Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
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...
Wednesday 21 October 2020 : For hundreds of years, composers have been using a specific four-note melody to evoke death. It's appeared in dozens of famous movies, and...
Wednesday 14 October 2020 : People with perfect or "absolute" pitch hear every single sound as precise musical notes. Is this extraordinary talent a blessing or a...
Wednesday 07 October 2020 : When you imagine the sound of a dinosaur, you probably think of a scene from the Jurassic Park movies. How do sound designers make these...
Wednesday 30 September 2020 : In less than two years, Napster became a global sensation... and then record labels and multi-platinum artists brought it crashing down. But...
Wednesday 16 September 2020 : Musicians like Justin Timberlake, Adele, Björk and Rod Stewart have all had surgery to treat vocal nodes. Nodes are so widely discussed,...
Wednesday 02 September 2020 : Using artificial intelligence, someone can make an algorithm that sounds just like you. And then they can say... whatever they want you to...
Wednesday 19 August 2020 : When writer Paige Towers moved to one of the loudest cities in the world, she found herself overcome with anxiety and depression. She came...
Wednesday 05 August 2020 : The Netflix ta-dum sound has quickly become one of the most iconic sound logos of our generation. I bet you can hear it in your head right...
Saturday 01 August 2020 : The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Subscribe now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Wednesday 22 July 2020 : Join Dallas and the McElroy brothers (hosts of My Brother, My Brother and Me) as they compete to see which brother has the best ear. We...
Wednesday 08 July 2020 : Broadway’s award-winning, record-breaking, smash hit, Hamilton, is a musical unlike any other. In this special episode, we have...
Wednesday 24 June 2020 : Can you steal from yourself? Can you copyright a mood? We look back on some important copyright cases that could have an impact on the...
Wednesday 10 June 2020 : Most western music is built on the same 12 notes. Sometimes the arrangement of those notes sounds similar, which raises the question: Theft...
Wednesday 27 May 2020 : Farts have been funny to humans for thousands of years. This basic bodily function has countless nicknames around the world, but our...
Wednesday 13 May 2020 : When you think about Star Wars, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Lightsabers? Spaceships? Alien creatures? What about all of the...
Sunday 03 May 2020 : Vote for us in the Webbys! Plus a sneak peek. vote.20k.org voteagain.20k.org
Wednesday 29 April 2020 : Mel Blanc is a legendary voice actor who voiced more than 400 distinct characters. But in 1961, Mel was involved in a potentially fatal car...
Wednesday 15 April 2020 : Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and many more were all voiced by one man, Mel Blanc. Discover the incredible...
Wednesday 01 April 2020 : The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting smells. Throughout history, humans have gone to great lengths to indulge...
Wednesday 18 March 2020 : There’s a town in northern Italy that’s home to the most famous violin makers in history. The museum there holds some of the most unique...
Wednesday 04 March 2020 : From the sixties to the nineties parents worried messages hidden in rock albums would make their children do drugs and worship the devil....
Wednesday 19 February 2020 : From See ‘n Say to Speak & Spell, and beyond, toys provide the soundtrack of our childhoods. Huge advancements in computer technology...
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
#110 | 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...
#109 | 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...
#108 | 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...
#107 | Dies Irae
For hundreds of years, composers have been using a specific four-note melody to evoke death. It's appeared in dozens of famous movies, and...
#106 | Perfect Pitch
People with perfect or "absolute" pitch hear every single sound as precise musical notes. Is this extraordinary talent a blessing or a...
#105 | Tyrannosaurus FX
When you imagine the sound of a dinosaur, you probably think of a scene from the Jurassic Park movies. How do sound designers make these...
#104 | Napster
In less than two years, Napster became a global sensation... and then record labels and multi-platinum artists brought it crashing down. But...
#103 | Vocal Discords
Musicians like Justin Timberlake, Adele, Björk and Rod Stewart have all had surgery to treat vocal nodes. Nodes are so widely discussed,...
#102 | Deepfake Dallas
Using artificial intelligence, someone can make an algorithm that sounds just like you. And then they can say... whatever they want you to...
#101 | The City That Never Sleeps
When writer Paige Towers moved to one of the loudest cities in the world, she found herself overcome with anxiety and depression. She came...
#100 | Ta-dum! It's Netflix
The Netflix ta-dum sound has quickly become one of the most iconic sound logos of our generation. I bet you can hear it in your head right...
Introducing Twenty Thousand Hertz
The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Subscribe now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
#99 | McElroys, Mysteries and Me
Join Dallas and the McElroy brothers (hosts of My Brother, My Brother and Me) as they compete to see which brother has the best ear. We...
#98 | Hamilton Remix
Broadway’s award-winning, record-breaking, smash hit, Hamilton, is a musical unlike any other. In this special episode, we have...
#97 | Stop... Collaborate & Listen
Can you steal from yourself? Can you copyright a mood? We look back on some important copyright cases that could have an impact on the...
#96 | Copyrights & Wrongs
Most western music is built on the same 12 notes. Sometimes the arrangement of those notes sounds similar, which raises the question: Theft...
#95 | Makin' Whoopee!
Farts have been funny to humans for thousands of years. This basic bodily function has countless nicknames around the world, but our...
#94 | Pew Pew
When you think about Star Wars, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Lightsabers? Spaceships? Alien creatures? What about all of the...
Help us win a Webby!
Vote for us in the Webbys! Plus a sneak peek. vote.20k.org voteagain.20k.org
#93 | That's All Folks!
Mel Blanc is a legendary voice actor who voiced more than 400 distinct characters. But in 1961, Mel was involved in a potentially fatal car...
#92 | Ehh... What's Up, Doc?
Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and many more were all voiced by one man, Mel Blanc. Discover the incredible...
#91 | Twenty Parts Per Thousand
The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting smells. Throughout history, humans have gone to great lengths to indulge...
#90 | Cremona
There’s a town in northern Italy that’s home to the most famous violin makers in history. The museum there holds some of the most unique...
#89 | Satanic Panic!
From the sixties to the nineties parents worried messages hidden in rock albums would make their children do drugs and worship the devil....
#88 | Noise "R" Us
From See ‘n Say to Speak & Spell, and beyond, toys provide the soundtrack of our childhoods. Huge advancements in computer technology...
