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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Jan 15, 2026

Carnies vs Conjurers

A theory of competing enchantments

Julia Barton

Jan 1, 2026

All the King's Henchmen

A history of hands at CBS

Julia Barton

Oct 30, 2025

Haunted

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

Julia Barton

Aug 28, 2025

Poetic Justice

At the wake for narrative podcasting, a story from one guy who kept the flame

Julia Barton

May 29, 2025

Listening is the Hardest Art

A conversation with Anna Sale and a ghost

Julia Barton

May 15, 2025

Hell Yeah: Airships! 🌀

Radio made one dirigible disaster famous. It may have averted another.

Julia Barton

Story Vault

Jan 15, 2026

Carnies vs Conjurers

A theory of competing enchantments

Julia Barton

Jan 1, 2026

All the King's Henchmen

A history of hands at CBS

Julia Barton

Dec 18, 2025

Against the Time

A bold new radio production style emerges in the shadow of war

Julia Barton

Dec 11, 2025

Choose Life

What if the pod-quitters are just...sane?

Julia Barton

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