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
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
27
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
28
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
29
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
30
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
31
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
32
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
33
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
34
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
35
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
36
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
37
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
38
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
39
Shock Horror (A)
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
40
Sleight of Ear
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
41
Breathe
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
42
Relearning Boléro
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
43
Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
44
Windows_Logon.wav
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
45
Ta-da! It’s Windows
Start me up.
26 min
46
Liquid Terror
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
47
Mind the Gap
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
48
Hidden Hitmakers
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
30 min
49
Happy Little Episode
How a soft-spoken, poofy-haired painter changed the world, one gentle word at a time.
41 min
50
Pirate Radio
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min