Radio Anxiety Dreams: Dead Air

Archer's Line Podcast · Feb 5, 2026 · 6m

Anxiety dreams — almost everyone has them. And usually they involve whatever it is you do for a living.

Mine are about radio.

I had one the other morning. One I couldn’t escape. I’d realize I was dreaming and wake up — but when I went back to sleep, I dropped right back into the same dream.

Here’s how it went: When I arrived for my shift at an all-news station, everything in the studio had been changed. The board was hard to operate — older, less advanced than I was used to, clunkier. Important parts were hidden under a shelf. Nothing was clearly labeled — if it was labeled at all.

The anchor…