Twenty Thousand Hertz+
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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Sonic Illusions: Can you really trust your ears?
Our hearing can be deceiving.
20 min
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Mother of Dragons(sounds): Game of Thrones’ bit...
Hear from the sound designer who gave a voice to the dragons, direwolves, white walkers, and more in Game of Thrones.
19 min
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Sound Escapes: Nature’s untouched soundtrack
Sound Tracker Gordon Hempton gives us a masterclass on how to listen.
28 min
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The Voyager Golden Record: Humanity’s message ...
The most epic album of all time isn’t even on Earth. It’s over 11 billion miles away.
31 min
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Bird Translation Guide: Decoding Tweets, Hoots...
The story of how birdbrains produce the most complex sounds in the natural world.
24 min
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Phone Tones: The hidden language of phone numb...
The touch tone sounds from our phones might be slowly going extinct.
22 min
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The Booj: The secret sound formula behind bloc...
The story of the sounds you always hear in movie trailers, but never noticed... until now.
22 min
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Dining on Decibels: Why are restaurants so noisy?
The story behind how restaurants became so darn loud.
21 min
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Do Not Disturb: The unseen impacts of alarms an...
The story of how alarms and alerts came to rule, and endanger, our lives.
24 min
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Blue! 42! How helmet radio changed the NFL
How headsets revolutionized American football.
23 min
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Silence: Dispatches from the quietest place on...
Dallas is locked into an anechoic chamber to experience how our brains process complete silence.
21 min
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A sonic journey through the Solar System
A completely remixed version of our favorite episode, where we explore what other plants sound like.
19 min
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Boots ’n Cats: The scientific secrets of beatb...
The evolution & science of beatboxing.
21 min
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Being George Clooney: Dubbing Hollywood celebri...
Explore how Hollywood films are adapted for foreign languages.
30 min
190
The Xbox Startup Sound: Crafting a console classic
How the designers of the Xbox startup sounds overcame tight parameters to come up with an iconic audio logo.
21 min
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Theater for the Mind: The Golden Age of radio ...
The stories behind the golden age of sci-fi and horror radio dramas.
29 min
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Theremin: The instrument that defined classic s...
The story behind this infamous, spooky-sounding instrument.
25 min
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Cartoon Sound Effects: From Steamboat Willie to...
How were old cartoon sounds made, and how did they become so iconic?
27 min
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Behind the Mic: The making of Twenty Thousand ...
A behind the scenes look at the inspiration and creation of Twenty Thousand Hertz.
31 min
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Jingles: How they hooked us and why they vanished
What is the story behind these unforgettable earworms?
28 min
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“Intel Inside” and other sonic branding brilli...
The story behind audio logos and what makes them so powerful.
24 min
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Loop Groups: The art of movie background chatter
We go behind the scene with the actors responsible for bringing your TV and film backgrounds to life.
25 min
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Slot Machines: The addictive power of sound
The sound design and science behind today's slot machines.
16 min
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Misophonia: Why we can't stand certain sounds
The hatred of sound.
16 min
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THX Deep Note Part 2: How a lost file shaped mo...
What happened after THX lost its iconic "Deep Note"?
25 min