Voice Over
The power of the voice can be used to create phenomenal works of art, and it can be used to sell us stuff. The people in this story have coaxed you to buy toothpaste, to join a gym or to trust the news...
View ArticleSpecial Guest: Megan Mullaly
Kurt Andersen and actress Megan Mullally talk about the diverse and creative power of the human voice.Actress Megan Mullally is best known as the character Karen Walker — the shrill, martini-swilling...
View ArticleSpoken Word
It used to be that poetry was an entirely spoken form. But then, thanks to the printing press, poetry became a mostly silent literary form. Sara Fishko discovers how disconcerting it can be to hear the...
View ArticlePoets, Throat, Voiceover
Kurt Andersen and actress Megan Mullally sing it loud and sing it strong. They’re talking about art and human voice. Voiceover actors let us in on the secrets of how they earn our trust promoting...
View ArticleHearing Things That Aren't Really There
Hallucinations is the title of Dr. Oliver Sacks' latest book, and in it he presents hundreds of case studies and stories about those who see, hear, feel and even smell things that aren't really there....
View ArticleThe Voices Inside You
Where would we be without the voices in our heads? To get at this question, Charles Fernyhough raises another: can children think before they have words? According to Fernyhough, a Russian psychologist...
View ArticleInner Voices
From the silent words of a child forming her first thought, to the inner heckler that taunts you when the pressure's on, a look at how the voices in our heads shape us -- for better and for worse.
View ArticleThe People Behind the Speakers
Jack Fox and Carolyn Hopkins are names that you are probably not familiar with. But, if you heard them speak, you would recognize them in a second.They are the voices behind safety announcements at...
View ArticleStoryCorps 375: Patriot Duty
For Memorial Day, we're sharing stories from service members who participated in our Military Voices Initiative.
View ArticleMining Your Voice for Hidden Feelings and Company Profits
There is a perfect tone of voice according to Dan Emodi. And he believes his technology can pinpoint it for you. This is the second of two episodes about technology that dissects our voices, pulls them...
View ArticleStoryCorps 396: Pray for Me
Paul Braun, a Sergeant with the Minnesota Army National Guard, and his interpreter, Philip, remember working together in Iraq.
View ArticleStoryCorps 398: His Other Family
Shirley Parrello speaks with former Marine Sergeant Kevin Powell, who was with her son Lance Corporal Brian Parrello when he was killed in Iraq in 2004.
View ArticleStoryCorps 402: Beyond The Front Lines Part I
This Veterans Day, honor our men and women in uniform with "Beyond the Frontlines: A StoryCorps Military Voices Special", a one-hour program hosted by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay.
View ArticleStoryCorps 403: Beyond The Front Lines Part II
Listen to the second part our Veterans Day special, "Beyond the Frontlines: A StoryCorps Military Voices Special," a one-hour program hosted by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay.
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Speechless in St. Petersburg: Opera Pros Suggest Cures for Laryngitis
Public speaking, narration, recording and occasional broadcasting are a large part of my work. I have just concluded ten months in which I have given more than a hundred talks, some of them more than...
View ArticleStanwyck & Co.
Barbara Stanwyck was just one of a generation of Hollywood actresses — as WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us — who worked fiercely to hold onto their eccentricities of style, stance and voice. More in this...
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