Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
1
He's Mixed SNL for 40 Years
Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!
33 min
2
The Nursery Rhyme That Ruined a Rock Band
30 min
3
Sound Off (Gold): Transit Tunes & Childhood Chimes
The winning stories from our listener-produced Sound Off competition.
25 min
4
Yahoo! The Yodel Heard Around the World
How a cowboy’s yodel became Yahoo’s signature sound.
23 min
5
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece
30 min
6
Sound Off (Silver): Pinball Pings & Airport Aco...
The second collection of listener-produced stories from our Sound Off competition.
27 min
7
Mixing Madison Square Garden for Vulfpeck’s Big...
Behind the faders at a legendary music venue.
36 min
8
The Music of Jeopardy! From a Lullaby to $100,0...
The evolution of Jeopardy’s unforgettable theme song.
22 min
9
Sound Off (Bronze): Siren Calls & Medical Melodies
The first collection of listener-produced stories from our Sound Off competition.
28 min
10
I interviewed 5 other Dallas Taylors and things...
An odyssey into the power of names.
41 min
11
Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyar...
Hollywood’s sound masters share their best sonic stories.
26 min
12
The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he...
The fact and fiction around one of the greatest composers in history.
26 min
13
The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
How Switched on Pop changed their theme music after 400 episodes.
39 min
14
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
How accessible design benefits everyone.
30 min
15
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing.
21 min
16
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that cha...
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo.
41 min
17
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “...
Hearing the universe through data sonification.
32 min
18
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the...
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon.
26 min
19
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked.
32 min
20
Sound Pro Smackdown: Guess That Sound! w/ 3 ind...
Three audio pros go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
41 min
21
Dog Translation Guide: Decoding Barks, Howls, &...
How to decode your dog’s barks, growls, and wags.
37 min
22
Cat Translation Guide: Decoding Meows, Purrs, &...
How to decode your cat’s meows, chirrups, and chitters.
36 min
23
The Voices of Bluey w/ Uncle Stripe
The voices and real-life inspiration behind the hit series.
25 min
24
The Organic Sound of Bluey w/ Sound Designer Da...
The organic sound design of the hit series.
27 min
25
"Blah, blah, blah" and the Ungooglable Phrase
A linguistic deep dive into nonsensical phrases.
24 min