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Phone guest: Elena Passarello, author of Let Me Clear My Throat; physiology, emotion of human voice; why we hate our own voice; whispering is bad for you; sexual vocal cords; Marlon Brando’s “Stella;” Rebel Yell; spelling out screams; Stella contest in New Orleans; women are better screamers; Mariah Carey can hit above a high C; Frank Sinatra didn’t sing at home; local voices Bill Peduto, Myron Cope & the Pittsburgh Sound; gold LPs attached to Voyager, playing recorded voices & songs in space; Callers: Clarence, Canonsburg / PJ, Greensburg.
This article appears in Dec 19-25, 2012.
