Twenty Thousand Hertz+

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

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