Ep. 135: "Fire Was Always the Star"
Roderick on the Line
Merlin Mann
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2014
⏱️ 72 minutes
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The Problem: 110/20 exposure.
This episode of Roderick on the Line is brought to you by Cards Against Humanity. They asked us not to read an ad. Enjoy the show.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Roderick on the line is sponsored by cards against humanity. |
| 0:04.0 | They asked us not to read an ad, so hey, just enjoy the show. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello. Hi John. Hi, Merlin. How's it going? Good, you've got a you had a little |
| 0:20.2 | vocal fry at the at the top there. Ahh vocal fry at the top there. |
| 0:23.0 | vocal fry. |
| 0:25.0 | Vocal fry. |
| 0:27.0 | Because lady voice over artist. |
| 0:29.0 | Lady voice over artists. |
| 0:31.0 | Chaggy. |
| 0:32.0 | Do you know, I was... voice over |
| 0:35.0 | a voice over artists. |
| 0:38.0 | I was never aware of vocal fry except as a subtle feeling of uncomfortableness |
| 0:46.4 | until one time I was standing out in front of a bar in Brooklyn |
| 0:51.4 | and this young woman was talking to me and I was like I'd known her for a while |
| 0:56.3 | and I was like what is the what is the matter with her I'm thinking to myself you |
| 1:00.2 | know she's talking to me and I'm like what is something's changed living in |
| 1:04.0 | Brooklyn is no good for this person and then another friend walked up as she |
| 1:09.1 | as she moved on in conversation to someone else. |
| 1:12.5 | Another friend walked up and said in my ear, |
| 1:14.5 | God, the vocal fry. |
| 1:16.0 | Huh. |
| 1:17.0 | Do you think it was an affectation, like a little strap on? |
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