Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.
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Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
77
Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
Round one. Fight!
23 min
78
A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
79
The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers ...
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
80
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
85
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
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Ghosts in the Hit Machine: The secrets of music...
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
90
Why Windows Got Rid of Startup Sounds
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
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Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup ...
Start me up.
26 min
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The Waterphone: Hollywood’s spookiest sound effect
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
93
Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
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Hidden Hitmakers: The unsung heroes behind pop’...
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
30 min
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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
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Pirate Radio: Britain’s AM rebels of the ’60s
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min
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Being Dallas Taylor: Meeting my name twins
What’s in a name?
40 min
98
Sul Sul! Behind the gibberish language of The Sims
The secrets of Simlish, the gibberish language of The Sims.
25 min
99
Guess That Sound 2021: Underunderstood
The hosts of Underunderstood go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
37 min
100
The Static Angel: How HBO perfected its sonic i...
How HBO reconciled its analog past with its digital future.
25 min