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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
Radio Stars to Video: Bite Me

Apr 17, 2025

Radio Stars to Video: Bite Me

Can we learn from the warnings of the past?

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
No Self-Winding Phonographs!

Apr 10, 2025

No Self-Winding Phonographs!

Radio's "liveness bias" started as a regulation, then turned into a business model that grew ever more absurd

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
An Audio History Starter Pack

Apr 3, 2025

An Audio History Starter Pack

There's so much great scholarship on radio and podcasting. Here's a list to get you started.

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
What's Live Got to Do With It?

Apr 3, 2025

What's Live Got to Do With It?

For more than two decades, the biggest US radio networks insisted on live programming and tried to ban recorded material on air. Why?

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
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