Why does everyone on NPR sound so good?

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How to sound like you’re on NPR: Wish your executive had one of those mellifluous, resonant speaking voices so often heard on NPR? Turns out a voice trainer named David Candow is largely responsible for NPR’s distinctive tone, says The Washington Post. In a profile of Candow, Post writer Paul Farhi says Candow is referred to as “The Host Whisperer”: “The Canadian-born consultant is one of the most sought-after vocal training specialists in the English-speaking world, a kind of Henry Higgins to broadcasting’s Eliza Doolittles.”