Twenty Thousand Hertz

The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. Hosted by Sound Designer Dallas Taylor, Twenty Thousand Hertz unlocks the stories, secrets and science behind what you hear. Whether you’re a professional audio engineer with decades of experience, a fourth grader who loves sound and music, or anyone in between, you’ll find something to love: the sound design secrets of hit movies, the forgotten backstories of classic theme songs, the sonic craft of jingles and device sounds, linguistic mysteries, psychoacoustics, video game music, animal communication, and beyond. With moving human stories, immersive sound design, and non-stop ear candy, Twenty Thousand Hertz has grown into the world’s leading podcast about sound. 


New to the show? Start here:

• I'm Lovin' It: How “Ba da ba ba ba” took over the world

• The Art of Foley: Bringing Slimer & Batman to life

• Tudum! The story behind the iconic Netflix sound

• The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past

• Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios

• A sonic journey through the Solar System

• Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
51
Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
Take Me There.
23 min
52
Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly-crafted podcast about the amazing world of sound.
2 min
53
Guess That Sound 2023: Tournament of Champions
Simply ear-resistible.
43 min
54
Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, a...
Tech on me.
25 min
55
Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
Check your head(phones).
23 min
56
Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with ...
How brands use sound to make the invisible visible.
20 min
57
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
58
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
59
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
60
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bees, oh my!
23 min
61
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not ever...
Where is your mind?
25 min
62
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
63
The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
64
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
65
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
66
Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme si...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
67
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps,...
Cricket good.
25 min
68
Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found m...
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
69
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who inv...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
70
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
71
Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
72
Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’...
Hanks for listening.
27 min
73
Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
74
Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
75
Guess That Sound 2022: Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min