Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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

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

 

#222

Yahoo! The Yodel Heard Around the World

It’s one of the quirkiest, most iconic sonic logos ever: a four-note vocal flourish that d... more

27 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:39

27 Aug 2025


#221

Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece

From the springy jump sound to the iconic Overworld Theme, the sound of Super Mario Bros. ... more

13 Aug 2025

33 MINS

33:18

13 Aug 2025


#220

Sound Off: Pinball Pings, Borrowed Melodies & Airport Acoustics

Presenting the second short story collection from our Sound Off competition, featuring fiv... more

30 Jul 2025

30 MINS

30:20

30 Jul 2025


#219

Mixing Madison Square Garden for Vulfpeck’s Biggest Show

When Vulfpeck played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, the performance looked effo... more

16 Jul 2025

38 MINS

38:52

16 Jul 2025


#218

The Music of Jeopardy! From a Lullaby to $100,000,000

It’s the most recognizable TV theme in America. But Jeopardy’s “Think Music” wasn’t origin... more

02 Jul 2025

25 MINS

25:10

02 Jul 2025


#217

Sound Off: Siren Calls, Medical Melodies & Missing Frequencies

Twenty Thousand Hertz is proud to present the first short story collection from our Sound ... more

18 Jun 2025

31 MINS

31:02

18 Jun 2025


#216

I interviewed 5 other Dallas Taylors and things got weird

Your name isn’t just a label. It’s a signal to everyone who meets you, filled with meaning... more

28 May 2025

43 MINS

43:44

28 May 2025


#215

Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyard Instruments

Behind every incredible sound in a movie or TV show is a creative person with a unique sto... more

14 May 2025

28 MINS

28:31

14 May 2025


#214

The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he couldn’t hear

What happens when one of history’s greatest composers begins to lose the very sense he rel... more

30 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:39

30 Apr 2025


#213

The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed

After 10 years and 400 episodes, our friends at [Switched on Pop] (https://switchedonpop.c... more

16 Apr 2025

41 MINS

41:59

16 Apr 2025


#212

Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility

If you want to know where the future of sound is headed, accessibility is a great place to... more

02 Apr 2025

33 MINS

33:10

02 Apr 2025


#211

“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers

Movie trailers have changed dramatically over the decades, from the classic “Voice of God”... more

19 Mar 2025

24 MINS

24:11

19 Mar 2025


#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

43 MINS

43:35

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

34 MINS

34:34

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

29 MINS

29:03

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

35 MINS

35:25

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

44 MINS

44:26

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

39 MINS

39:42

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

38 MINS

38:44

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

27 MINS

27:35

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

30 MINS

30:04

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

27 MINS

27:20

25 Sep 2024