Light Box
Podcast

Light Box

Mark Henry Phillips & Radiotopia

11 episodes

MusicSociety & Culture

Mark Henry Phillips (https://markhenryphillips.com) has spent twenty years making music for a living. Then one night he typed a few words into an AI music generator and it did his job better than he ever could. In ten seconds. Basically for free. Light Box is what happened next: a season-long investigation into what AI is doing to music and the people who love it. What happens when a machine can do the thing you thought made you, you?

What this show covers

AI lawcopyrightfair usegenerative AImusic industry

What listeners will find here

Can AI train on songs without permission? This episode digs into the billion-dollar fight
AI music generators were built on vast catalogs of existing songs, and the legal question is whether that training counts as fair use or theft. Two former general counsels of the U.S. Copyright Office, now on opposite sides, lay out the stakes in a dispute that could reshape music and copyright.

Episodes

Trailer
Trailer
1 Sept 2026 · 1 min
Teaser
Teaser
8 Sept 2026 · 3 min
1. Inside the Black Box
1. Inside the Black Box
15 Sept 2026 · 49 min
2. The Hit Factory (Part I: No Songs Left Behind)
2. The Hit Factory (Part I: No Songs Left Behind)
15 Sept 2026 · 52 min
3. The Hit Factory (Part II: Steal From Everyone)
3. The Hit Factory (Part II: Steal From Everyone)
22 Sept 2026 · 41 min
4. The Critic (Marc Ribot)
4. The Critic (Marc Ribot)
29 Sept 2026 · 41 min
5. Slop (Who Is This For?)
5. Slop (Who Is This For?)
6 Oct 2026 · 55 min
6. UDIO: A Post-Mortem?
6. UDIO: A Post-Mortem?
14 Oct 2026 · 46 min
7. James and the Copper Wire
7. James and the Copper Wire
20 Oct 2026 · 57 min
8. In Their Skin: The AI Beatles
8. In Their Skin: The AI Beatles
27 Oct 2026 · 48 min
9. Is AI Illegal?
9. Is AI Illegal?
5 Nov 2026 · 55 min

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