Twenty Thousand Hertz
The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.
51
Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
52
Endless Hertz: Guess That Sound! w/ Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
53
Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
54
Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
Round one. Fight!
23 min
55
A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
56
The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers ...
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
57
The weird, wild world of 1-900 numbers
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
58
Tokyo Rose: World War II’s most controversial r...
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
59
TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using he...
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
60
The sonic secrets behind Ted Lasso
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
61
Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better thro...
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
62
Shock Horror A: The origin of the dramatic “Dun...
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
63
Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Taylor
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
64
Breathe: My Unexpected Journey
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
65
Relearning Boléro: How our brains rewrite the s...
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
66
Ghosts in the Hit Machine: The secrets of music...
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
67
Why Windows Got Rid of Startup Sounds
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
68
Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup ...
Start me up.
26 min
69
The Waterphone: Hollywood’s spookiest sound effect
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
70
Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
71
Hidden Hitmakers: The unsung heroes behind pop’...
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
30 min
72
Happy Little Episode: The soothing voice of Bob...
How a soft-spoken, poofy-haired painter changed the world, one gentle word at a time.
41 min
73
Pirate Radio: Britain’s AM rebels of the ’60s
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min
74
Being Dallas Taylor: Meeting my name twins
What’s in a name?
40 min
75
Sul Sul! Behind the gibberish language of The Sims
The secrets of Simlish, the gibberish language of The Sims.
25 min