Twenty Thousand Hertz

The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
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Sounds of the Deep: Mysteries and threats benea...
The mysteries of aquatic sound, and the fight against underwater noise pollution.
22 min
27
Boom Bling: TikTok's sonic guerrilla marketing
The dog bark was a mistake.
20 min
28
Mixing Seth Meyers: Behind the sound of late ni...
Mixing Seth Meyers
24 min
29
Untranslatable Words: Guess That Meaning!
Je ne say what?
26 min
30
Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios
Bringing an alien world to life through sound.
44 min
31
Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground...
You’ve gotta hear it to believe it.
25 min
32
All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed wi...
It’s time to bass the music.
24 min
33
Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporat...
A hidden world of showbiz…
28 min
34
Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
Take Me There.
23 min
35
Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly-crafted podcast about the amazing world of sound.
2 min
36
Tournament of Champions: Guess That Sound! w/ p...
Simply ear-resistible.
43 min
37
Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, a...
Tech on me.
25 min
38
Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
Check your head(phones).
23 min
39
Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with ...
How brands use sound to make the invisible visible.
20 min
40
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
41
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
42
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
43
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bees, oh my!
23 min
44
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not ever...
Where is your mind?
25 min
45
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
46
The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
47
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
48
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
49
Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme si...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
50
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps,...
Cricket good.
25 min