{"podcast":{"title":"Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers","slug":"light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508","podcast_index_feed_id":5969508,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/97669/destinations/506556.xml","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":492,"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":"2026-09-10T02:17:47.897298+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508"},"episode":{"title":"LIGHT TALK Episode 490 - \"Not For the Faint of Heart - Our Conversation with Geoff Amoral\"","slug":"light-talk-episode-490-not-for-the-faint-of-heart-our-conversation-with-geoff-amoral","published_at":"2026-08-26T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508/light-talk-episode-490-not-for-the-faint-of-heart-our-conversation-with-geoff-amoral","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-talk-with-the-lumen-brothers-5969508","url":"https://lighttalk.libsyn.com/light-talk-episode-490-not-for-the-faint-of-heart-our-conversation-with-geoff-amoral","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/lighttalk/LIGHT_TALK_EPISODE_490_082126.1_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=506556","summary":"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview esteemed broadcast Lighting Designer, Geoff Amoral. Join Geoff, Ellen, David, Steve, and Dennis, as they discuss: Getting started in broadcast lighting; Geoff's many years at Saturday Night Live; A typical weekly production schedule for SNL; Lighting the musical guests; Working with the other great Broadcast LD's on SNL; \"Trust Your Gut\"; Working with Kanye West (\"It's a Good Story Now\"); How technology evolved at SNL ; Working with Nirvana, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones; Dealing with multiple LD's; Being out on the floor; Using the Robe followspots; Why the show is shot at 3200K; Lighting The Christmas Tree; Being a \"Staff Guy\"; Lighting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; The challenge of the SNL 50th Anniversary Show; Concerns and dreams about future technologies; and \"Don't Say 'No'\". Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense. @lighttalkpodcast","meta_description":"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview esteemed broadcast Lighting Designer, Geoff Amoral. Join Geoff, Ellen, David, Steve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3401,"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-490-not-for-the-faint-of-heart-our-conversation-with-geoff-amoral/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-490-not-for-the-faint-of-heart-our-conversation-with-geoff-amoral.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}