Three tips for training your voice | NPR Training | NPR

Speaking into a microphone is hard — even for radio veterans at NPR. In this video, voice coach Jessica Hansen and NPR’s Training team share a few vocal exercises that will help you sound more natural in front of a mic. Learn alongside NPR stars Susan Stamberg, Sam Sanders and Cory Turner.

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[melissalouidor]

Surprised to read comments about Jessica’s voice sounding “contrite” “prissy” etc. To me she simply sounds pleasantly assertive and direct

[swansong]

God, it's always so weird to finally see the face of a person whose voice you know so well.

[nonomiconone]

Jessica is bloody brilliant. Her voice is my very favorite in this Universe.

[obsidiansea]

I knew this was going to be a great video before I watched it and it did not disappoint! Susan Stamberg has one of my most favorite radio voices. She's amazing. I'm surprised some of them didn't know these exercises because I assumed they all had to do lots of vocal exercises in order to have such great voices.

[obsidiansea]

When the Diane Rehm Show used to be on, I remember listeners calling in who had clearly written down what they were going to say beforehand and were just reading it. Not only did they choose wording you would tend to use when writing and not when speaking, but they sounded like they were reading mindlessly rather than talking. It reminds you how great public radio journalists' speaking voices are.

[danmagoo]

Women on NPR are the biggest offenders with "vocal fry" (not the stars, but many of the supporting players), to a point that forces me to switch channels or turn off the radio, and I truly applaud this woman for addressing the issue with constructive advice.

[controlfreak]

She was a great instructor. Clearly someone who loves the material they focus on! Great video!

[phantmdummy]

I've been in love with this womans voice for 4 years. Something in me snapped. I finally had to see her face.
She is perfect.

[karenovasquez]

I've been trying to fund some quick and easy vocal exercises. These are great, thank you!

[daisyjones]

Who’s listening in 2021? Excellent session! NPR is one of my favs.

[jimterrinoni]

I listen to NPR all day, most of the day. I have always admired the voices of MANY of NPR hosts. Today I stumbled upon Jessica Hansen's voice tip training video. glad I found this. Hansen is phenomenal. I am excited to try these tips out. Hansen is a consummate professional. One thing about this video, besides being helpful, is there is a lot of humor embedded in it. This nuanced humor is one of the reasons I love NPR.

[thomaslequeux]

Dr, Joyce Brothers had a soothing voice. Jessica's voice is just as soothing. I am new to NPR and appreciate the sound coming from her mouth. I listen every day now that there is no sports on air.

[jafuni]

I’ve looked at so many videos this past hour. This one was the most substantial and informative one, plus it was done very entertaining.

[nandoGdog]

At last I can connect a face with Jessica's voice! Now if only Lakshmi Singh would do a video.

[DarkPaadin]

this is one of the BEST tutorials EVER!

[cjoviac]

Her voice is absolutely perfect!! So
Glad that I can now put a face to that magnificent voice!! ❤️

[asmrpastoral]

I like Ms. Hansen's voice so much I Googled her to see who she was- and to try to find some other recordings with her voice on it. Everyone is obviously entitled to their opinion but I don't understand some of the overly-rude comments. They seem unnecessary and undeserved imho.

[obsidiansea]

If you're having a hard time with the lip trills, you can take your index fingers and push them into your lower cheeks. It's sort of like a training wheel if your muscles are too weak.

[monkeymeat]

She has such a soothing voice. There's also a guy that also names sponsor and has a nice voice too.

[wisemantrader]

Best vocal exercise I saw so far!! I have watched too many videos on vocal exercises and how to use your diaphragm yet this one I feel will fix my vocal projection forever