
The latest from original sound:
The Case for Umms and Erms
What’s the deal with presidents and their love of a good “erm”? You’ve got Justin Trudeau’s infamous address that saw him utter fifty “umms” in just over a minute, and then there’s the fact that Boris Johnson’s “erms” are so prominent they feature on a printed face mask! On the surface they might be annoying to listen to, or they might give the impression that the offending speaker is ill informed, but an article in …
Why you should say yes to a radio or podcast interview
Having spent ten years working as a journalist for the BBC, I’ve made an insane number of cold calls to business owners and event coordinators to ask: “Would you speak about that on the radio?” Far too often, the answer was a hard and simple “no”. Now I get it, you’re a bit shy, you’ve never done it before, you’re worried about being grilled, or being asked unexpected questions… or the classic “I don’t like …
