{"id":62869,"date":"2025-05-08T09:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62869"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:41:08","slug":"katie-thorntons-new-series-investigates-the-influence-of-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/katie-thorntons-new-series-investigates-the-influence-of-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Thornton\u2019s New Series Investigates the Influence of Shortwave Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62870\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DividedDialSeason2-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Award-winning journalist <strong>Katie Thornton<\/strong> has launched a new season of the Peabody-winning podcast, <strong><em>The Divided Dial<\/em><\/strong>, produced by <em>On the Media<\/em> and <em>WNYC Studios<\/em>. In this season, Katie focuses on shortwave radio\u2014a medium that is near and dear to our hearts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In <span class=\"s1\"><b>Episode 1, \u201cFishing In The Night\u201d<\/b><\/span>, Thornton explores the international ambitions and shadowy past of shortwave broadcasting. The episode features our friend and resident <span class=\"s1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortwaveology.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortwaveologist<\/a>, David Goren<\/b><\/span>, who shares rich insights on the cultural and political influence of the shortwave dial.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Listen &amp; Follow the Series<\/b><span class=\"s2\">:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itskatiethornton.com\/divided-dial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Thornton\u2019s Official Series Page<\/a> (includes background and future episode info)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/otm\/articles\/the-divided-dial-episode-1-fishing-in-the-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on WNYC Studios<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/otm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on your favorite podcast app<\/a> (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning journalist Katie Thornton has launched a new season of the Peabody-winning podcast, The Divided Dial, produced by On the Media and WNYC Studios. In this season, Katie focuses on shortwave radio\u2014a medium that is near and dear to our hearts. In Episode 1, \u201cFishing In The Night\u201d, Thornton explores the international ambitions and shadowy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,1557,43],"tags":[174,10811,10810,10812,10813],"class_list":["post-62869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-podcast","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-goren","tag-katie-thornton","tag-on-the-media","tag-on-the-shortwaves","tag-the-divided-dial"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gm1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64281,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/interview-with-katie-thornton-on-the-brian-lehrer-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":62869,"position":0},"title":"Interview with Katie Thornton on The Brian Lehrer Show","author":"Thomas","date":"October 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Larry Shmagin, who recently discovered this May 2025 interview with Katie Thornton, host of The Divided Dial series, on The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC). 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