksander. Join Bruce, Ellen, Dennis, Steve, and David, as they discuss: Getting started in lighting in the 2nd grade; Theatre summer camp; Finding the way into television studios; Learning by working with the studio crews; \"Signing with Cindy\"; Renovating studios; Designing the lighting for studio sets with video walls; VIrtual worlds; The evolution of lighting news shows with the changing audience watching habits; Bad remote guest lighting; Does the audience care about bad lighting?; Will virtual anchors care?; The future role of the Lighting Director/Designer; and Advice for young lighting artists. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.","meta_description":"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Lighting Director and Director of Photography, Bruce Aleksander. Join Bruce, Ellen,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3350,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508/episodes/light-talk-episode-477-landscape-vs-portrait-or-yachts-vs-dinghies-our-conversation-with-bruce-aleksander/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508/light-talk-episode-477-landscape-vs-portrait-or-yachts-vs-dinghies-our-conversation-with-bruce-aleksander.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}