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Light Box
by Mark Henry Phillips & Radiotopia
Today: #53 in Music on our combined chart.
Today: #140 in Music, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #7 in Music, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #34 in Music, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #29 in Music, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #69 in Music, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #153 in Music, Philippines on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Australia
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Ranking history · Australia
Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Music, Australia combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | #34 | #13 | #11 | #29 |
| Oct 20 | #71 | #46 | #46 | #38 |
| Oct 19 | #42 | #20 | #20 | #20 |
| Oct 18 | #54 | #27 | #28 | #39 |
| Oct 17 | #56 | #29 | #39 | #39 |
| Oct 16 | #63 | #37 | #36 | #37 |
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1. Inside the Black Box
September 15, 2026 · 49 minComposer 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…
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Teaser
September 8, 2026 · 4 minA 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…
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Trailer
September 1, 2026 · 1 minListen to LIGHT BOX, the new show from PRX's Radiotopia. Out now! Mark Henry Phillips spent twenty years composing music for a living. Then one night he typed a few words into an AI music generator and it did his job better, he thought…
About the show
Mark Henry Phillips 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?