Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.
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Episodes (239)
Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios
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Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground Organ
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All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed with the 808
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Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporate showtunes
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Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
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Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
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Guess That Sound 2023: Tournament of Champions
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Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, and more
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Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
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Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with sonic candy
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Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the future?
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Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
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Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to understand?
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Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
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Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not everyone does)
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The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
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The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
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From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shaped our world
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The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
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Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme singing techniques
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Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps, & Clicks
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Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found my purpose
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The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who invented stereo
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Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
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Why insurance jingles never die
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Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’s Woody
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Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
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Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
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Guess That Sound 2022: Endless Thread
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Synth Showdown: Digital vs. Analog
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Synth Showdown: Moog vs. Buchla
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A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!
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The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers sound the same
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The weird, wild world of 1-900 numbers
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Tokyo Rose: World War II’s most controversial radio DJ
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TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using her voice
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The sonic secrets behind Ted Lasso
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Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better through sound
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Shock Horror A: The origin of the dramatic “Dun, dun, duuun!”
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Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Taylor
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Breathe: My Unexpected Journey
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Relearning Boléro: How our brains rewrite the sounds we hear
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Ghosts in the Hit Machine: The secrets of musical ghostwriters
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Why Windows Got Rid of Startup Sounds
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Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup sounds
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The Waterphone: Hollywood’s spookiest sound effect
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Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices
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Hidden Hitmakers: The unsung heroes behind pop’s biggest hits
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Happy Little Episode: The soothing voice of Bob Ross
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Pirate Radio: Britain’s AM rebels of the ’60s
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