Farts have been funny to humans for thousands of years. This basic bodily function has countless nicknames around the world, but our fascination with farts is probably best illustrated by the simple whoopee cushion. In this episode from the podcast Brought to You By, Charlie Herman reports on the history of the whoopee cushion and why we can't help but laugh when we hear that sound.
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Episodes
Date
Duration
#114 | Synesthesia
Synesthesia is a neurological condition where one sensory experience gets combined with another, meaning someone might hear sounds when they...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
00:30:05
Introducing Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Subscribe now.
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Friday 08 January 2021
00:02:22
#113 | 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...
Wednesday 16 December 2020
00:37:20
#112 | 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...
Wednesday 09 December 2020
00:29:13
#111 | Conlang
Sci-fi and fantasy creators often use constructed languages (or conlangs) to help us believe that the characters come from ancient times or...
Wednesday 02 December 2020
00:30:38
#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...
Wednesday 18 November 2020
00:26:09
#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...
Wednesday 11 November 2020
00:29:44
#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...
Wednesday 28 October 2020
00:53:25
#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...
Wednesday 21 October 2020
00:31:18
#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...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
00:31:57
#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...
Wednesday 07 October 2020
00:28:07
#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...
Wednesday 30 September 2020
00:41:13
#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,...
Wednesday 16 September 2020
00:26:12
#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...
Wednesday 02 September 2020
00:26:57
#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...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
00:27:22
#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...
Wednesday 05 August 2020
00:26:28
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Saturday 01 August 2020
00:02:42
#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...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
00:46:21
#98 | Hamilton Remix
Broadway’s award-winning, record-breaking, smash hit, Hamilton, is a musical unlike any other. In this special episode, we have...
Wednesday 08 July 2020
00:32:42
#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...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
00:28:00
#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...
Wednesday 10 June 2020
00:29:12
#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...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
00:30:44
#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...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
00:33:49
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Sunday 03 May 2020
00:03:20
#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...
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Farts have been funny to humans for thousands of years. This basic bodily function has countless nicknames around the world, but our fascination with farts is probably best illustrated by the simple whoopee cushion. In this episode from the podcast Brought to You By, Charlie Herman reports on the history of the whoopee cushion and why we can't help but laugh when we hear that sound.
Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor.
Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook, & Reddit.
Become a monthly contributor at 20k.org/donate.
If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org.
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Subscribe to Brought to You By wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/makinwhoopee
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