Twenty Thousand Hertz

Twenty Thousand Hertz

By Dallas TaylorArtsDesign
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Twenty Thousand Hertz episodes

  • The Booj: The secret sound formula behind blockbuster trailers

    Movie trailers have undergone a huge evolution. They’ve gone from those cheesy voice-of-God narrators in the ‘80s and ‘90s, to boojes and bwaas. Professor James Deaville delivers the history of trailers, and Youtuber Craven Moorhaus offers a hilarious takedown of the sounds and dialogue that are common in the modern trailer style. After you hear this episode, you’ll never be able to watch a blockbuster trailer the same way again. 


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/thebooj 

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    23 min
  • Dining on Decibels: Why are restaurants so noisy?

    Have you noticed how loud it gets in restaurants these days? Have you found yourselves shouting just to keep a conversation going? Architecture critic Kate Wagner explains how changing design trends have led to dining experiences that aren’t just antisocial, but are negatively impacting our health as well.  


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/diningondecibels 

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    22 min
  • Do Not Disturb: The unseen impacts of alarms and alerts

    Alarm sounds have been around almost as long as humans themselves. But as our world has transformed, so have they. Today’s alarms are having an unexpected effect on our minds and bodies, and can even be putting our lives at risk when we’re at our most vulnerable. Dr Judy Edworthy and Yoko Sen talk to us about our alarming sound environment, and how it can be improved.  


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/donotdisturb 

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    25 min
  • Blue! 42! How helmet radio changed the NFL

    For decades, NFL strategy slowly evolved from each team running a dozen different plays, to rigid schemes with coaches sending in orders through codewords and secret signals. Then, one piece of audio technology revolutionized the game. Beginning in the early 1990's, the NFL allowed coaches to speak directly to their quarterbacks through radios in their helmets. What followed was an instant increase in excitement for the nation's most popular sport, spawning a high-scoring era of fast paced offenses. Featuring former Super Bowl winning coach, Dick Vermeil, current LA Rams Head Coach Sean McVay, Bose Senior Project Manager Matt Ruwe, and Bose Distinguished Engineer Dan Gauger.


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/blue42 

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    24 min
  • Silence: Dispatches from the quietest place on Earth

    Our world is filled with sound. It exists in even the quietest corners of the planet. But what happens when all that sound is taken away? What is silence? There are very few places on Earth where silence actually exists, but in this episode, Dallas experiences it for himself thanks to a special room called an anechoic chamber. How do our brains process the complete nothingness of silence? Find out as Dallas locks himself alone inside the chamber. Featuring David Alvord and Nick Breen from the Georgia Tech Research Institute. 


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/silence 

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    22 min
  • A sonic journey through the Solar System

    What happens when we leave Earth's thin blanket of atmosphere, and what do other planets sound like? In this special episode, we have completely remixed one of our favorite shows! It's been re-written, re-edited, re-narrated, has new music, and even some new additional content. If you've heard the original, you'll definitely want to check out this remixed and remastered version. Featuring Dr. Lori Glaze, Dr. Keith Noll, Dr. Scott Guzewich from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. 


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/spaceremix

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    20 min
  • Boots ’n Cats: The scientific secrets of beatboxing

    Beatboxing began as an imitation of a drum machine, but over the decades it has evolved as a means to emulate any number of percussive sounds. Now beatboxing is being studied by scientists who are fascinated by the vocal dexterity of artists. By examining beatboxing scientists are hoping to unlock mysteries behind language formation, brain function, and the capacity of humans to recreate sound. Featuring Hip Hop Artist and Beat Boxer, Baba Israel and USC Engineering Professor, Shri Narayanan. 


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/bootsncats 

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    22 min
  • Being George Clooney: Dubbing Hollywood celebrities

    Hollywood films are huge internationally. But how are these films adapted for foreign languages? We delve into the not so talked about process of dubbing. Featuring the world's most popular voice actors, directors, and producers. 

    Featuring: Andre Sogliuzzo, John Ptak, Shaktee Singh, Debra Chinn, Martin Umbach, Tamer Karadagli, Francesco Pannofino, Detlef Bierstedt, Marco Antonio Costa, Paul Dergarabedian, Rajesh Khattar, Christian Brückner, Emanuela Rossi, Chiara Barzini, Irene Ranzato, Claudia Urbschat-Mingues, Alexandre Gillet, Ezra Weisz, Vanessa Beltran, Samuel Labarthe, Ashwin Mushran, Chuck Mitchell, Christoph Bregler, Gabrielle Pietermann, Luise Helm, Claudia Gvirtzman Dichter, Guilherme Briggs, Samuel Labarthe, Hester Wilcox, Malavika Shivpuri, Viraj Adhav, Mona Shetty, Sheila Dorfman.

     

    A huge thanks to Director Paul Mariano for allowing us to create this adaptation of documentary! 

    If you enjoyed this episode, you’ll love the full documentary. You can find it on iTunes or on Amazon. 

    Thanks to APM Music for all of the music in this episode. Find out more at ⁠apmmusic.com⁠. 

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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/beinggeorgeclooney 

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    31 min
  • The Xbox Startup Sound: Crafting a console classic

    The Xbox startup sound is an audio logo that’s become synonymous with the game console. But its origins are rooted in solving a logistical problem; how to entertain gamers while they wait for their machines to finish booting up. Featuring Sound Designer and Composer Brian Schmidt and Sound Designer, Composer and Berklee Professor, Michael Sweet. 


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/xboxstartupsound 

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    22 min
  • Theater for the Mind: The Golden Age of radio dramas

    The "golden age of radio drama" may have been a stellar period for storytelling -- but the stories weren't all golden bright. Sci-fi and horror radio dramas explored deep anxieties people felt from the Depression through the Cold War, and set the stage for later stories that couldn't be told yet without special effects. Eric Molinsky of the podcast Imaginary Worlds co-hosts this episode as we hear from historians like Neil Verma and Richard J. Hand, and radio drama veterans like Dirk Maggs and Richard Toscan. Plus Emory Braswell recalls the day he thought Martians invaded New Jersey.  


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    Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/theaterforthemind

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    30 min

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