# Sarah Vowell - Annoying Voice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 10, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569 "2013-03-10T20:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569/41 "2015-12-01T21:18:09Z")

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Someone asked her how she got the Pixar gig, and her answer was, “The director listened to one of my NPR stories, and he heard the voice of a superhero.”

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569/42 "2015-12-14T00:36:51Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Yet Legendary Anchorman Bill Kurtis still gets work on NPR. Go figure! 😉

As an obvious figure of self-parody, sure. And a throwback to the Carl Kasell era.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569/43 "2015-12-14T00:50:37Z")

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Sarah Vowell–Universe’s Cutest Squeaky Voice!

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