Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
1
Auld Lang What? The surprising origins of the N...
Why do we sing “Auld Lang Syne” on New Years?
20 min
2
Guess That Sound 2025: Youtube Channel Champs
Three guests from our video series go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound competition.
44 min
3
The Sound of Fallout: From Iconic Games to Pres...
Crafting the immersive sonic world of Fallout.
39 min
4
Defying Gravity: The Audio Wizardry of Wicked's...
How Wicked’s audio team captured the astounding vocals live on-set.
29 min
5
The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
The vintage grooves behind modern hits.
42 min
6
Inside Imagineering: How Sound Powers Disney Magic
The sonic secrets of Disney Imagineers.
23 min
7
Live from New York, I’m Retired! SNL’s Sound Le...
The chaos & craft of mixing SNL
33 min
8
The Nursery Rhyme That Ruined a Rock Band
30 min
9
Sound Off (Gold): Transit Tunes & Childhood Chimes
The winning stories from our listener-produced Sound Off competition.
25 min
10
Yahoo! The Yodel Heard Around the World
How a cowboy’s yodel became Yahoo’s signature sound.
23 min
11
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece
30 min
12
Sound Off (Silver): Pinball Pings & Airport Aco...
The second collection of listener-produced stories from our Sound Off competition.
27 min
13
Mixing Madison Square Garden for Vulfpeck’s Big...
Behind the faders at a legendary music venue.
36 min
14
The Music of Jeopardy! From a Lullaby to $100,0...
The evolution of Jeopardy’s unforgettable theme song.
22 min
15
Sound Off (Bronze): Siren Calls & Medical Melodies
The first collection of listener-produced stories from our Sound Off competition.
28 min
16
I interviewed 5 other Dallas Taylors and things...
An odyssey into the power of names.
41 min
17
Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyar...
Hollywood’s sound masters share their best sonic stories.
26 min
18
The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he...
The fact and fiction around one of the greatest composers in history.
26 min
19
The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
How Switched on Pop changed their theme music after 400 episodes.
39 min
20
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
How accessible design benefits everyone.
30 min
21
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing.
21 min
22
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that cha...
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo.
41 min
23
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “...
Hearing the universe through data sonification.
32 min
24
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the...
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon.
26 min
25
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked.
32 min