Twenty Thousand Hertz+
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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From Cylinders to Streaming
New format, who dis?
28 min
52
Seventh-Inning Stretch
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the gang sing this song…
31 min
53
Vocal Stratosphere
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
54
Songbugs
Cricket good.
25 min
55
Breathe Deep
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
56
The Spatial Race
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
57
Found in Translation
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
58
Insurance Jingles... Why?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
59
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
60
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
61
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
62
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
63
Update: Jessie Unmasked
The Kat is out of the bag.
7 min
64
Talkin’ Turkey
We explore the rich sonic world of a North American bird
14 min
65
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
66
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
67
MicroHertz: Halloween Hertz
Dallas takes on a spooky sound challenge
16 min
68
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
69
MicroHertz: Origin Story
How did Twenty Thousand Hertz get here?
17 min
70
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
71
MicroHertz: Trailers Through the Decades
How the structure and sound of movie trailers evolved through the years.
17 min
72
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
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MicroHertz: Unsolved Sonic Mysteries
Strange and unexplained sounds throughout history
18 min
74
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
75
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min