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Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesHow modern Music Supervisors craft the perfect Needle Drop In Part 2 of our deep dive into needle drops, Dallas, Casey and Grace uncover more surprising stories behind some of cinema’s most unforgettable song choices.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesNeedle Drops: How pop songs first started showing up in movies When a filmmaker pairs a scene with the perfect song, the results can become iconic. But when and how did movies start using popular music this way?
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesGuess That Sound: Video Game Edition For a special video game edition of our Guess That Sound competition, we invited three game audio experts to test their ears on 18 sounds from gaming history.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesListener Stories 2026 (Gold): Protest Pop & Birthday Ballads We’re proud to present the top selections from our 2026 Listener Story competition. In these extraordinary pieces, you’ll hear about the forgotten world of free online record labels, the…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesI'm (Still) Lovin' It: The McDonald's Jingle Saga Continues The “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle is one of the most recognizable melodies on Earth. But the story behind it involves a global competition, thousands of mixes, a Trojan Horse pop song, and a surprising…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesListener Stories 2026 (Silver): Keyboard Clicks & Singing Forests Our 2026 Listener Story competition continues with five more incredible listener-made pieces. In this Silver collection, you’ll hear the surprising craft behind mechanical keyboards, the natural…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesColbert & Fallon: Mixing Music for Late Night TV Mixing music for Late Night television means working fast, putting artists at ease, and delivering polished mixes under immense pressure.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesListener Stories 2026 (Bronze): AI Music & Coral Crackles Twenty Thousand Hertz proudly presents the first five selections from our 2026 Listener Story competition.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesEurovision Song Contest: Inside the Gimmicks & Glamour For millions of people, Eurovision is a cultural institution, and one of the biggest live television events on Earth. But for many Americans, it remains a complete mystery.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesJohn Williams: A Composer’s Legacy In our last episode, we followed composer John Williams from his childhood to his 1970s run with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesJohn Williams: A Composer’s Life John Williams has written some of the most famous film scores ever, from Star Wars to Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park .
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesAge of Audio: The Future of Podcasting (and 20K) After making Age of Audio , a feature documentary about the history of podcasting, filmmaker Shaun Michael Colón sat down with Dallas for a revealing conversation about the state and future of this…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesAge of Audio: The Inside Story of Podcasting The history of podcasting has rarely been told. But in this episode, the brightest minds in podcasting reveal the inside story of this medium: from the invention of RSS feeds, through the Gold Rush…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesThe Poop Song Conspiracy One day, Ethan had an unfortunate bathroom incident. Then, he found an entire collection of songs online with his name in the title… and they all seemed to be about that embarrassing moment.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesThe Heartfelt Music of Bluey w/ Composer Joff Bush What makes the music of Bluey feel so warm and alive? In this episode, Dallas travels to Brisbane, Australia to visit the studio of Bluey’s composer Joff Bush .
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesThe Acoustic Worlds of Radiolab Creator Jad Abumrad Before Radiolab became a cultural phenomenon, it was an experiment… one that Jad Abumrad built voice by voice, sound by sound.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesHe was deaf for 35 years + Listener Stories kickoff Last year, we ran three full episodes of listener-produced stories. But one beautiful story was just a little too long for the final cut… and we couldn’t leave it behind.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesHarry Potter and the Sound Designer’s Stone Harry Potter has been brought to life on page and screen. But what would it take to make the wizarding world come alive using sound alone?
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesWhen Everything Stopped, He Started Listening David Jeffers has always understood the world through sound. As a kid, he bounced beats between tape decks and built speaker boxes from spare parts.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesThe State of the 20K Multiverse™ What happens when a podcast about sound gets into video? In this special behind-the-scenes episode, producer Grace East flips the script and interviews Dallas about his leap into visual storytelling…
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesDoctor Who & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop What does a time machine sound like? Or a magic carpet? For the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, that was just another day at the office.
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesButterfly in the Synth: Reading Rainbow’s Magical Theme Song The theme song to Reading Rainbow has been delighting kids (and nostalgic grown-ups) for over 40 years. But how did this instantly iconic track come to be?
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesAuld Lang What? The surprising origins of the New Year’s song Every New Year’s at midnight, we raise our voices to sing a song that few of us understand: “Auld Lang Syne.” So when and why did this become the anthem of the holiday?
Twenty Thousand HertzVoicesGuess That Sound 2025: Youtube Channel Champs For our sixth annual Mystery Sound game show, we’ve invited three guests from our video series to test their sonic knowledge on 18 sounds, including production logos, video game FX, bird calls…
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