Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
Wednesday 15 September 2021 : When Matthew Shifrin was growing up, his blindness meant that trying to enjoy a movie or TV show was often a confusing and frustrating...
Wednesday 01 September 2021 : For over a century, humans have been using technology to shape our sonic environment. White noise machines, nature recordings, noise...
Wednesday 18 August 2021 : Not long ago, our home appliances made nothing but abrasive beeps and harsh buzzes. In recent years though, these devices have started to...
Wednesday 04 August 2021 : In 2011, residents of Windsor, Ontario started experiencing a strange rumbling hum that rattled dishes and kept people awake at night. Then,...
Wednesday 21 July 2021 : Since World War I, countries around the world have been broadcasting mysterious numerical messages via shortwave radio. Though concrete...
Wednesday 07 July 2021 : Nearly a century after they first appeared, the Looney Tunes are back in an all-new series. To bring this iconic franchise into the present,...
Wednesday 23 June 2021 : In part 2 of our exploration of Foley, the Warner Brothers Foley team takes us into the all-important prop room. Along the way, they...
Wednesday 09 June 2021 : When it comes to film sound, "Foley Artist" might be the most important job you've never heard of. These performers record custom,...
Wednesday 26 May 2021 : In the late 80s, a small French company found a way to pair analog film with pristine digital audio. But getting their system into theaters...
Wednesday 19 May 2021 : We live in a designed world, and alert tones are no exception. Every beep and ping that your phone or laptop makes probably went through...
Wednesday 12 May 2021 : There are a few specific chord progressions that show up again and again in popular music. Across hundreds of hit songs, the same basic...
Wednesday 28 April 2021 : Since their founding almost a century ago, Shure has created some of the most iconic microphones ever made. In this episode, we worked with...
Wednesday 14 April 2021 : Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has grown from a small, experimental indie game into the best-selling video game of all time....
Wednesday 24 March 2021 : The melodic fanfare that introduces every 20th Century Fox movie was first composed almost a hundred years ago. Since then, it's become one...
Wednesday 10 March 2021 : The Long-Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, was developed for the military for long-range communication at sea. But this ear-splitting device...
Wednesday 24 February 2021 : Since its introduction in 2003, the McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle has become one of the most recognizable melodies in the...
Wednesday 27 January 2021 : What is sound, on a fundamental level? How did animals evolve to hear? And what happens when you go faster than sound itself? In this...
Wednesday 13 January 2021 : Synesthesia is a neurological condition where one sensory experience gets combined with another, meaning someone might hear sounds when they...
Friday 08 January 2021 : A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Subscribe now. Learn more...
Wednesday 16 December 2020 : After composer Eric Whitacre finished Virtual Choir number 5 in 2018, he thought the project might be done for good. But 2020 was just...
Wednesday 09 December 2020 : Alan Lomax believed that the culture of poor Americans was important and worthy of saving. So he spent decades traveling the American South...
Wednesday 02 December 2020 : Sci-fi and fantasy creators often use constructed languages (or conlangs) to help us believe that the characters come from ancient times or...
Wednesday 18 November 2020 : We've all heard the iconic recordings from the Apollo missions. But how exactly does NASA manage to run live audio between Earth and the...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : Technology has the power to transform the way our world sounds. It could even give us entirely new ways to experience our surroundings. In...
Wednesday 28 October 2020 : Sound surrounds us, even in the quietest moments. But depending on how we hear, the world can be a different auditory experience for each of...
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
Listening to the Movies
When Matthew Shifrin was growing up, his blindness meant that trying to enjoy a movie or TV show was often a confusing and frustrating...
Sonic Bubbles
For over a century, humans have been using technology to shape our sonic environment. White noise machines, nature recordings, noise...
Domestic Symphony
Not long ago, our home appliances made nothing but abrasive beeps and harsh buzzes. In recent years though, these devices have started to...
The Windsor Hum
In 2011, residents of Windsor, Ontario started experiencing a strange rumbling hum that rattled dishes and kept people awake at night. Then,...
The Buzzer
Since World War I, countries around the world have been broadcasting mysterious numerical messages via shortwave radio. Though concrete...
Stay Tuned
Nearly a century after they first appeared, the Looney Tunes are back in an all-new series. To bring this iconic franchise into the present,...
Prop 'til You Drop
In part 2 of our exploration of Foley, the Warner Brothers Foley team takes us into the all-important prop room. Along the way, they...
Foley Artists
When it comes to film sound, "Foley Artist" might be the most important job you've never heard of. These performers record custom,...
The Leaky Pipeline
In the late 80s, a small French company found a way to pair analog film with pristine digital audio. But getting their system into theaters...
Auditory Icons
We live in a designed world, and alert tones are no exception. Every beep and ping that your phone or laptop makes probably went through...
Progression Obsession
There are a few specific chord progressions that show up again and again in popular music. Across hundreds of hit songs, the same basic...
SM7
Since their founding almost a century ago, Shure has created some of the most iconic microphones ever made. In this episode, we worked with...
Minecraft
Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has grown from a small, experimental indie game into the best-selling video game of all time....
20th Century Fox
The melodic fanfare that introduces every 20th Century Fox movie was first composed almost a hundred years ago. Since then, it's become one...
The Deterrent Tone
The Long-Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, was developed for the military for long-range communication at sea. But this ear-splitting device...
I'm Lovin' It
Since its introduction in 2003, the McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle has become one of the most recognizable melodies in the...
Sound 101 with Bill Nye
What is sound, on a fundamental level? How did animals evolve to hear? And what happens when you go faster than sound itself? In this...
Synesthesia
Synesthesia is a neurological condition where one sensory experience gets combined with another, meaning someone might hear sounds when they...
Introducing Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Subscribe now. Learn more...
Sing Gently
After composer Eric Whitacre finished Virtual Choir number 5 in 2018, he thought the project might be done for good. But 2020 was just...
Sounds Worth Saving
Alan Lomax believed that the culture of poor Americans was important and worthy of saving. So he spent decades traveling the American South...
Conlang
Sci-fi and fantasy creators often use constructed languages (or conlangs) to help us believe that the characters come from ancient times or...
Space Audity
We've all heard the iconic recordings from the Apollo missions. But how exactly does NASA manage to run live audio between Earth and the...
Sonic Utopia
Technology has the power to transform the way our world sounds. It could even give us entirely new ways to experience our surroundings. In...
Sound and Silence
Sound surrounds us, even in the quietest moments. But depending on how we hear, the world can be a different auditory experience for each of...
