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Twenty Thousand Hertz — 242 episodes · page 3 of 3
Theater for the Mind: The Golden Age of radio dramas
Theremin: The instrument that defined classic sci-fi & horror
Cartoon Sound Effects: From Steamboat Willie to The Jetsons
Behind the Mic: The making of Twenty Thousand Hertz
Jingles: How they hooked us and why they vanished
“Intel Inside” and other sonic branding brilliance
Loop Groups: The art of movie background chatter
Slot Machines: The addictive power of sound
Misophonia: Why we can't stand certain sounds
THX Deep Note Part 2: How a lost file shaped movie history
The THX Deep Note: From chaos to cinematic legend
Amen Break: The world’s most sampled drum beat
Ultrasonic Tracking: Are our phones really listening to us?
ASMR: Why certain sounds give you tingles
Broadway to Cirque du Soleil: Sound design for the stage
Hidden Melodies: Discovering the music in our speech
Epileptic Symphonies: Turning seizures into music
Hamilton: Crafting the sound of the Broadway smash hit
False Alarm: How the Emergency Alert System went wrong
Muzak: How background music took over the world
Six O'Clock Soundtrack: The art of TV news music
314-914-6093: When Michelle Obama tweets your phone number
The Gift: Dr. Amar Bose’s audio legacy
Facebook & Google Pixel: Designing the perfect alert sound
Let It Beep: The rise and fall of the Mac startup chime
Disney Parks: How Imagineers use sound to enchant visitors
Spooky Sounds: The secrets of horror sound design
Acoustical Umbilical Cord: Why crying makes us human
Level Up: How video games tell an immersive story through sound
Watergate: How a tape recorder brought down a president
Sonic Seasoning: Can sound affect our taste buds?
Fight or Flight: Why airplane sounds make us anxious
Sound Firsts: Landmark recordings in history
Noise Pollution: The hidden costs
Silent Sea: Whalesong & Undersea Noise Pollution
Evolution of Accents: From Shakespeare to Valley Girl
The Wilhelm Scream: Hollywood’s most iconic sound effect
The voices behind Dragon Ball Z & Firewatch
Hearing Loss: What causes it and how to prevent it
From Screams to Serenity: How sound shapes us
Foley: Hollywood’s hidden sound heroes
What do other planets sound like?
Dolls That Talk (and some that listen)
Car Sounds: Crafting every click, rev, and beep
Audio Descriptions: Not just for the visually impaired
Inside Movie Soundtracks: How every layer tells a story
From Analog to Digital (and back again)
Sounds We've Lost: Echoes of the Past
The Windsor Hum: Canada’s Most Mysterious Sound
How 8-Bit sounds became iconic
The NBC Chimes: How three notes made history
Becoming the voice of Siri… by accident?