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
The Voice Inside
Where is your mind?
25 min
27
Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
28
Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
29
From Cylinders to Streaming
New format, who dis?
28 min
30
Seventh-Inning Stretch
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the gang sing this song…
31 min
31
Vocal Stratosphere
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
32
Songbugs
Cricket good.
25 min
33
Breathe Deep
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
34
The Spatial Race
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
35
Found In Translation
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
36
Insurance Jingles... Why?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
37
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
38
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
39
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
40
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
41
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
42
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
43
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
44
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
45
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
46
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
47
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
48
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
49
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
50
Shock Horror (A)
Dun dun duuun!
27 min