Twenty Thousand Hertz+

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

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
76
MicroHertz: Trailers Through the Decades
How the structure and sound of movie trailers evolved through the years.
17 min
77
1-900-20K-HRTZ
The rise and fall of 900 numbers.
34 min
78
MicroHertz: Unsolved Sonic Mysteries
Strange and unexplained sounds throughout history
18 min
79
Tokyo Rose
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
24 min
80
TikTalk
Meet the voices of TikTok.
28 min
81
MicroHertz: Scary Sounds/Silly Sounds
Dallas shares the scariest and silliest sounds
17 min
82
Ted Lasso's Dark Forest
The winning sound design behind Ted Lasso.
30 min
83
MicroHertz: Ask Dallas
Dallas answers listener questions
16 min
84
Handbook for Sonic Happiness
Practical tips for making your world sound better so that you feel better.
42 min
85
MicroHertz: Twenty Thousand Tunes
The composer behind the music of this show.
16 min
86
Shock Horror (A)
Dun dun duuun!
27 min
87
MicroHertz: To the ISS!
20K visits the International Space Station
15 min
88
Sleight of Ear
Dallas reveals the tricks of the trade.
24 min
89
Breathe
A story from Dallas’ former life.
32 min
90
Relearning Boléro
Can we really trust our ears?
38 min
91
Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine
Inside the secretive world of ghostwriting and ghost producing.
27 min
92
Windows_Logon.wav
The death and rebirth of the Windows startup sound.
31 min
93
Ta-da! It’s Windows
Start me up.
26 min
94
Liquid Terror
The sound that haunts Hollywood.
24 min
95
Mind the Gap
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
32 min
96
Hidden Hitmakers [Extended Cut]
Who writes the hits for the pop stars?
33 min
97
Happy Little Episode
How a soft-spoken, poofy-haired painter changed the world, one gentle word at a time.
41 min
98
Pirate Radio
How a group of scrappy radio pirates changed the course of music history.
33 min
99
Being Dallas Taylor
What’s in a name?
40 min
100
Sul Sul
The secrets of Simlish, the gibberish language of The Sims.
25 min