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NPR hosts aren’t born, they’re trained
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You Washingtonians who get your morning news fix from National Public Radio may have noticed something over the years: All those NPR hosts, well, kinda sound the same. There’s a very distinct NPR voice: Quiet, calm and careful. Well, it’s not an accident. Turns out NPR actually has someone on staff to help radio hosts perfect that soft and lulling voice: David Candow. “Weekend Edition Saturday” host Scott Simon talked about Candow during a “Q&A Cafe” interview last week at Nathans restaurant. “There is a man named David, who’s called ‘The Host Whisperer’ and he works with people on their delivery skills,” said Simon. (The nickname is a play off the 1998 film, “The Horse Whisperer.”) Candow is a longtime staffer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. who has held sessions with NPR hosts and reporters. “I must say when David was brought in the first time, I was among of those people who rolled my eyes,” Simon conceded. “[But] I had a few sessions and I became a great believer.” |
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