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| 8. In Their Skin: The AI Beatles | 27 Oct 2026 | 00:48:46 | |
I found recordings online of the Beatles in 1969, goofing around at rehearsal and drifting in and out of their old songs. They totally sounded like they could be the real “Nagra Tapes” from the Get Back sessions. But... these recordings never happened. They were made with AI. I had to find the guy who made them. Using AI on the Beatles’ voices might be the most offensive thing you could do to the band. The people doing it are their biggest fans. In this episode:
Light Box is reported, written, edited, and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our producer is Drew Thurlow and our assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. Light Box is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. | |||
| 7. James and the Copper Wire | 20 Oct 2026 | 00:57:33 | |
AI music is supposed to be what ends musicians’ careers. For James Hinton, aka The Range, it might be what saves his. For a decade, he made his music out of strangers’ voices on YouTube, until he couldn’t anymore. On paper, this is an episode about the past, present and future of sampling. But really, it’s about loss (and friendship). Write us: Mark@LightBoxPodcast.com In this episode:
Light Box is reported, written, edited, and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our producer is Drew Thurlow and our assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. Light Box is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. | |||
| 6. UDIO: A Post-Mortem? | 14 Oct 2026 | 00:46:57 | |
For a lot of people, Udio was the AI music app where they finally got to make the songs they’d been hearing in their heads for years. Then one night last fall, Udio settled its lawsuit with Universal Music Group. Downloads were switched off, and the new fine print said the songs users had made weren’t theirs anymore. After talking to Udio users all over the world, Mark realized this story wasn’t just about Udio. What happened to them could happen to any of us. Write us: Mark@LightBoxPodcast.com In this episode:
Light Box is reported, written, edited, and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our producer is Drew Thurlow and our assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. Editorial assistance on this episode from Zack Phillips. Light Box is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. | |||
| 5. Slop (Who Is This For?) | 06 Oct 2026 | 00:55:54 | |
A year ago, I was driving my daughter home from preschool when Spotify autoplayed a song that cut out mid-note. It was AI, and whoever made it hadn't bothered to fix the ending. So I tracked down the 19-year-old behind it. That was just the start of a trip down the rabbit hole. It turns out there's a lot of slop out there. Is it going to ruin everything? Or am I looking at it all wrong?
Light Box is reported, written, and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our Producer is Drew Thurlow & our Assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. Light Box is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. | |||
| 4. The Critic (Marc Ribot) | 29 Sep 2026 | 00:41:42 | |
Marc Ribot has played guitar for Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Robert Plant, and about a thousand other people. He's also one of the most outspoken critics of AI music. He calls Suno and Udio plagiarism machines. And for him, the whole thing comes down to consent: nobody asked the musicians. I caught him on the phone somewhere between Milwaukee and Minneapolis, driving to a gig. Of all the conversations I've had about AI music, his might be the one I keep coming back to the most. Sign Marc's "We Need a Union" petition. Music in this episode: Also mentioned: Liz Pelly, Mood Machine For more info go to www.LightBoxPodcast.com | |||
| 3. The Hit Factory (Part II: Steal From Everyone) | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:41:55 | |
A producer with 13 billion streams posts on Reddit about how much he loves making music with AI and... gets banned. We have the conversation that wasn't allowed there. Light Box is reported, written, edited and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our producer is Drew Thurlow and assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. We make this show completely independently so PLEASE support us by leaving a rating and review. Light Box is a proud member of the Radiotopia network from PRX. | |||
| 2. The Hit Factory (Part I: No Songs Left Behind) | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:52:05 | |
There's already a #1 hit made with AI. You just don't know which one. In this episode, we go inside the world of professional songwriting camps -- where hits for the biggest artists are assembled by rooms of strangers. And we meet two hitmakers with billions of streams -- Mickey Shiloh (Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea) and David Phelan (ZAYN, Charli XCX, Jason Derulo) -- who are starting to use AI in their process. The question is... why? Why would successful songwriters need AI? The answer has as much to do with the songwriting industry as it does with AI. | |||
| 1. Inside the Black Box | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:49:26 | |
Composer Mark Henry Phillips logs onto an AI music generator expecting slop. Instead... he has an existential crisis. What it made wasn't slop -- it was good. Really good. This plunges him into a year-and-a-half long rabbit hole. He discovers -- with help from Sonarworks' Helmuts Bēms -- that professional musicians are secretly adopting AI like performance-enhancing drugs. Mark also digs into how these tools actually work with AI researcher Maya Ackerman. And he confronts an uncomfortable question: if a machine can replicate your creative instincts, were they ever really yours to begin with? | |||
| Teaser | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:03:40 | |
A sneak peek at what's coming this season on Light Box, the new show from PRX's Radiotopia. Launching September 15. Host and creator Mark Henry Phillips is a professional composer who accidentally opened Pandora's box by experimenting with an AI music generator. In this teaser, he shows his wife what he's gotten himself into. The first two episodes drop next Tuesday (September 15) and then a new episode comes every week. Subscribe now! Questions / thoughts / comments — write us: Mark@LightBoxPodcast.com | |||
| Trailer | 01 Sep 2026 | 00:01:05 | |
Listen to LIGHT BOX, the new show from PRX's Radiotopia. Out now! | |||