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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Aural Exam: Guess That Sound! w/ Underunderstood

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

For our second annual Mystery Sound competition, we’ve rounded up the 20 best sounds from the past year, and invited the hosts of Underunderstood to test their ears in a competitive guessing game. So bust out those Q-tips, turn up your headphones, and prepare to guess along as we find out who will be the ultimate Mystery Sound Champion. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Become a monthly contributor at 20k.org/donate. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Subscribe to Underunderstood wherever you get your podcasts. Get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at betterhelp.com/20k. Visit zocdoc.com/hertz to download the Zocdoc app and sign up for free. Get your donation of up to $250 matched at givewell.org. Just select "Podcast" at checkout, then enter “Twenty Thousand Hertz.” Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/auralexam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:09.8

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0:12.0

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0:19.7

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0:24.1

Zococ dot com slash Hertz.

0:30.4

You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

0:36.6

If you're a regular listener, then you're familiar with the mystery sound segment of our show.

0:41.3

But if you're not familiar, in the middle of each episode, we play a sound and ask you to

0:45.7

write in and tell us what you think it is. Now, to be honest, this whole thing is just an

0:50.4

excuse for us to engage with you and drop drop some interesting fact-toids about sounds

0:54.8

that don't necessarily need a full episode. Plus, anyone who guesses it right is entered

0:59.6

to win a free SuperSoft 20K t-shirt. Now, once a year, we like to round up the best mystery

1:05.5

sounds from the past 12 months into kind of a game show. It allows you to play along and catch

1:10.3

up on any sounds you may have

1:11.5

missed. It also gives me an opportunity to take a break from reading scripts and be a little more

1:16.2

casual and goofy. Most importantly, though, it gives our team a well-deserved break going into the

1:21.3

busy holiday season. Last year, I had on the McElroy Brothers from the podcast My Brother,

1:26.2

my brother, my brother, and me. And this year, we've invited the hosts of another great podcast called Under Understood.

1:32.0

That's Billy, Adrian, John, and Regina. You'll also hear from Casey, our supervising producer,

1:37.3

who will be keeping score. So without further ado, here's my friend Matt Baker, giving us the best

1:42.0

game show announcer voice he could muster.

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