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Who Will Cover the Vital Midriff?
Jul 03, 2025

Who Will Cover the Vital Midriff?

The lost visual weirdness of local radio

Julia Barton
A Letter to George Clooney
Jun 05, 2025

A Letter to George Clooney

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

Julia Barton
The Sound of Her Voice
May 22, 2025

The Sound of Her Voice

How sexism got hard-wired into radio

Julia Barton
🎙️Fear the Microphone🎙️
May 01, 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
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
An Audio History Starter Pack
Apr 03, 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
What's Live Got to Do With It?
Apr 03, 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
Words are Waves
Mar 29, 2025

Words are Waves

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

Julia Barton
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