The Divided Dial explores the history and evolution of radio, focusing on shortwave's potential for global connection and its chaotic turns into propaganda.
The big idea: do we worry too much about misinformation?
Despite the widespread belief that the 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused mass panic, only 2% of listeners reported reacting in such a way. Most understood it was fiction.
"In Sydney Sweeney, America has rediscovered that women can have boobs," noting her influence on the return of appreciation for breasts in popular culture.