Twenty Thousand Hertz+
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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MicroHertz: Origin Story
How did Twenty Thousand Hertz get here?
17 min
77
The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers ...
How to turn your trailers up to 11.
24 min
78
MicroHertz: Trailers Through the Decades
How the structure and sound of movie trailers evolved through the years.
17 min
79
The weird, wild world of 1-900 numbers
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
80
MicroHertz: Unsolved Sonic Mysteries
Strange and unexplained sounds throughout history
18 min
81
Tokyo Rose: World War II’s most controversial ...
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
82
TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using h...
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
83
MicroHertz: Scary Sounds/Silly Sounds
Dallas shares the scariest and silliest sounds
17 min
84
The sonic secrets behind Ted Lasso
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
85
MicroHertz: Ask Dallas
Dallas answers listener questions
16 min
86
Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better thro...
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
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MicroHertz: Twenty Thousand Tunes
The composer behind the music of this show.
16 min
88
Shock Horror A: The origin of the dramatic “Du...
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
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MicroHertz: To the ISS!
20K visits the International Space Station
15 min
90
Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Ta...
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
91
Breathe: My Unexpected Journey
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
92
Relearning Boléro: How our brains rewrite the ...
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
93
Ghosts in the Hit Machine: The secrets of music...
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
94
Why Windows Got Rid of Startup Sounds
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
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Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup...
Start me up.
26 min
96
The Waterphone: Hollywood’s spookiest sound effect
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
97
Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit vo...
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
98
Hidden Hitmakers: The unsung heroes behind pop...
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
33 min
99
Happy Little Episode: The soothing voice of Bob...
How a soft-spoken, poofy-haired painter changed the world, one gentle word at a time.
41 min
100
Pirate Radio: Britain’s AM rebels of the ’60s
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min