You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. I'm Dallas Taylor.

Whether or not you're a fan of Game of Thrones, you've certainly seen the unreal amount of hype that surrounds it.

And for good reason, the Epic Fantasy series has redefined the genre and has achieved widespread mainstream success.

The actors, writers, directors, and visual artists on the show have all received well-earned recognition.

However, there are some heroes behind the scenes whose work goes largely unnoticed.

The Paula Fairfield is the sound designer on Game of Thrones.

Her main role is to create the more fantastical sonic elements of the show.

More specifically, she's responsible for creating the voices of the dragons, white walkers, dire wolves, and all of the show. More specifically, she's responsible for creating the voices of the

dragons, white walkers, dire wolves, and all of the creatures. And whether you're a fan of the show or not,

her story is definitely worth your time. A quick word of warning. This episode contains numerous

references to events in the show.

Naturally, this means that there will be spoilers.

If you haven't watched the show yet and would like to go in without any spoilers,

save this episode and come back to it after you've caught up.

And if you don't plan on watching the series, you should still listen to the episode.

It's really good.

Here's Paula.

I was literally in the grocery store looking for peanut butter when I got a

call about it, asking if I, you know, my availability for this show that needed a sound designer

for a bunch of weeks and was I interested. And as soon as I said the word, I was like, oh, yeah.

It was a particularly odd period of time for me.

Unfortunately, the place I was in was a very dark one.

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