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Listener Stories 2025 (Bronze): Siren Calls & Medical Melodies
Episode 216
Twenty Thousand Hertz is proud to present the first collection from our Listener Stories competition, featuring six bite-sized pieces written and pro…
1 year, 1 month ago
I interviewed 5 other Dallas Taylors and things got weird
Episode 215
Your name isn’t just a label. It’s a signal to everyone who meets you, filled with meaning that you may not fully understand. In this story, Dallas r…
1 year, 2 months ago
Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyard Instruments
Episode 214
Behind every incredible sound in a movie or TV show is a creative person with a unique story. In this episode, Dallas heads to the legendary Sony Pic…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he couldn’t hear
Episode 213
What happens when one of history’s greatest composers begins to lose the very sense he relies on most? In this episode, we explore how Ludwig van Bee…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Sonic Brand Makeover We Didn’t Know We Needed
Episode 212
After 10 years and 400 episodes, our friends at Switched on Pop decided it was finally time to revamp their outdated theme song. In this episode, the…
1 year, 3 months ago
Inside Apple: Sonic Accessibility
Episode 211
If you want to know where the future of sound is headed, accessibility is a great place to look. And for decades, Apple has been leading the charge i…
1 year, 4 months ago
“In a World…” The epic evolution of movie trailers
Episode 210
Movie trailers have changed dramatically over the decades, from the classic “Voice of God” narrators of the ‘80s and ‘90s, to today’s thunderous “bwa…
1 year, 4 months ago
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that changed Halo forever
Episode 209
In the late ‘90s, Brian Johnson and Brian Morden were suburban teenagers obsessed with video games and music. And then, through an extraordinary wish…
1 year, 5 months ago
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “music”
Episode 208
What sound can teach us about our Sun? In this episode, we explore how NASA scientists translate electromagnetic waves from the Sun into sound, and e…
1 year, 5 months ago
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes shook the streets
Episode 207
In the late '80s and early '90s, a seismic subculture shook the streets… literally. “Boom Cars,” decked out with custom sound systems, roamed neighbo…
1 year, 6 months ago