I listen to quite a few podcasts, mainly from the UK and US. Is anyone else immediately put off by certain voices? I really struggle with the kind of vocal fry I sometime hear. It seems that it's often US journalists, and it's a real shame as the topic can sound quite interesting ... but the voice, oh my god.
Discuss your favourite podcast, radio show or The Archers episode.
Radio/podcast addicts
Vocal fry on podcasts. Anyone immediately put off by a voice?
auberginefortea · 30/01/2024 02:52
BinsinBonson · 30/01/2024 07:02
Not vocal fry, but I can’t listen to They Walk Among Us (true crime podcast if you haven’t heard of it). The host has a really bizarre delivery, which manages to be simultaneously overly dramatic and crushingly monotonous. Every sentence has the same emphasis and cadence, whether he’s revealing a twist or giving a banal background detail. He was flogging water bottles on it and put exactly the same weird emphasis into that. It’s unlistenable for me.
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Loopytiles · 30/01/2024 07:05
What IS ‘vocal fry’?
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