Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground Organ

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

All over the world, there are unique and breathtaking sounds that you can only hear in one specific place. In this episode, we travel to two of the most astounding sonic wonders in the United States. The first is a hidden sound installation in Times Square that might be the most visited art exhibit on Earth. The second is an enormous organ built right into the rock of an ancient Virginian cave. These stories originally aired on the Atlas Obscura podcast. Sign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to get our entire catalog ad-free. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Subscribe to Atlas Obscura wherever you get your podcasts. Get a FREE Netsuite KPI Checklist at netsuite.com/20k. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial at shopify.com/20k. Claim your $75 sponsored job credit at indeed.com/hertz. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/auralobscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:03.5	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:06.4	I love traveling.
0:08.2	When I'm in a new place, outside my comfort zone, I can feel my brain working in a new way.
0:13.4	One of my favorite parts of traveling is hearing sounds that are different than what I'm used to.
0:18.4	When I stayed in Italy, I was struck by how it wasn't just the language that sounded different.
0:22.6	It was the cars, the mopeds, the birds, the footsteps on cobblestone.
0:27.6	It was a vibrant burst of sonic information.
0:30.6	If you intentionally become conscious about what you're hearing, you can experience this anywhere.
0:35.6	And in some places, you can find sounds that you can't hear anywhere else in the world.
0:41.3	Even here in the US, there are some truly unique sounds that you need to know about.
0:46.3	This episode features two stories from one of my favorite podcasts, Atlas Obscura.
0:51.3	There have actually been a handful of 20,000 Hertz episodes that were directly inspired by the posts I found on the Atlas Obscura. There have actually been a handful of 20,000 Hertz episodes that were directly
0:55.2	inspired by the posts I found on the Atlas Obscura website, so I'm really excited to play you
1:00.7	some of their show. I'll let producer Johanna Mayer take it from here.
1:27.8	Times Square is not my favorite part of New York City. But today, that's where I'm headed.
1:30.0	Okay, where is this thing supposed to be?
1:32.5	Don't actually know where I'm supposed to be going.
1:36.4	All right, so it's on Broadway between 45th and 46th.
1:42.0	Okay, this way. It's a perfect early fall day in Manhattan.
1:47.0	Oh, there's Elmo.
1:49.0	Oh, this is where like all the characters are.
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