Twenty Thousand Hertz
Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.
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“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing.
21 min
2
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that cha...
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo.
41 min
3
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “...
Hearing the universe through data sonification.
32 min
4
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the...
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon.
26 min
5
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked.
32 min
6
Sound Pro Smackdown: Guess That Sound! w/ 3 ind...
Three audio pros go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
41 min
7
Dog Translation Guide: Decoding Barks, Howls, &...
How to decode your dog’s barks, growls, and wags.
37 min
8
Cat Translation Guide: Decoding Meows, Purrs, &...
How to decode your cat’s meows, chirrups, and chitters.
36 min
9
The Voices of Bluey w/ Uncle Stripe
The voices and real-life inspiration behind the hit series.
25 min
10
The Organic Sound of Bluey w/ Sound Designer Da...
The organic sound design of the hit series.
27 min
11
"Blah, blah, blah" and the Ungooglable Phrase
A linguistic deep dive into nonsensical phrases.
24 min
12
Lofi Girl: The story behind 📚 beats to relax/st...
How Lofi became the go-to genre for studying and relaxing.
28 min
13
How Doctors Listen: A sonic journey through the...
What sound can tell doctors about our health.
23 min
14
The Sound of Apple: Marimbas, Radars & Reflections
The design genius behind Apple’s ringtones, alarms, and more.
23 min
15
The Sound of Apple: Tritones, Chords & Origins
The design secrets behind Apple’s iconic sounds.
24 min
16
Listener Stories: Auditory hallucinations & fam...
A collection of six audience tales.
20 min
17
The dark history of nursery rhymes
Once you listen, you’ll never hear nursery rhymes the same way again.
41 min
18
Sounds of the Deep: Mysteries and threats benea...
The mysteries of aquatic sound, and the fight against underwater noise pollution.
22 min
19
Boom Bling: TikTok's sonic guerrilla marketing
The dog bark was a mistake.
20 min
20
Mixing Seth Meyers: Behind the sound of late ni...
Mixing Seth Meyers
24 min
21
Untranslatable Words: Guess That Meaning!
Je ne say what?
26 min
22
Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios
Bringing an alien world to life through sound.
44 min
23
Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground...
You’ve gotta hear it to believe it.
25 min
24
All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed wi...
It’s time to bass the music.
24 min
25
Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporat...
A hidden world of showbiz…
28 min