00:00I think my voice is piercing.
00:05Do I keep on talking about it?
00:06How would I describe my voice?
00:08Um...
00:09Um...
00:10Um...
00:10I just... I hate it.
00:12My voice is...
00:14Um...
00:15Sometimes I really like it and sometimes I'm surprised how it comes off in recordings.
00:20Um... I don't know how to describe it. It's bratty.
00:24What is my voice?
00:28Where does it come from?
00:31The vocal cords, comprised of two membranes stretched across the larynx,
00:35squeeze and contort to create a myriad of sounds.
00:38Air travels up from my lungs, through my vocal cords, out of my mouth, and into your ear.
00:44But what does my voice carry?
00:46A language.
00:48An accent.
00:52I am so excited to be here.
00:54An inflection.
00:55This is upspeak.
00:56This is upspeak.
00:57This is upspeak.
00:57This is upspeak.
00:58A song.
00:59A sentence.
01:05A word.
01:05Like.
01:06Meaning.
01:07You subconsciously ascribe meaning to the voices you hear.
01:10Sex.
01:11Sexuality.
01:12Emotion.
01:12Age.
01:13Sometimes you're correct.
01:14Gender.
01:15Culture.
01:15Region.
01:16Sometimes you're not.
01:17Wisdom.
01:17Intelligence.
01:18Authority.
01:19Height.
01:19Weight.
01:20Ability.
01:20Ability.
01:21Sex appeal.
01:21Penis.
01:21Penis size.
01:22Fertility.
01:23Fertility.
01:24So my question is, why does this matter so much to you?
01:27As speakers, we say much more than what we say.
01:31As listeners, we make little value judgments on people whenever they speak, regardless of
01:36how much we really know about them.
01:38I really can't stand when people talk in a monotone voice.
01:42A rule I live by is to never sound like Kim Kardashian.
01:46Oh, hi baby.
01:48You're cute.
01:49Vocal fries.
01:49Hey girlie.
01:50It's annoying to hear voices that always end in questions.
01:53And then I thought that Obama was a good president.
01:56I'm like, no, he's just a good president.
01:58Finish the sentence.
01:59I love a deep voice.
02:01Deep.
02:01Oh baby.
02:02Has the sound of your voice ever made you feel unsafe?
02:06Oh, I sound like I'm gay and people are going to know.
02:09It's not something I can really hide.
02:11I don't know if there's a gay voice, but if there is one, I have one.
02:14Two years ago, I was physically assaulted outside my house.
02:19I had been talking on the phone with my mom.
02:22I was hit over the head like 45 times.
02:25Not great.
02:26I'm not really sure what happened, but from what my mom says, it was a hate crime.
02:30I don't know.
02:30I think there's just like some sort of deep rooted fear that it's going to happen again,
02:34even though like I'm more cautious.
02:36I don't talk on the phone.
02:38But I think I take it a little too far and like I don't talk at all.
02:41Has the sound of your voice ever made you feel like you weren't smart enough?
02:44Or good enough?
02:45Or cool enough?
02:46Or professional enough?
02:47Or experienced enough?
02:48Or perhaps even old enough?
02:50It's hard to hang out with like a large group of guys because you'll just get interrupted
02:55and you probably won't get a full sentence out.
02:57Oh man, I wish I could put on my big girl voice.
03:00I know like when I'm in a group of like huge like football guys and I have this like little
03:04pipsqueak voice,
03:05like I usually try not to talk because I sound like a like aunt or something.
03:10I'm like a hype man instead.
03:13I'll be like great point Zach.
03:16That was great Bob or like mm-hmm.
03:20People told me that I sounded like a Disney princess when they hear my voice back and I didn't love
03:26that.
03:27Has the sound of your voice ever made you shut up?
03:31No.
03:33Because I have a lot of things to say usually.
03:36If I could change my voice I don't think I would because it is so much a part of me.
03:42I love my voice actually.
03:43I think it's great.
03:44It is what it is.
03:47I want to be judged.
03:49I want to be judged.
03:50For the ketchup of my message.
03:52For the ketchup of my message.
03:54Not the fry it arrives on.
03:57Not the fry it arrives on.
03:59Uh,
03:59Just don't use tav brushedules in some way.
04:00It'sカップed your abundance comes in the middle of all the terrorists.
04:00Um,
04:00and Tommy is like oh ahs-
04:02The mushrooms are really buenos.
04:02How are you guys off?
