The best name ever

[ThelmaLou]

@Asimovian

I can recall being shocked – but not displeased – to learn that the “Marketplace” host I’d always known as “Guy Rizdoll” is actually Kai Ryssdal.

NO KIDDING!

I must adjust my mental picture of a guy named “Guy” to a guy named “Kai.” Oh dear. Not sure I can do that.

@Ferret_Herder

Lynne Rossetto Kasper has a pretty decent name, but an absolute purr in her voice when she talks about interesting or beloved foods on The Splendid Table.

Her name is nice, but her voice makes me want to chew nails and stomp on kittens (okay, not the second). To me, her voice is the auditory definition of the word “smarmy.” If anyone asks me what does *smarmy *mean, I tell them, “Listen to The Splendid Table.” Her voice brings together in a perfect blend all the qualities I don’t like in people when I don’t like them: it’s arrogant, patronizing, phony, superior, affected… full of fakery, stylization, snottiness, pretense… I could go on and on. I feel better. Thank you for providing the opportunity.

[MeanOldLady]

@Asimovian

I can recall being shocked – but not displeased – to learn that the “Marketplace” host I’d always known as “Guy Rizdoll” is actually Kai Ryssdal.

Oh my god, Steve Insky’s name is Steve Inskeep! :eek: What else are these people hiding?

[Asimovian]

@MeanOldLady

Oh my god, Steve Insky’s name is Steve Inskeep! :eek: What else are these people hiding?

I actually have a tight connection with someone at the local NPR affiliate, but there are certain things I’m simply not at liberty to divulge. So few know the truth about the real name of Bob Edwards…

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Asimovian

I actually have a tight connection with someone at the local NPR affiliate, but there are certain things I’m simply not at liberty to divulge. So few know the truth about the real name of Bob Edwards…

Some things Man was not meant to know.

[Gagundathar]

@ThelmaLou

NPR correspondent, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, has THE best name ever. And possibly the best voice, too. When she signs off, the way she says her name and her city, Dakar, is heavenly

You can hear her here.

That is all.

1. That was an extremely well-done radio piece on the platinum miners in South Africa by this extraordinary talent.
2. Her name and her voice are well worth listening to her reading a phone book.
3. She looks like a very nice lady in her images. Attractive and approachable. She probably does great interviews.
4. Thanks for this. I didn’t know this lady’s work before.

[eschereal]

@brossa

Throatwarbler Mangrove

That is just wrong. You may not spell that name phonetically.

[ThelmaLou]

@brossa

Throatwarbler Mangrove

Gargle with salt water twice a day and put Vicks VapoRub on your chest at night, and that will clear right up.

[JackieLikesVariety]

loved this whole thread and the OP’s link was so excellent - now there’s an accent. I want all of us to begin talking like that now.

about The Splendid Table

Her voice brings together in a perfect blend all the qualities I don’t like in people when I don’t like them: it’s arrogant, patronizing, phony, superior, affected… full of fakery, stylization, snottiness, pretense…

OMG this is so true! when I can get past it - like I’m traveling and no other radio station comes in - I enjoy the content of her show but that voice - yuck.

[Ferret_Herder]

@ThelmaLou

Her name is nice, but her voice makes me want to chew nails and stomp on kittens (okay, not the second). To me, her voice is the auditory definition of the word “smarmy.” If anyone asks me what does *smarmy *mean, I tell them, “Listen to The Splendid Table.” Her voice brings together in a perfect blend all the qualities I don’t like in people when I don’t like them: it’s arrogant, patronizing, phony, superior, affected… full of fakery, stylization, snottiness, pretense… I could go on and on. I feel better. Thank you for providing the opportunity.

I believe you’ve confused her with Ina Garten of The Barefoot Contessa. I listened to one episode where she had a sore throat and the strong New York accent that she’d been suppressing came out with a vengeance.

[ThelmaLou]

@Ferret_Herder

I believe you’ve confused her with Ina Garten of The Barefoot Contessa. I listened to one episode where she had a sore throat and the strong New York accent that she’d been suppressing came out with a vengeance.

You are so right. And that nervous, little-girl giggle.

[TheBoltEater]

Unless I somehow missed it, I can’t believe this thread has gone this long without anyone mentioning the great Name of the Year website. This year’s winner was Dr. Taco B.M. Monster, but my personal favorite is 2009 champion (and likely 2013 NFL top 10 draft pick!) Barkevious Mingo.

[Ellen_Cherry]

BM Monster! :eek:

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is a pretty good name. I heard her yesterday and thought of this thread.

Since we’ve drifted into voices, I’d like to purchase a neti pot for the health or medical reporter … I can’t think of her name. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard her in a while. Does anyone know who I’m talking about? She always sounds like she’s got a stuffed up nose.

[Asimovian]

Turning back to NPR for the moment, after paying close attention to all of the names on the drive in today, I realized I’d been remiss in failing to mention the lovely Yuki Noguchi, whose name falls very much into the “try saying that five times fast” category.

[ThelmaLou]

@TheBoltEater

Unless I somehow missed it, I can’t believe this thread has gone this long without anyone mentioning the great Name of the Year website. This year’s winner was Dr. Taco B.M. Monster, but my personal favorite is 2009 champion (and likely 2013 NFL top 10 draft pick!) Barkevious Mingo.

We were waiting for you! Thank goodness you finally checked in!

[Ellen_Cherry]

@Ellen_Cherry

BM Monster! :eek:

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is a pretty good name. I heard her yesterday and thought of this thread.

Since we’ve drifted into voices, I’d like to purchase a neti pot for the health or medical reporter … I can’t think of her name. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard her in a while. Does anyone know who I’m talking about? She always sounds like she’s got a stuffed up nose.

Joanne Silberner! It came to me this morning. And I was right, she hasn’t been on the air in two years. (Link is to her wedding announcement in the New York Times. She married a guy with the CDC!)

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Ellen_Cherry

Joanne Silberner! It came to me this morning. And I was right, she hasn’t been on the air in two years. (Link is to her wedding announcement in the New York Times. She married a guy with the CDC!)

What?! I love Joanne Silberner’s voice! I haven’t heard it in a while (and now I know why - thank you, Ellen Cherry). The reporter whose voice always mildly annoys me is Peter Overby. He’s got just a little bit of a lisp.

Peter Sagal of “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me” gets my vote for friendliest voice on radio. He just sounds like an incredibly nice man.

[Ellen_Cherry]

Peter Overby sounds so much like David Sedaris I thought that’s who it was when I first heard him!

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

Hmm. Have they ever been seen together?

[ThelmaLou]

In *The Atlantic *online: “Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?” Do you suppose they got the idea from us? (I think there was another SDMB thread on NPR names, but I didn’t search for it.)

ETA. They DID get the idea from here. The article links to this thread. Cool.

[Dewey_Finn]

I think this is the other thread you’re thinking of; Best Names in Public Radio.