The Longform Guide to Talk Radio
When Zion Ruled the Airwaves
How Zion, Ill., a fundamentalist Christian settlement with a population of 6,250, created one of the most popular stations in the country during the early days of radio.
Cliff Doerksen Chicago Reader May 2002 25min
Host
On conservative radio host John Ziegler and modern media.
David Foster Wallace Atlantic Apr 2005 1h30min
The Sound and the Fury
An oral history of WFAN, the first all-sports talk radio station.
Alex French and Howie Kahn Grantland Jul 2012 1h5min
Party of One
A profile of Michael Savage.
Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Aug 2009 25min
E.M. Forster, Middle Manager
On the BBC radio addresses of E.M. Forster.
Zadie Smith New York Review of Books Aug 2008 20min
The Glow at the End of the Dial
A profile of Ira Glass a few years into This American Life.
Marshall Sella New York Times Magazine Apr 1999 20min
The Making of Glenn Beck
On Beck’s rise, pre-fall.
Alexander Zaitchik Salon Sep 2009 15min
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