Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
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...
Wednesday 05 February 2020 : We know that music has the power to affect our moods, but you might be surprised by just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Music can affect our...
Wednesday 22 January 2020 : John Cage was a respected composer when, in 1952, he created his “silent piece”, 4’33’’ - a piece that would have the music world...
Wednesday 08 January 2020 : No bass for you!! In 1987, TV composer Jonathan Wolff was still trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Then one day, he got a call...
Monday 16 December 2019 : There’s a reason we call tourists “sightseers”. As a society, we’re totally obsessed with the way things look. But our world is full...
Monday 02 December 2019 : Language is a uniquely human gift. We have shaped it to our individual and cultural needs, and it has shaped us in return. Professor Lera...
Monday 18 November 2019 : When was the last time you turned off your radio and just listened to your car? What’s really going on under the hood? We chat with our...
Monday 04 November 2019 : Baby Shark is a mega viral YouTube video, an unstoppable earworm, a top 40 hit, a Eurodance smash, a decades old campfire song, and the...
Monday 21 October 2019 : Singing with others is a powerful form of expression. That's why the composer Eric Whitacre started the Virtual Choir; an experiment that...
Monday 14 October 2019 : As a young composer, Edd Kalehoff was looking for his break. In the early 70s he struck gold, writing the theme song and music cues for The...
Monday 07 October 2019 : In part 2 of the story of mastering, we explore the consequences of the Loudness War and call out some of the worst offenders. We’ll also...
Monday 23 September 2019 : Join us on a musical journey from the Golden Age of analog mastering to the digital methods of today. We’ll find out why the music...
Monday 16 September 2019 : How a simple soundbite on America Online became one of the most recognizable sounds of the internet age, plus the creation of a whole new...
Monday 09 September 2019 : We rarely think about the way we speak. For most of us, it just happens. In this episode, we catch up with two professional voice artists...
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
#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...
#87 | Good Vibes
We know that music has the power to affect our moods, but you might be surprised by just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Music can affect our...
#86 | 4′33″
John Cage was a respected composer when, in 1952, he created his “silent piece”, 4’33’’ - a piece that would have the music world...
#85 | Seinfeld
No bass for you!! In 1987, TV composer Jonathan Wolff was still trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Then one day, he got a call...
#84 | Sonic Wonderland
There’s a reason we call tourists “sightseers”. As a society, we’re totally obsessed with the way things look. But our world is full...
#83 | Historically Speaking
Language is a uniquely human gift. We have shaped it to our individual and cultural needs, and it has shaped us in return. Professor Lera...
#82 | Vroom Vroom
When was the last time you turned off your radio and just listened to your car? What’s really going on under the hood? We chat with our...
#81 I Baby Shark
Baby Shark is a mega viral YouTube video, an unstoppable earworm, a top 40 hit, a Eurodance smash, a decades old campfire song, and the...
#80 I Virtual Choir
Singing with others is a powerful form of expression. That's why the composer Eric Whitacre started the Virtual Choir; an experiment that...
#79 I The Price is Right (Yeah, Yeah!)
As a young composer, Edd Kalehoff was looking for his break. In the early 70s he struck gold, writing the theme song and music cues for The...
#78 | The Loudness Wars
In part 2 of the story of mastering, we explore the consequences of the Loudness War and call out some of the worst offenders. We’ll also...
#77 | The [COMPRESSED] History of Mastering
Join us on a musical journey from the Golden Age of analog mastering to the digital methods of today. We’ll find out why the music...
#76 I You've Got Mail!
How a simple soundbite on America Online became one of the most recognizable sounds of the internet age, plus the creation of a whole new...
#75 I Speak Easy
We rarely think about the way we speak. For most of us, it just happens. In this episode, we catch up with two professional voice artists...
