In a Manner of Speaking Podcast
1) Episode 90 (A Retrospective: 2018-2025)
Join Paul Meier and his past guests for this retrospective of the first eight years of the podcast. Paul will be taking a hiatus and plans to return in 2026, so, for this last episode of 2025, let us ...Show More
2) Episode 89 (Voice Coaching, Sound Design, and Amplification in the Theatre)
For the June 2025 episode, Paul and his guest, voice/dialect coach and IDEA Senior Editor Sarah Nichols, discuss the relationship, or lack thereof, between voice coaches and sound designers in the the...Show More
3) Episode 88 (AI and the Human Voice)
The May 2025 episode tackles artificial intelligence, or AI. Paul's guests are speech-to-text specialist Michael McAuliffe and dialect coach Tanera Marshall, who worked on "The Brutalist." Paul, ...Show More
4) Episode 87 (Rhoticity: Watch Your R's)
For the April 2025 episode, Paul discusses rhoticity, the use of the letter R in speech. For more information, visit the page associated with this podcast episode at PaulMeier.com/In-A-Manner-Of-Speak...Show More
5) Episode 86 (How Playwrights Hear Their Characters’ Voices)
The March 2025 episode of "In a Manner of Speaking" is the first to feature a playwright. Paul Meier discusses how playwrights hear their characters voices with Pulitzer Price-nominated James Still.
6) Episode 85 (The World of Puppets)
Paul's February 2025 podcast episode is his first to focus on the speech of inanimate objects, specifically puppets. But as you will see from this month's guest, accomplished "Sesame Street"...Show More
7) Episode 84 ("Why Animals Talk")
For the January 2025 , Paul and his guest, distinguished Cambridge zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, discuss, in a first for this podcast, the speech of non-humans. Why do animals "talk"? For extra free con...Show More
8) Episode 83 (“Just How Boring Are You?” Be a Better Podcast Guest)
Renowned singing and voice teachers and authors Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher return to the podcast for December 2024 to discuss Jeremy's new book, "Just How Boring Are You?" which examines h...Show More
9) Episode 82 (American and British Dialects in Popular Song)
Linguist Karen Burgos returns to the podcast for November 2024 to discuss American and British dialects in popular song. She and Paul are joined by podcast co-producer Cameron Meier to examine dialect...Show More
10) Episode 81 (Voices of the Civil Rights Movement)
Actor, director, and voice/dialect coach Jacqueline Springfield returns to the podcast for October 2024 to discuss voices of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Paul and Jacqueline analyze...Show More