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

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

Shortly after telling a festival crowd in New York she said she'd had a "tricky couple of days", she dropped her microphone, collapsed backwards and had to be helped off stage.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Eventually, a tall woman with glasses stepped up to the microphone.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller