seeking to reinvent the variety show format for the digital generation, joseph gordon- levittt, and then, gloria gaynor power of song. chronicling what it takes to overcome adversity. we are glad you could join us for those conversations coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. xlis: joseph gordon-levittt is on so many creative fronts as an actor, writer, director, singer. i hate this guy. he is now a variety show host with an eight part series on television which has just debuted on the network give it. the series makes good on showing short films, animation, and true interaction with its audience. here is a clip. i spent a day reading the instructions over and over again, waiting for night to fall. and then finally, the sun went down. yard light,ff our and we went outside. i put on the goggles and looked up into the sky. it was stretching above me like as far as i could see. there were stars, some of them clusters, all tightly together to make swirling patterns of white against the darkness. i stared. so that clip gives a sense