A few months ago, Dave Hone asked my to participate in a podcast he wanted to pull together with a rationalist (is that a word? I think that's a word) site called the 21st floor. I downloaded the recording software he recommended, and put together a monologue on dinosaur origins (Dave, Mike Taylor, Tom Holtz, Paul Barrett, Suzie Maidment, and Jerry Harris did the other segments on the different dinosaur groups). I though it was going to be a pain in the ass to figure out the software, but it was actually kind of fun. The direct link to the podcast is here.
However, I do need to work on my delivery when I speak. All I could think listening to myself was "who is this smarmy asshole?" Part of the problem might be that I did the recordings laying on my back with the laptop sitting on my chest, and my head propped up with a pillow, so my windpipe might have been a little compressed; between trying to speak slowly and methodically, and working a little hard to force the air out, I have this insufferable drawl. Or maybe I just sound like that. Shit.
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Although hearing you own voice usually leads people to think "Do I sound like that?" I have now done enough of these things to have a good ides what I sound like. Only even this made me take stock and think "That can't be me? I don't sound like that, surely?".
Ugh.
No worries!
You have great pitch variation, beautiful phrasing, and clear explanations (even a dinosaur novice like me can almost understand what you are saying)!
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