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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
God Hath Wrought a Hot Mess

Mar 31, 2025

God Hath Wrought a Hot Mess

Samuel F.B. Morse went from broke artist to living legend. But for the inventor of the telegraph, it was never enough.

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Words are Waves

Mar 29, 2025

Words are Waves

Why learn from broadcasting’s past? Because everything is broadcasting.

Julia Barton
Julia Barton

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