Continuous Wave

Essays, histories and reflections on media from the POV of audio. Because everything is broadcasting.
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Sep 10, 2026

A Continuous Wave of Greatness

Subscribers burn with talent like the Sun, so bask in it and check out their work

Julia Barton

Oct 9, 2025

"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

Sonja D. Williams on the timeless radio of Richard Durham

Julia Barton, +1

Aug 14, 2025

Infamous

Sarah Montague on the lessons of radio "masterworks"

Julia Barton, +1

Apr 30, 2026

When Actors Did the News

Time Magazine and their ad agencies re-enacted events and people, fake accents and all. But their news show wasn't a parody.

Julia Barton, +1

May 28, 2026

A Difficult Groove

Andy Lanset on the long struggle to gather and edit "field tape"

Julia Barton, +1

Jan 15, 2026

Carnies vs Conjurers

A theory of competing enchantments

Julia Barton

Story Vault

Sep 10, 2026

A Continuous Wave of Greatness

Subscribers burn with talent like the Sun, so bask in it and check out their work

Julia Barton

Aug 27, 2026

Tornado Man

Walter Winchell owns a piece of you. Why not learn from the bastard?

Julia Barton

Aug 13, 2026

Sound is a Time Machine

Garrett Tiedemann on the cinematic truth of audio

Julia Barton, +1

Jul 30, 2026

The Gift

I screwed up early in my career yet lived to tell the tale

Julia Barton

Jul 16, 2026

Queen of the Kilocycles

How Tallulah Bankhead's "The Big Show" tried to fend off the first pivot to video

Julia Barton

Jul 1, 2026

🇨🇦 Radio Revolutionary

For Canada Day, a guest post on Margaret Lyons, the woman who changed CBC Radio

Julia Barton, +1