I didn’t even know Twenty Thousand Hertz existed, but my fave pod 99% Invisible shared an episode of theirs today, so now I am awakened to the frequency.
“When we started back in 2016, we had a mission: to tell the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. And some 200 episodes later, that mission hasn’t changed.
Along the way we’ve explored the sound design behind famous brands like Apple, Netflix, HBO, McDonalds and Microsoft. We’ve found out how whales switched their singing pitch, and why modern movie dialogue is so hard to understand. We’ve even solved some sonic mysteries, like the source of a strange hum coming from a Canadian island.
I haven’t listened yet, but I’ll sure as hell be firing up the Super Mario Bros and Zelda episodes!