Twenty Thousand Hertz+

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

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