Twenty Thousand Hertz

Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
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Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
Take Me There.
23 min
27
Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly-crafted podcast about the amazing world of sound.
2 min
28
Tournament of Champions: Guess That Sound! w/ p...
Simply ear-resistible.
43 min
29
Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, a...
Tech on me.
25 min
30
Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
Check your head(phones).
23 min
31
Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with ...
How brands use sound to make the invisible visible.
20 min
32
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
33
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
34
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
35
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bees, oh my!
23 min
36
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not ever...
Where is your mind?
25 min
37
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
38
The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
39
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
40
The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball ...
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the gang sing this song…
31 min
41
Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme si...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
42
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps,...
Cricket good.
25 min
43
Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found m...
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
44
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who inv...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
45
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
46
Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
47
Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’...
Hanks for listening.
27 min
48
Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
49
Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
50
Endless Hertz: Guess That Sound! w/ Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min