Twenty Thousand Hertz+

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

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
51
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
52
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
53
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
54
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bears, oh my!
23 min
55
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not eve...
Where is your mind?
25 min
56
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
57
The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
58
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
59
The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball ...
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the gang sing this song…
31 min
60
Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme s...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
61
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps...
Cricket good.
25 min
62
Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found m...
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
63
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who in...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
64
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
65
Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min
66
Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story...
Hanks for listening.
27 min
67
Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
Finding solitude in chaos.
31 min
68
Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Head South.
29 min
69
Guess That Sound 2022: Endless Thread
Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
50 min
70
TikTalk Update
The Kat is out of the bag.
7 min
71
Talkin’ Turkey
We explore the rich sonic world of a North American bird
14 min
72
Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
A new foe has appeared!
22 min
73
Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
Round one. Fight!
23 min
74
MicroHertz: Halloween Hertz
Dallas takes on a spooky sound challenge
16 min
75
A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
Do you see what I hear?
27 min