Continuous Wave

A newsletter and site exploring the forgotten history of broadcast and how it shapes our world. Subscribers get exclusive posts every month.

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Dec 4, 2025

The Mysterious Listener

How radio invented audience research, "like" buttons and all

Julia Barton

Nov 20, 2025

Stoners Kept the Flame

Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who paid tribute to old radio while mocking it

Julia Barton, +1

Nov 13, 2025

Like Falling Off a Pod

TV podcasters are bad at their jobs — but damn, they make it look easy

Julia Barton

Oct 16, 2025

Good Tape, Bad Tape

When re-enactments and docudramas were the pinnacle of audio journalism

Julia Barton

Sep 11, 2025

What If We Give It Away?

Weird, maybe even good, money ideas from when broadcasting was young

Julia Barton

May 22, 2025

The Sound of Her Voice

How sexism got hard-wired into radio

Julia Barton

Story Vault

Dec 4, 2025

The Mysterious Listener

How radio invented audience research, "like" buttons and all

Julia Barton

Nov 20, 2025

Stoners Kept the Flame

Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who paid tribute to old radio while mocking it

Julia Barton, +1

Nov 13, 2025

Like Falling Off a Pod

TV podcasters are bad at their jobs — but damn, they make it look easy

Julia Barton

Oct 30, 2025

Haunted

Why ghostly spirits have always flowed with the electrons. Plus: spooky listening recs.

Julia Barton

Oct 23, 2025

The Three-Minute Rule

Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration

Julia Barton

Oct 16, 2025

Good Tape, Bad Tape

When re-enactments and docudramas were the pinnacle of audio journalism

Julia Barton