Comments on: NPR Voice Has Taken Over the Airwaves https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/npr-voice-has-taken-over-the-airwaves/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/npr-voice-has-taken-over-the-airwaves/comment-page-1/#comment-2427410 Ross Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39166#comment-2427410 “… with its illusion that ‘we’re the thoughtful ones’….”

[like Socrates' student gasping for air] Eureka! Finally, I am hearing someone else saying this. Man, that tone is tiring. And it’s so patently baked into the culture — they probably have in-house trainings on faux-authenticity.

I so wish Bill Hicks were still around to give NPR a proper comedic reaming. No modern bard is anywhere near up to the task.

]]> By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/npr-voice-has-taken-over-the-airwaves/comment-page-1/#comment-2426267 Faze Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:49:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39166#comment-2426267 The success of sports radio and a lot of conservative talk radio is in part due to the energy, assertiveness, and intelligibility of the voices. Plus, they’re miked or augmented in such a way as to plaster the voice across the whole speaker, boosting the immediacy and intimacy. In the old days, radio voices had a special, mellow buzz, lent by a lifetime of smoking. But they were also full of joy and power and thrill at the privilege of speaking on the radio. They sounded proud and happy to be on the radio, even if all they were doing was giving away a refrigerator, or selling Swan soap.

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