The fall 2019 Franke Lectures have been organized in conjunction with the Yale College seminar “The Secret Life of Radio: Fringe Practices of a Mass Medium” taught by Brian Kane.
- Susan Douglas, University of Michigan, “From Jazz to Rock’n’Roll: Radio as a Turnstile between White and African-American Cultures”
- Josh Shepperd, Catholic University and Penn State Center for Humanities and Information, “From Activism to Advocacy: Media Reform Strategies in the Development of U.S. Public Media, 1934-1952”
- David Goren, journalist, “Tracing Neighborhoods in the Sky: Pirate Radio in New York City”
- Galen Joseph-Hunter and Tom Roe, executive and artistic directors of Wave Farm, WGXC 90.7, “Radio Out of Bounds: Artist Experiments with the Electromagnetic Spectrum”
