INTRODUCING: “Twenty Thousand Hertz” and THX

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🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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While we finish up our new season, check out this episode from Twenty Thousand Hertz. It’s a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable sounds. This episode is about THX, that deep, swelling effect you hear right before a movie starts. Turns out, we might never have heard that sound if it weren’t for Star Wars.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this brought to you by bonus episode.
0:08.0	I'm Charlie Herman.
0:09.0	Hope you're all doing well.
0:10.6	In just a few weeks, we'll be back with a full season of news stories.
0:14.3	But until then, we wanted to share another installment in our podcast club.
0:18.4	That's where we bring you stories from other shows we think you might enjoy.
0:21.8	And this week, our choice comes from 20,000 Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind
0:27.0	the world's most recognizable sounds.
0:29.8	In this episode, it's all about a brand name you've probably heard, but might not know
0:34.1	much about.
0:35.1	THX.
0:36.1	It's that deep, swelling sound you often hear right before a movie starts.
0:41.3	I love it.
0:43.2	Just hearing it gets me pumped for a movie.
0:45.5	Well, it turns out we might never have heard of that sound if it weren't for Star Wars.
0:50.2	Here's Dallas Taylor, the host of 20,000 Hertz.
0:56.9	Imagine yourself in a movie theater.
0:59.8	You're settling into your seat, and it's one of those nice ones with a headrest, and
1:03.8	it leans back.
1:05.6	You've managed to balance your popcorn on the armrest.
1:09.4	The lights dim.
1:12.2	In the year 2017.
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