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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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

Jun 11, 2026

Sweet Deceit

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

Julia Barton

Aug 28, 2025

Poetic Justice

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

Julia Barton

Sep 11, 2025

What If We Give It Away?

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

Julia Barton

Nov 13, 2025

Like Falling Off a Pod

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

Julia Barton

Story Vault

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

Jun 11, 2026

Sweet Deceit

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

Julia Barton

May 28, 2026

A Difficult Groove

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

Julia Barton, +1