Continuous Wave

Essays, histories and reflections on media from the POV of audio. Because everything is broadcasting.
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Oct 8, 2026

Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Magician jams Marconi, spawning Useful Metaphors

Julia Barton

Sep 24, 2026

Dialing It In

In a sea of static, audio producers are humanity's receivers

Julia Barton

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

Jun 11, 2026

Sweet Deceit

When radio sound effects escaped containment into “the real world”

Julia Barton

Jan 15, 2026

Carnies vs Conjurers

A theory of competing enchantments

Julia Barton

Dec 4, 2025

The Mysterious Listener

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

Julia Barton

Story Vault

Oct 8, 2026

Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Magician jams Marconi, spawning Useful Metaphors

Julia Barton

Sep 24, 2026

Dialing It In

In a sea of static, audio producers are humanity's receivers

Julia Barton

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