Twenty Thousand Hertz+
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
1
The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he...
The fact and fiction around one of the greatest composers in history.
26 min
2
The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
How Switched on Pop changed their theme music after 400 episodes.
39 min
3
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
How accessible design benefits everyone.
30 min
4
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing.
21 min
5
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that cha...
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo.
41 min
6
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “...
Hearing the universe through data sonification.
32 min
7
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes Shook the...
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon.
26 min
8
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked.
32 min
9
Sound Pro Smackdown!
Three audio pros go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game.
41 min
10
Dog Translation Guide
How to decode your dog’s barks, growls, and wags.
37 min
11
Cat Translation Guide
How to decode your cat’s meows, chirrups, and chitters.
36 min
12
The Voices of… BLUEY!!!
The voices and real-life inspiration behind the hit series.
25 min
13
The Sound of… BLUEY!!!
The organic sound design of the hit series.
27 min
14
"blah, blah, blah..."
A linguistic deep dive into nonsensical phrases.
24 min
15
Lofi Girl
How Lofi became the go-to genre for studying and relaxing.
28 min
16
Sonic Diagnosis
What sound can tell doctors about our health.
23 min
17
The Sound of Apple 2.0
The design genius behind Apple’s ringtones, alarms, and more.
23 min
18
The Sound of Apple 1.0
The design secrets behind Apple’s iconic sounds.
24 min
19
Listener Stories
A collection of six audience tales.
20 min
20
Nursery Rhymes
Once you listen, you’ll never hear nursery rhymes the same way again.
41 min
21
Silent Sea
The mysteries of aquatic sound, and the fight against underwater noise pollution.
22 min
22
TikTok’s Boom-Bling
The dog bark was a mistake.
20 min
23
Late Night
Mixing Seth Meyers
24 min
24
Untranslatable Words
Je ne say what?
26 min
25
Hans Zimmer's Remote Control
Bringing an alien world to life through sound.
44 min