Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
51
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who inv...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
52
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
53
Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
54
Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’...
Hanks for listening.
27 min
55
Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
56
Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
57
Endless Hertz: Guess That Sound! w/ Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
58
Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
59
Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
Round one. Fight!
23 min
60
A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
61
The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers ...
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
62
The weird, wild world of 1-900 numbers
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
63
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
64
TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using he...
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
65
The sonic secrets behind Ted Lasso
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
66
Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better thro...
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
67
Shock Horror A: The origin of the dramatic “Dun...
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
68
Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Taylor
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
69
Breathe: My Unexpected Journey
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
70
Relearning Boléro: How our brains rewrite the s...
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
71
Ghosts in the Hit Machine: The secrets of music...
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
72
Why Windows Got Rid of Startup Sounds
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
73
Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup ...
Start me up.
26 min
74
The Waterphone: Hollywood’s spookiest sound effect
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
75
Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min