Twenty Thousand Hertz+

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

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
76
MicroHertz: Scary Sounds/Silly Sounds
Dallas shares the scariest and silliest sounds
17 min
77
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
78
MicroHertz: Ask Dallas
Dallas answers listener questions
16 min
79
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
80
MicroHertz: Twenty Thousand Tunes
The composer behind the music of this show.
16 min
81
Shock Horror (A)
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
82
MicroHertz: To the ISS!
20K visits the International Space Station
15 min
83
Sleight of Ear
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
84
Breathe
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
85
Relearning Boléro
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
86
Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
87
Windows_Logon.wav
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
88
Ta-da! It’s Windows
Start me up.
26 min
89
Liquid Terror
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
90
Mind the Gap
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
91
Hidden Hitmakers [Extended Cut]
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
33 min
92
Happy Little Episode
How a soft-spoken, poofy-haired painter changed the world, one gentle word at a time.
41 min
93
Pirate Radio
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min
94
Being Dallas Taylor
What’s in a name?
40 min
95
Sul Sul
The secrets of Simlish, the gibberish language of The Sims.
25 min
96
Aural Exam
The hosts of Underunderstood go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
37 min
97
HBO 2.0
How HBO reconciled its analog past with its digital future.
25 min
98
It's Not TV. It's HBO.
How HBO crafted two of the most iconic pieces of sonic branding in history.
23 min
99
Zzzzzzzzzzzrr...
If you live with a snorer, it can be tricky to roll out of bed after a night of little sleep.
40 min
100
Creature Speakers
How do you voice over 200 monsters?
26 min