{"id":65397,"date":"2026-02-19T08:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65397"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:50:35","slug":"the-genesis-of-carlos-latuffs-illustrated-radio-listening-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-genesis-of-carlos-latuffs-illustrated-radio-listening-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genesis of Carlos Latuff’s Illustrated Radio Listening Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first time I thought about illustrating news I listened to on the radio, I was a kid, in the kitchen of my aunt’s apartment, I think in the 80s. From her Philco Transglobe receiver, I was informed that a sea lion had appeared on Copacabana beach, or something like that. I imagined what it would be like to draw that unusual event. But it remained just an idea; I never got around to drawing it.<\/p>\n

The 20th century passed, and in 2019, I decided to rescue that childhood idea from the past. I made my first illustrated radio logbook:<\/p>\n

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This minilog would be the embryo of what I now call an “Illustrated Radio Listening Report.” A way to record, in illustration form, historical moments listened on the radio.<\/p>\n

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I hope to leave to those who come after me, research material, both on History and on radio. With this in mind, I’m making available here on SWLing Post<\/em> this PDF with some of my illustrated reports<\/a> of news captured by radio in 2025, related to climate change, a crucial theme of our times. This is my legacy as an artist AND radio enthusiast. Enjoy! ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: The first time I thought about illustrating news I listened to on the radio, I was a kid, in the kitchen of my aunt’s apartment, I think in the 80s. From her Philco Transglobe receiver, I was informed that a sea lion had appeared on […]<\/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":[373,508,3781,433,3,305,288,43],"tags":[8043,11046],"class_list":["post-65397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-art-2","category-fm","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-illustrated-radio-listening-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h0N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62417,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-reports-and-recordings-of-nhk-and-nikkei-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":65397,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Reports and Recordings of NHK and Nikkei 1","author":"Thomas","date":"March 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of recent NHK and Nikkei 1 broadcasts. 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