offer their famous vocals to the story, and Bell helps them unpack the why and how they came by their iconic styles. Transgender author and podcasterexplains how she stepped out of her Mormon youth and into her voice; investigative journalisttraces how she systematically stripped away her Southern accent in order to be taken serious in her field; and linguistBell’s own vulnerabilities around her voice are on the table too.
It turns out that, though listening to your own voice may be downright torturous, going deep on where it comes from and how it’s changed and why is one simple way to fill hours of tape—at the very least it provides an opening line the next time you have the occasion to chat with Lake Bell. “This is a lifelong discussion,” she said. “I can’t wait. I mean, shoot, I like to put the mirror up and be like, ‘Tell me about what you feel about your voice. Tell me what your quirks are.
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