Twenty Thousand Hertz
By Dallas Taylor
The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.
Latest episode
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The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
How Switched on Pop changed their theme music after 400 episodes. -
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
How accessible design benefits everyone. -
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
The trends and tropes of movie marketing. -
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that changed Halo forever
The incredible story behind a single line of dialogue in Halo. -
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “music”
Hearing the universe through data sonification. -
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the streets
The rise and fall of the Boom Car phenomenon. -
Radio Station Jingles: 80 Years of Earworms
How to keep radio listeners hooked. -
Sound Pro Smackdown!
Three audio pros go head to head in our annual Mystery Sound game. -
Dog Translation Guide
How to decode your dog’s barks, growls, and wags. -
Cat Translation Guide
How to decode your cat’s meows, chirrups, and chitters.