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