Here is a link on how to pronounce mod_perl.

About Perl itself, you may listen to a whole speech by merlyn talking about Perl for fifty minutes. You might be able to extract the relevant piece. ;)

If you don't like merlyn, then you could try Larry Wall or some other speakers at this repository of Perl speeches.

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