Twenty Thousand Hertz

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

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