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Who Will Cover the Vital Midriff?

Jul 3, 2025

Who Will Cover the Vital Midriff?

The lost visual weirdness of local radio

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Can You "Read" an Audiobook? Wrong Question

Jun 19, 2025

Can You "Read" an Audiobook? Wrong Question

Ask instead, "Did someone write my podcast?"

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Go to a Steampunk Radio Museum

Jun 12, 2025

Go to a Steampunk Radio Museum

A shrine filled with ancient audio gear will do you good

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
A Letter to George Clooney

Jun 5, 2025

A Letter to George Clooney

What else we should learn from the story of Edward R. Murrow

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Listening is the Hardest Art

May 29, 2025

Listening is the Hardest Art

A conversation with Anna Sale and a ghost

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
The Sound of Her Voice

May 22, 2025

The Sound of Her Voice

How sexism got hard-wired into radio

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Hell Yeah: Airships! 🌀

May 15, 2025

Hell Yeah: Airships! 🌀

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

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
The Lighthouse is Falling 🆘

May 8, 2025

The Lighthouse is Falling 🆘

Europe, throw a lifeline to public media in the US — while it still exists

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
🎙️Fear the Microphone🎙️

May 1, 2025

🎙️Fear the Microphone🎙️

"Mike fright" was so widespread in radio’s first decade, it affected the design of studios and programs. It still haunts podcasting today.

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
The Professor Who Studies Us

Apr 24, 2025

The Professor Who Studies Us

A conversation with Neil Verma

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
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