Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers

LIGHT TALK is a place where lighting designers can feel free to express what really annoys them about the industry, lighting education, and the art of stage lighting design. Inspired by the beloved NPR radio show, "CAR TALK", LIGHT TALK features the musings and rantings of David Jacques, Stan Kaye, and Steve Woods. These three designers have been lighting the stages of the world for many, many decades. Burnt out and abused by the industry and the insanity of the profession, Stan, Steve, and David have escaped to the hallowed halls of academia where they wildly and fearlessly pontificate to innocent students of the art. LIGHT TALK takes these rantings to the world. Look for our weekly Pod Cast discussing the issues of our time. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and very little makes sense. Welcome to LIGHT TALK!

LIGHT TALK Episode 401 - "Amateur Night in Waco"

Nov 30, 2024

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Time Warps to Bette Midler.

Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Our big Light Talk celebration at LDI; Does it make sense to retrofit old Source 4's with Source 4WRD's?; Using AI and Chat GPT in Projects; When is a design...

LIGHT TALK Episode 399 - "Embrace the Suck"

Nov 23, 2024

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Horrible Programmers, to "Mr. Midnight".

Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: What to do when your show sucks; Scar Tissue; "The Endpoint Effect"; Respecting and researching other cultures when you design a show; "Blue Hawaii";...

LIGHT TALK Episode 398 - "Being Kind - Our Conversation with Christina Watanabe"

Nov 16, 2024

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Christina Watanabe to the show.

Join Christina, Ellen, Stan, and Brackley as they pontificate about: Early days of discovering lighting design; Hitting the pavement in NYC; The "Christina Questions"; Christina's Knights of Illumination...

LIGHT TALK Episode 397 - "Kerplunked, Farmisht, and Having Some Real Issues"

Nov 9, 2024

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Having Nothing to Say, to The Musical Box.

Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Election night plans; The "Lumen Family Zoom Spin Room"; Sustaining a converstion in design meetings; Picking the perfect frontlight; Getting a...

LIGHT TALK Episode 396 - "Designing with Generative Content - Our Conversation with Manny Treeson"

Nov 2, 2024

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Manny Treeson to the show.

Join Manny, Ellen, Stan, Brackley, and David as they pontificate about: The ongoing search for LDI Swag; Episode 1 of "Great Failures of Artificial Intelligence"; Manny's journey as a lighting designer;...