Podcasters:
I have switched off your interesting-sounding podcasts after five minutes, over and over again, because you're so inarticulate.
If you have a podcast, please follow these simple rules:
I have switched off your interesting-sounding podcasts after five minutes, over and over again, because you're so inarticulate.
If you have a podcast, please follow these simple rules:
1. Stop saying "like" and "you know."
2. Stop saying "um" and "uh."
3. Stop stammering.
4. Stop saying, "kind of," "sort of," "so," and, "I mean."
2. Stop saying "um" and "uh."
3. Stop stammering.
4. Stop saying, "kind of," "sort of," "so," and, "I mean."
6. Don't say, "It feels like" prefatory to a declarative sentence.
7. Don't say, "and whatnot" at the end of a sentence.
8. Speak coherently: Subject, verb, object. Not "And I was like, you know," "So I go, um, you know"
Just stop that. It's maddening.
7. Don't say, "and whatnot" at the end of a sentence.
8. Speak coherently: Subject, verb, object. Not "And I was like, you know," "So I go, um, you know"
Just stop that. It's maddening.
6. Don't end declarative sentences with an interrogative rise. (Uptalk has escaped the confines of the teenage girl milieu in California and is now common even among middle-aged men. It's awful. It's maddening. Stop.)
7. Don't mumble.
7. Don't mumble.
8. Stop speaking through your nose. A nasal voice is extraordinarily unpleasant. No, it's not "just your voice." It's a bad, acquired habit, one that's spread in the past 20 years throughout the US--among men, especially. Stop.
8. Stop shrieking. Women, especially. Shrieking doesn't convey energy and passion to your listeners. It just hurts their ears.
9. Stop it with the vocal fry.
9. Stop it with the vocal fry.
10. The mouth noises go beyond irritating and well into the realm of disgusting: gravyforthebrain.com/secrets-preven…
11. Don't do that thing where you make a clicking sound at the end of your sentences.
12. For God's sake, don't eat or chew gum while you're recording.
13. Don't sniff.
14. Don't clear your voice.
12. For God's sake, don't eat or chew gum while you're recording.
13. Don't sniff.
14. Don't clear your voice.
15. Unless you've said something that's actually funny--as in, your listeners are probably laughing--don't laugh. Little is more annoying to your listeners than hearing your nervous laughter.
16. Don't record when you have a cold or allergies. Your phlegmy voice is gross.
17. Control your breathing. We shouldn't hear it. You shouldn't run out of air at the end of your sentence and then gasp.
17. Control your breathing. We shouldn't hear it. You shouldn't run out of air at the end of your sentence and then gasp.
I'd like to listen to your interesting-sounding podcast, I really would. But you're making it impossible. Please, stop.
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