Twenty Thousand Hertz+

A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
26
Vocal Stratosphere
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
27
Songbugs
Cricket good.
25 min
28
Breathe Deep
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
29
The Spatial Race
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
30
Found in Translation
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
31
Insurance Jingles... Why?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
32
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
33
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
34
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
35
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
36
Update: Jessie Unmasked
The Kat is out of the bag.
7 min
37
Talkin’ Turkey
We explore the rich sonic world of a North American bird
14 min
38
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
39
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
40
MicroHertz: Halloween Hertz
Dallas takes on a spooky sound challenge
16 min
41
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
42
MicroHertz: Origin Story
How did Twenty Thousand Hertz get here?
17 min
43
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
44
MicroHertz: Trailers Through the Decades
How the structure and sound of movie trailers evolved through the years.
17 min
45
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
46
MicroHertz: Unsolved Sonic Mysteries
Strange and unexplained sounds throughout history
18 min
47
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
48
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
49
MicroHertz: Scary Sounds/Silly Sounds
Dallas shares the scariest and silliest sounds
17 min
50
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min