Twenty Thousand Hertz

A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Music
Society & Culture
Arts
26
The Spatial Race
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
27
Found In Translation
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
28
Insurance Jingles... Why?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
29
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
30
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
31
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
32
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
33
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
34
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
35
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
36
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
37
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
38
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
39
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
40
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
41
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
42
Shock Horror (A)
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
43
Sleight of Ear
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
44
Breathe
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
45
Relearning Boléro
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
46
Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
47
Windows_Logon.wav
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
48
Ta-da! It’s Windows
Start me up.
26 min
49
Liquid Terror
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
50
Mind the Gap
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min