Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
1
Sound Off: Siren Calls, Medical Melodies & Miss...
The first collection of listener-produced stories from our Sound Off competition.
28 min
2
I interviewed 5 other Dallas Taylors and things...
An odyssey into the power of names.
41 min
3
Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyar...
Hollywood’s sound masters share their best sonic stories.
26 min
4
The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he...
The fact and fiction around one of the greatest composers in history.
26 min
5
The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
How Switched on Pop changed their theme music after 400 episodes.
39 min
6
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
How accessible design benefits everyone.
30 min
7
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing.
21 min
8
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that cha...
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo.
41 min
9
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “...
Hearing the universe through data sonification.
32 min
10
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the...
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon.
26 min
11
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked.
32 min
12
Sound Pro Smackdown: Guess That Sound! w/ 3 ind...
Three audio pros go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
41 min
13
Dog Translation Guide: Decoding Barks, Howls, &...
How to decode your dog’s barks, growls, and wags.
37 min
14
Cat Translation Guide: Decoding Meows, Purrs, &...
How to decode your cat’s meows, chirrups, and chitters.
36 min
15
The Voices of Bluey w/ Uncle Stripe
The voices and real-life inspiration behind the hit series.
25 min
16
The Organic Sound of Bluey w/ Sound Designer Da...
The organic sound design of the hit series.
27 min
17
"Blah, blah, blah" and the Ungooglable Phrase
A linguistic deep dive into nonsensical phrases.
24 min
18
Lofi Girl: The story behind 📚 beats to relax/st...
How Lofi became the go-to genre for studying and relaxing.
28 min
19
How Doctors Listen: A sonic journey through the...
What sound can tell doctors about our health.
23 min
20
The Sound of Apple: Marimbas, Radars & Reflections
The design genius behind Apple’s ringtones, alarms, and more.
23 min
21
The Sound of Apple: Tritones, Chords & Origins
The design secrets behind Apple’s iconic sounds.
24 min
22
Listener Stories: Auditory hallucinations & fam...
A collection of six audience tales.
20 min
23
The dark history of nursery rhymes
Once you listen, you’ll never hear nursery rhymes the same way again.
41 min
24
Sounds of the Deep: Mysteries and threats benea...
The mysteries of aquatic sound, and the fight against underwater noise pollution.
22 min
25
Boom Bling: TikTok's sonic guerrilla marketing
The dog bark was a mistake.
20 min