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#114 | 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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
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#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...
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#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...
#114 | Synesthesia
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#113 | Sing Gently
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