Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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The Sound of Apple: Tritones, Chords & Origins
The design secrets behind Apple’s iconic sounds.
24 min
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Listener Stories: Auditory hallucinations & fam...
A collection of six audience tales.
20 min
28
The dark history of nursery rhymes
Once you listen, you’ll never hear nursery rhymes the same way again.
41 min
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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
30
Boom Bling: TikTok's sonic guerrilla marketing
The dog bark was a mistake.
20 min
31
Mixing Seth Meyers: Behind the sound of late ni...
Mixing Seth Meyers
24 min
32
Untranslatable Words: Guess That Meaning!
Je ne say what?
26 min
33
Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios
Bringing an alien world to life through sound.
44 min
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Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground...
You’ve gotta hear it to believe it.
25 min
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All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed wi...
It’s time to bass the music.
24 min
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Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporat...
A hidden world of showbiz…
28 min
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Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
Take Me There.
23 min
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Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly-crafted podcast about the amazing world of sound.
2 min
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Tournament of Champions: Guess That Sound! w/ p...
Simply ear-resistible.
43 min
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Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, a...
Tech on me.
25 min
41
Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
Check your head(phones).
23 min
42
Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with ...
How brands use sound to make the invisible visible.
20 min
43
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
44
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
45
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
46
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bees, oh my!
23 min
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Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not ever...
Where is your mind?
25 min
48
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
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The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
50
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min