Listen: The Guy Whose Job Is To Yell At Tennessee Lawmakers

In the Tennessee General Assembly, the main voices you hear are those of lawmakers, but perhaps the most unusual belongs to someone who’s never been elected.

Chief Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey doesn’t just keep the records of what goes on. With his barking baritone, he also sets the pace. 

Here, he explains how he came by his style, and you can hear it firsthand: 

Humphrey says he learned the loud, rapid-fire speaking style from cassette tapes and practiced it in the bathroom before his first session.

His young children are so entertained by the voice, he says, they often ask him to use it when he reads them stories.