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Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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  Dallas Taylor  

Design  Arts  Music  Music Commentary  

Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.

Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.

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#210

“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that changed Halo forever

In the late ‘90s, Brian Johnson and Brian Morden were suburban teenagers obsessed with vid... more

05 Mar 2025

46 MINS

46:35

05 Mar 2025


#209

Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “music”

What sound can teach us about our Sun? In this episode, we explore how NASA scientists tra... more

19 Feb 2025

37 MINS

37:34

19 Feb 2025


#208

Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the streets

In the late '80s and early '90s, a seismic subculture shook the streets… literally. “Boom ... more

05 Feb 2025

32 MINS

32:03

05 Feb 2025


#207

Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms

If you turn on the radio, there’s one thing you’re almost guaranteed to hear: a catchy, ov... more

22 Jan 2025

38 MINS

38:25

22 Jan 2025


#206

Sound Pro Smackdown: Guess That Sound! w/ 3 industry experts

For our fifth annual Mystery Sound Game Show, Dallas invited three friends from the world ... more

04 Dec 2024

47 MINS

47:26

04 Dec 2024


#205

Dog Translation Guide: Decoding Barks, Howls, & Growls

We all know that dogs are smart, sensitive creatures, but interpreting their vocalizations... more

20 Nov 2024

42 MINS

42:42

20 Nov 2024


#204

Cat Translation Guide: Decoding Meows, Purrs, & Chirrups

Cats can be very vocal creatures, but the exact meaning and intention behind these sounds ... more

20 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:44

20 Nov 2024


#203

The Voices of Bluey w/ Uncle Stripe

Despite Bluey’s enormous, global popularity, the cast and crew are a tight-knit family, of... more

23 Oct 2024

30 MINS

30:35

23 Oct 2024


#202

The Organic Sound of Bluey w/ Sound Designer Dan Brumm

Since its debut in 2018, Bluey has become one of the most popular and beloved TV shows of ... more

09 Oct 2024

33 MINS

33:04

09 Oct 2024


#201

"Blah, blah, blah" and the Ungooglable Phrase

“Blah, blah, blah” and “yada, yada, yada” have had plenty written about them. But there’s ... more

25 Sep 2024

30 MINS

30:20

25 Sep 2024


#200

Lofi Girl: The story behind 📚 beats to relax/study to

The Lofi Girl YouTube channel has over 14 millions subscribers, and at any given time, ten... more

28 Aug 2024

34 MINS

34:15

28 Aug 2024


#199

How Doctors Listen: A sonic journey through the body

The sounds our bodies make can tell doctors all kinds of surprising things about our healt... more

21 Aug 2024

27 MINS

27:57

21 Aug 2024


#198

The Sound of Apple: Marimbas, Radars & Reflections

In Part 2 of our deep dive into Apple’s iconic sound design, the Apple Design Team unpacks... more

14 Aug 2024

29 MINS

29:21

14 Aug 2024


#197

The Sound of Apple: Tritones, Chords & Origins

Over the last few decades, Apple has produced some of the most recognizable sounds ever ma... more

31 Jul 2024

30 MINS

30:04

31 Jul 2024


#196

Listener Stories: Auditory hallucinations & family whistles

For this special episode, we’ve passed the mic to our listeners to hear six unexpected sto... more

26 Jun 2024

25 MINS

25:48

26 Jun 2024


#195

The dark history of nursery rhymes

Many of the songs we sing to our children are hundreds of years old, with their original m... more

29 May 2024

46 MINS

46:42

29 May 2024


#194

Sounds of the Deep: Mysteries and threats beneath the waves

Whale songs are some of the most beautiful, cathartic sounds in nature. These extraordinar... more

22 May 2024

27 MINS

27:30

22 May 2024


#193

Boom Bling: TikTok's sonic guerrilla marketing

TikTok’s sonic logo is one of the fastest growing sonic logos in history. Today, that litt... more

08 May 2024

26 MINS

26:04

08 May 2024


#192

Mixing Seth Meyers: Behind the sound of late night TV

The sound of Late Night television is a complex beast with many moving parts. In this epis... more

17 Apr 2024

29 MINS

29:36

17 Apr 2024


#191

Untranslatable Words: Guess That Meaning!

What do you call it when you’re homesick for a place you’ve never been? Is there a word fo... more

03 Apr 2024

29 MINS

29:00

03 Apr 2024


#190

Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios

Hans Zimmer is responsible for some of the most iconic film scores of the last 35 years. S... more

20 Mar 2024

49 MINS

49:44

20 Mar 2024


#189

Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground Organ

All over the world, there are unique and breathtaking sounds that you can only hear in one... more

06 Mar 2024

31 MINS

31:24

06 Mar 2024


#188

All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed with the 808

If you listen to vintage music, one of the first things you’ll notice is the complete lack... more

28 Feb 2024

26 MINS

26:53

28 Feb 2024


#187

Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporate showtunes

For more than three decades, it was common for American companies to put on “industrial mu... more

21 Feb 2024

34 MINS

34:22

21 Feb 2024


#186

Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu

Today, virtually every streaming platform has a sonic logo, from HBO’s classic “Static Ang... more

24 Jan 2024

29 MINS

29:21

24 Jan 2024


#185

Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz

The world of sound is full of great stories. To get in touch with your sonic world, follow... more

17 Jan 2024

02 MINS

02:27

17 Jan 2024


#184

Tournament of Champions: Guess That Sound! w/ past winners

For our fourth annual Mystery Sound Game Show, we pitted the winners from the past three y... more

13 Dec 2023

48 MINS

48:38

13 Dec 2023


#183

Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, and more

From electric guitars to samplers to drum machines and beyond, the music we love is only p... more

29 Nov 2023

26 MINS

26:48

29 Nov 2023


#182

Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair

The world of headphones is a deep rabbit hole. With thousands of options and endless techn... more

15 Nov 2023

28 MINS

28:53

15 Nov 2023


#181

Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with sonic candy

Since the earliest days of commercial radio, companies have been using sound to worm their... more

01 Nov 2023

26 MINS

26:18

01 Nov 2023