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Author Archives: Luke Ford
The Jared Kushner Voice
Jared Kushner (b. 1981) speaks softly. The voice sits high and thin, almost a whisper, and it surprises people who expect force from a man who held so much power. He keeps the volume low and the pitch level. He … Continue reading
The Susie Wiles Voice
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles (b. 1957) built a public style out of refusing one. That is the first thing to understand about her. She made silence the whole presentation. Her self-presentation runs on absence. She stood offstage … Continue reading
The Jamie Dimon Voice
Jamie Dimon (b. 1956) talks like a guy from Queens who runs a bank, because that is what he is. The voice carries a flat New York rasp, fast and a little gravelly, the consonants clipped. He does not slow … Continue reading
The All-In Podcast Voice
The four hosts each play a fixed role, and the show works because the roles rarely break. Chamath Palihapitiya (b. 1976) speaks in flat declaratives. He opens with “Look” or “The reality is” and then delivers a claim he calls … Continue reading
The Kara Swisher Voice
My 2006 interview. Kara Swisher (b. 1962) talks the way she writes. Fast, blunt, profane. She built her voice on access and on having been there first. She knew the founders before the money came, and she reminds you of … Continue reading
The Warren Buffet Voice
Warren Buffett (b. 1930) speaks in a flat Omaha accent, nasal and a little reedy, higher than you might expect from a man his size. The voice carries no polish. He sounds like a Nebraska insurance man at a Rotary … Continue reading
The Voice of Rabbi Yaakov Israel Ifergan
Rabbi Yaakov Israel Ifergan (b. 1966) — Known popularly in Israel as “The X-Ray” (Ha-Rentgen), Ifergan represents the rabbi as a charismatic ritual performer. Based in Netivot, his public appearances are spectacles of spiritual intensity. His performance style involves entering … Continue reading
Alliance Theory and the Iran War
Whenever I hear professional commentators opine on the Iran War, I only recall them saying what their alliance position predisposes them to say. I can’t think of any exceptions. Opinions on the war largely track opinions on Trump. What the … Continue reading
The Amnon Yitzhak Voice
Amnon Yitzhak (b. 1953) builds a voice out of the Yemenite street and the yeshiva study hall. He keeps the guttural ayin and het of Yemenite Hebrew, the pronunciation his Ashkenazi Haredi peers smooth away. That sound marks him. To … Continue reading
Will Wilkinson: From Libertarian to Liberal
Will Wilkinson (b. 1973) is an American political writer, policy analyst, and journalist whose career traces a significant ideological migration. He came out of the libertarian movement of the late twentieth century, then built a distinctive liberalism that joins market … Continue reading