The Voice
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Both practically and symbolically, our voices are one of the primary ways that we interact with the world around us. Since ancient Greece, the voice has represented participatory democracy, and today we still argue about whose voices to include in our national conversations. But even though we might think of our voices as our own—and ourselves as free to use them—it turns out that the voice is one of the most disciplined, trained, standardized, regulated dimensions of human life and expression. This hour, we confront the politics of the voice, from stereotyping to vocal fry. And we also talk to a soundscape ecologist who listens—perhaps closer than anyone—to the voices of the natural world. Does He Sound Gay?; Hollywood's "Urban" Voice Problem; Sounding Off On Vocal Fry; From Telephones to Auto-Tune; Hearing a Disappearing World.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for WPR comes from People's Food Co-op, a community-owned natural food store in La Crosse and Rochester, offering organic, locally raised meats, as well as a variety of ready-to-serve options for holiday dinners. PFC.C. C-O-O-P. |
| 0:15.6 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:17.4 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange-Champs. |
| 0:19.3 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange-Champs. Hi, I'm Anne Strange-Champs. Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:21.0 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:22.6 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:24.4 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:29.1 | Hello, I'm Ann Strange Champs. |
| 0:31.2 | Hello, Naki Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:33.4 | Your, Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, I am Strange Champs. Ani, Anne Strange Champs. Hi, I'm Anne Strange Band. |
| 0:40.8 | Perfect. |
| 0:42.6 | Hold on, hold on. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm Anne's Train Champs, right? |
| 0:51.6 | This voice, right here, this is me. |
| 0:55.6 | If you've heard the show before, maybe you recognize me. |
| 0:58.4 | If not, I guess you'll just have to trust the person behind the microphone. |
| 1:02.7 | As a radio host, my only identifying feature is my voice. |
| 1:08.2 | This is how you know who I am. |
| 1:14.8 | But what if you don't like it? Today, on to the best of our knowledge from PRI, we're listening to and thinking about voices, and all the ways we judge, |
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