NPR

NPR hosts slow their voices to signal a piece is ending. David Sedaris observes that NPR hosts slow their delivery as a piece closes. He describes this as a slowdown that cues the listener, not a real ending.

How I Write

Radio pushed Sedaris toward true stories written for the ear. Writing for radio shaped how he wrote: he favored true stories built to be heard rather than read.

The source describes this as the influence of radio in general, not of NPR in particular.

How I Write