# Does anyone else hate Ira Glass's voice? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343 "2003-06-21T02:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/1 "2003-06-21T02:50:31Z")
Is it just because I’m living out here in the mountains of Colorado, or are there others that really dislike his voice? Everytime I bring Ira Glass’s name up among public radio listeners around here, there always seems to be a number of people who hate his voice. Is it just us or what? I seem to remember that he is from Chicago. Does that voice seem to be less whiney to the people of the Windy City? TV ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/2 "2003-06-21T03:25:33Z")
No, every bit as whiney. We’re just deeper here close to the Earth’s core so we tolerate it better. 😉 Actually, considering how potentially annoying it is–and he doesn’t SOUND like he’s from Chicago–Ira’s voice has grown on me. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/3 "2003-06-21T03:38:49Z")
I’m sure many people dislike his voice. I am not one of them – Ira Glass is one of my personal heroes – but I can understand the feeling. It’s not conventionally radio-friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/4 "2003-06-21T06:04:40Z")
Annoying at first. Then I listened to what he was saying. Damn good radio show. Voice doesn’t bother me now. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/5 "2003-06-21T08:18:57Z")
It is not just you. Although we seem to be in a minority. If it makes you feel any better, I know a speech therapist who would give anything for an hour-long session with him. She’s always talking about something very specifically wrong with his way of speaking… but it’s some term I can’t remember. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/6 "2003-06-21T08:24:04Z")
I love his voice. His show is excellent. Now I just want to clone him and have an Ira of my very own. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/7 "2003-06-21T19:36:04Z")
I love his voice! It’s Sarah Vowell’s voice that annoys the hell out of me. Go go This American Life! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/8 "2003-06-22T02:17:34Z")
**Glory** , you’re not kidding! I like what Sarah says, but jeezopete, what a voice… I don’t mind Ira’s voice, though it is a bit idiosyncratic. I _love_ the show. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/9 "2003-06-22T03:15:54Z")
I hate hate hate his voice. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/10 "2003-06-22T03:39:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Glory \* > **It’s Sarah Vowell’s voice that annoys the hell out of me.** Okay, maybe I have to take a deep breath and clear my mind of kneejerk reactions so I can listen to what she’s saying rather than how she says it. A good voice for print. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/11 "2003-06-22T03:52:11Z")
Dear Ira, don’t listen to those heathens. Your show could not be any more perfect. Love, Maryna ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/12 "2003-06-22T04:19:07Z")
Too busy loving the show to worry about the voice. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/13 "2003-06-22T14:01:22Z")
My wife sure does, which is why I can never listen to _TAL_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/14 "2003-06-22T14:44:44Z")
Ira’s voice bugs me. but those Christopher Walken style inflections don’t help. Vowell’s voice voice needs to go back to whatever alternate dimension it came from. The bad thing is voice or no voice, I just don’t find her funny. Go figure. So despite repeated attempts and encouragement from people who’s opinions I respect, I just can’t take _This American Life_. ---
**Author:** ![MrSarcasticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/15 "2003-06-22T15:51:31Z")
Though I have no idea who this person is, I find it hard to believe his voice is more annoying than Billy “Oxyclean” Mays’. Like daggers in my ears, it is. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/16 "2003-06-22T21:25:37Z")
I _love_ Ira Glass’s voice. I _love_ Sarah Vowell’s voice. Love everything about This American Life. Love it, love it, love it. Now, Garison Keilor’s voice on the other hand… ::shudder:: Don’t even get me started on Prairie Home Companion… ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/17 "2003-06-22T21:28:57Z")
Naw, it’s Diane Rhem’s voice I can’t stand. It seems like it’s constantly warbling up and down … ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/18 "2003-06-22T21:54:29Z")
Squirrel Cop Ira rules! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/19 "2003-06-22T22:13:51Z")
Ugh. Don’t mind the voice but his whole program concept sucks. Why not just call it ‘Reasons to kill yourself and get it over with life’? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343/20 "2003-06-22T22:30:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \* > \*\*Naw, it’s Diane Rhem’s voice I can’t stand. It seems like it’s constantly warbling up and down … \*\* You do know she has a voice disorder don’t you? Spasmodic dysphonia. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-ira-glasss-voice/183343.md?page=2)