
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
Hosted by Ellen and Dennis and Steve and David · David Jacques, Steve Woods, Ellen Lampert-Greaux, and Dennis Size
4.7from 60 ratings
- 879
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 60
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
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.
- Publisher
- David Jacques, Steve Woods, Ellen Lampert-Greaux, and Dennis Size
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Apr 2017
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
31 of 879 episodes have a transcript.

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
LIGHT TALK Episode 497 - "You Need an Ensign, Captain!"

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
LIGHT TALK Episode 496 - "Another Beaujolais... Please!"

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
LIGHT TALK Episode 495 - "Two Steps Ahead - Our Conversation with Lighting Designer, Cory Pattak"
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LIGHT TALK Episode 497 - "You Need an Ensign, Captain!"
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's no real hard and fast rule. I was a little surprised about OSHA requiring 20% light, because 20% of what? Um, and also with the director wanting, uh, just dim the queue down so that there's enough light to be a, so that there's no OSHA safety problem, but that doesn't look pretty. And you have, uh, you know, people out in the audience watching this happen. You know, we should probably look up the OSHA rules. I did. I have the answer. Oh, David, take it away. Well, then by all means. First of all, there is no OSHA rule about 20% going down, okay? That is not a rule. They have minimum foot candle rules. […]
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- Cory Pattak
- Chris Medvitz
- Ben Green
- Geoff Amoral
- Kelsey Araghi
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 46 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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Ellen and Dennis and Steve and David host the show. Published by David Jacques, Steve Woods, Ellen Lampert-Greaux, and Dennis Size.
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