Radio Wars

At the heart of this Errol Morris–type documentary is Martine Rothblatt, a transwoman and inventor of satellite radio, whose work, like that of radio’s inventor, Nikola Tesla, very few know about. Don’t be fooled by the title: in this engrossing history of radio, RADIO WARS also covers rock ’n’ roll, science fiction, the business of media, and much more. It chronicles the pitched battles that erupt when one technology surpasses another, from the days when the print industry fought against AM radio, which resisted FM stations, which battled TV…to the most recent struggle between satellite radio giants.