What Is "Vocal Fry" And Why Is Everyone So Worried About It?

According to Bob Garfield, host of NPR's On The Media, young people's (especially young women's) speech patterns are becoming "really annoying." On a recent podcast, Garfield described the sound as "a door creaking or a hinge that needs oiling" and he begged for it to come to an end: "I want the oil to stop