This is the audio version of my interview with WhisperingLife.
This audio recording gives a short overview of WhisperingLife and then I read the transcript of the interview which I initially posted on February 8, 2016.
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WhisperingLife has her Bachelors of Science degree in Ophthalmic Dispensing and is currently a Dispensing Optician in Nottingham, England.
WhisperingLife is not her real name, she prefers to keep that private. But this was the name she chose as her alias in early 2009 when she created the first whisper-dedicated channel on YouTube.
For this historical milestone, she is often referred to as the first ASMR artist.
Before jumping into the interview I want to provide more context and background about WhisperingLife.
The big similarity between WhisperingLife’s first whisper video channel and the relaxation video channels which preceded her channel is that both channel types relaxed and soothed the viewers.
One of the big differences though is that WhisperingLife did not use her words to relax, she just used her voice. She did not talk viewers through guided relaxation or meditation scenarios, she just rambled about stuff or read from books – but in a soft, gentle, whispering voice.
And now a research study published in the journal, Biological Psychology, has provided more evidence about how the human brain is more receptive to ‘how’ something is being said rather than to ‘what’ is being said.
On March 26, 2009, a young woman started posting videos of herself whispering on YouTube.
She shared some information about herself on YouTube, but she never revealed her exact identity.
Most people refer to her by the name of her YouTube channel, WhisperingLife – and credit her with starting the first whisper channel on YouTube.
Today’s podcast will focus on WhisperingLife and address the following questions:
The podcast will also include comments she received in the first year she started her channel in 2009, and include comments posted on her last video she uploaded in 2014.
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