Al Williams, WD5GNR has published an article describing how voice is transmitted over radio waves

AM, or amplitude modulation, was the earliest way of sending voice over radio waves. That makes sense because it is easy to modulate a signal and easy to demodulate it, as well. A carbon microphone is sufficient to crudely modulate an AM signal and diode — even a piece of natural crystal — will suffice to demodulate it.

Outside of broadcast radio, most AM users migrated to single sideband or SSB. On an AM receiver that sounds like Donald Duck, but with a little work, it will sound almost as good as AM, and in many cases better.

Media Article - https://hackaday.com/2018/01/01/why-is-donald-duck-on-the-radio-math-behind-single-sideband-explained/