microphone

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Episodes generally begin the same way, with the sisters sitting behind a table with an old-fashioned radio-days microphone nicknamed “Mike-elangelo” between them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Once a star-making medium for nobodies with a dream and a microphone, podcasts are now dominated by the already-famous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"Help, help, help us now that you've come to visit us," shouts Akale Helen, immediately after the reporter puts a microphone in front of her.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The winners in the live-action short film category had the microphone turned back on after initially being played off the stage.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

Then a boom sounded overhead—the exact kind of feedback boom a cheap, quickly built microphone would make when it was switched on.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix