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Julia Barton

Julia is a story editor, media trainer and public speaker. Check out her work at RadioWright.com.

The Mysterious Listener

Dec 4, 2025

The Mysterious Listener

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

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Stoners Kept the Flame

Nov 20, 2025

Stoners Kept the Flame

Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who paid tribute to old radio while mocking it

Julia Barton
Jeremy Braddock
Julia Barton, +1
Like Falling Off a Pod

Nov 13, 2025

Like Falling Off a Pod

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

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Haunted

Oct 30, 2025

Haunted

Why ghostly spirits have always flowed with the electrons. Plus: spooky listening recs.

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
The Three-Minute Rule

Oct 23, 2025

The Three-Minute Rule

Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Good Tape, Bad Tape

Oct 16, 2025

Good Tape, Bad Tape

When re-enactments and docudramas were the pinnacle of audio journalism

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

Oct 9, 2025

"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

Sonja D. Williams on the timeless radio of Richard Durham

Julia Barton
Sonja Williams
Julia Barton, +1
Hard Candy

Sep 25, 2025

Hard Candy

ABC is the love-child of US regulators and Life Savers — and that's not even the weird part

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
What If We Give It Away?

Sep 11, 2025

What If We Give It Away?

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

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
No Way Out

Sep 4, 2025

No Way Out

In broadcasting, the Red Scare turned into a stupid hall of mirrors

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Poetic Justice

Aug 28, 2025

Poetic Justice

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

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Infamous

Aug 14, 2025

Infamous

Sarah Montague on the lessons of radio "masterworks"

Julia Barton
Sarah Montague
Julia Barton, +1
Half a Century in the Wilderness

Aug 7, 2025

Half a Century in the Wilderness

As the CPB dies, we can still learn from America's long era with no public broadcasting

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
📝 Strike!

Jul 31, 2025

📝 Strike!

Radio's suds hacks vow to picket — while tearjerkers make a bold move

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
A digression in "Soapland"

Jul 24, 2025

A digression in "Soapland"

Plus why radio hand signals are way better than Google Docs 👀

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Long Before 'Serial,' a Serial Machine

Jul 17, 2025

Long Before 'Serial,' a Serial Machine

The ad couple who invented the format everyone loved to hate

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
To Build a Retro Sonic World, Learn Some Retro Copyright Law

Jul 10, 2025

To Build a Retro Sonic World, Learn Some Retro Copyright Law

A guest post from the creator of "Metropolis"

Julia Barton
Dan Koch
Julia Barton, +1
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
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