The Waves: Oprah Has The Best Voice (and Other Vocal Thoughts)

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior supervising
producer of audio, Daisy Rosario is joined by actress and director
Lake Bell to talk about voices. Bell’s new audio book Inside Voice
is all about her obsession with how people sound. They dig into why
we should take better care of our voices, how trauma impacts our
ability to speak, why candidate voices impact their electability,
and more. In Slate Plus, Lake and Daisy talk about the problem with
the sexy baby voice.    Podcast production by Cheyna Roth
with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia
Montgomery.  Send your comments and recommendations on what to
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