I like his interviews and wish he would give more of them away for free. I don't have enough spare money to justify buying them.

Why not just say his voice pitch is kind of high?  He's not the only one, BTW. Maybe there's even an environmental explanation.

Define "effeminate".

Aside from the question of vocal pitch, there is nothing "effeminate" about Stephen Heiner. To suggest otherwise is to slander the man.

Moreover, when you consider the facts about him, there is plenty of evidence that he is, in fact, virile:

He's a traditional Catholic, he admires Bishop Williamson, he managed to start at least one business, he's able to handle interviews with more or less famous people, etc.

And he's also full of himself.  But yes, he IS accomplished.

He does come across as a bit smarmily self-satisfied. That and the voice put me off looking any further into his work than what I've seen on Youtube (and certainly I don't feel inclined to pay money in order to do so).

First impressions are often correct, but not always. Fr Cekada's perma-smirk struck me as somewhat irksomely smug. But his "Work of Human Hands" proved to be quite brilliant and I'm glad I didn't let my first impression of him get in the way of my discovering it.

Is this thread anything else than gossip ?

Perhaps it could be redeemed by taking the focus off of Mr Heiner and instead fostering a discussion about the undeniable modern trend of feminization in manner and speech of young American men, even among traditional Catholics who reject the evils of sodomy and effeminacy (and I don't think anyone here was suggesting that Mr Heiner does not reject these evils - certainly I don't mean to suggest that).

I know very little to nothing about him, but I get the impression that he's a young fellow. If so, he may very well merely be a product of his generation to some degree, as I'm of the belief that the overwhelming majority of men in America under 30 could do with a nice 40oz can of Man Voice.

There are many good intelligent Traditional Catholic men out there whom I assume are doing the best in their milieu to bring forth discussions on the Faith.

One must also acknowledge that not every one has a voice for radio/tv, public speaking and the like. The pitch, tone and timber of one voice (here I will just stick with males) can be pleasant and suitable for audio productions, or it can be annoying, grating, full of hubris, effeminate, and just plain offputing. I but think of the various sermons or lectures given or listened to. Although the content is great, the delivery is so poor as to detract from what is being said.Listen to Librovox recordings. Some are good. Others are horrible, to the point they are unlistenable.

To speak well is a talent, and a skill that can be taught and honed. (I am thinking of the movie the King's English as an example.) When I taught public speaking to high school boys, there are some things you can work with and fix.

I found/find for example, singing Gregorian chant difficult in one aspect because the range tends to be high. I do better with the basso profundo of Byzantine chant (probably has something to do with Polish blood and the whole Slavic thing going on there ) while men of similar age find it more suitable to their vocal range to chant Gregorian. The same principle can be applied to speaking.

It takes a good to great effort as well to produce a suitable ear friendly production, be it live or recorded. I have recorded audiobooks for seeing impaired friends, and it can be a time consuming effort. One makes plenty of mistakes.

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I for one love his interviews, and am a regular listener to Restoration Radio, I find most of thier stuff very informative.
As for Charles Coloumbe, interviews on various historical subjects , I wish only that Steven would "reign" him in more and keep him on target.

As for younger males being more effeminate, I whole heartily agree. I noticed it especially so in the Western States more than in the East. It seems the "ethnic"people of this country are more masculine than the vanilla American IMO.
 

As an aside, you HAVE seen a picture of Stephen Heiner, right?