Twenty Thousand Hertz is a podcast about "the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds".[1] Episodes are published every other Wednesday.
Overview
The show's title refers to highest frequency that can be perceived within the human hearing range (without hearing loss). It grew out of host Dallas Taylor's admiration for the podcast 99% Invisible and a desire to hear more stories like the ones they produced about audio design.[2] The show is hosted and produced by Dallas Taylor and the writer of the episode, with help from Sam Schneble.
Though the audio production company Defacto Sound, which is owned by Taylor, is the production headquarters for Twenty Thousand Hertz, he has said that the podcast is not intended as content marketing.[2] Instead of focusing on the industry of sound design exclusively, episodes focus on a variety of topics related to sound. The podcast has covered topics such as the THX Deep Note, misophonia