I’m listening to the New Yorker Out Loud podcast in which Matt Dellinger (who has a calming, pleasant voice himself) interviews Boyer about the latter’s recent story about newsman Keith Olbermann, and am struck by how resonant the latter’s speaking voice is. It is a mellow, searchingly thoughtful voice, with a note of the South (Texas, I’m guessing), and the sound of the two of them together makes for a sort of duet for cello and bassoon. It’s a good interview, too.
Matt, bring back Mr. Boyer for another discussion soon, won’t you? In the meantime, he could read a short story for the fiction podcast, perhaps something by John Graves. This makes me think: Paul Muldoon‘s similarly unboastful, shapely voice. A poetry podcast to complement the rest, complete with songs (Muldoon would choose them well), and it would be as lively as can be–something like the Favorite Poem Project, but with a New Yorker-specific tilt. Let’s hope that this is in the works.