Twenty Thousand Hertz+

The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
51
Breathe Deep
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
52
The Spatial Race
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
53
Found in Translation
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
54
Insurance Jingles... Why?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
55
Soundalikes
Hanks for listening.
27 min
56
Golden
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
57
Recalculating
Head South.
29 min
58
Endless Hertz
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
59
Update: Jessie Unmasked
The Kat is out of the bag.
7 min
60
Talkin’ Turkey
We explore the rich sonic world of a North American bird
14 min
61
Synth War II: Digital Doom
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
62
Synth War
Round one. Fight!
23 min
63
MicroHertz: Halloween Hertz
Dallas takes on a spooky sound challenge
16 min
64
A Thousand Words
Do you see what I hear?
27 min
65
MicroHertz: Origin Story
How did Twenty Thousand Hertz get here?
17 min
66
The Booj Strikes Back
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
67
MicroHertz: Trailers Through the Decades
How the structure and sound of movie trailers evolved through the years.
17 min
68
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
69
MicroHertz: Unsolved Sonic Mysteries
Strange and unexplained sounds throughout history
18 min
70
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
71
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
72
MicroHertz: Scary Sounds/Silly Sounds
Dallas shares the scariest and silliest sounds
17 min
73
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
74
MicroHertz: Ask Dallas
Dallas answers listener questions
16 min
75
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min