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