Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
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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
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Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme si...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
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Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps,...
Cricket good.
25 min
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Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found m...
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
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The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who inv...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
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Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
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Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
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Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’...
Hanks for listening.
27 min
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Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
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Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
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Endless Hertz: Guess That Sound! w/ Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
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Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
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Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
Round one. Fight!
23 min
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A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
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The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers ...
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
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The weird, wild world of 1-900 numbers
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
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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
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TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using he...
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
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The sonic secrets behind Ted Lasso
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
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Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better thro...
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
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Shock Horror A: The origin of the dramatic “Dun...
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
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Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Taylor
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
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Breathe: My Unexpected Journey
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
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Relearning Boléro: How our brains rewrite the s...
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min