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“As Elena Razlogova notes in her history of early radio, The Listener’s Voice, early serials shares something with Serial beyond merely being split up into multiple episodes. Just as Serial was taped as it aired, allowing for those familiar with the case to hear the show and volunteer new information, early radio serials relied on fan mail to help decide how the stories would move along.” — Time Magazine

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“The Listener’s Voice conjures a world of vibrant democratic interchange in early radio broadcasting: amateur radio enthusiasts exchanging distance cards by mail, call-in radio shows, soap opera fans suggesting plot twists and scolding the writers, and audiences alternately complying with and resisting efforts to study their behaviors and tastes.” — Technology and Culture

“Razlogova’s recreation of listeners’ voices offers a mirror for contemporary debates surrounding audience engagement with such commercial corporations as Google and Facebook.” — Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television

“Razlogova is a master of topic sentences.” — Historian