Sonic Wonderland: The world’s most incredible sounding places

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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There’s a reason we call tourists “sightseers”. As a society, we’re totally obsessed with the way things look. But our world is full of beautiful, fascinating and bizarre sounds. Join us on a sonic adventure around the world, as we climb up sand dunes, plunge into the Arctic Ocean, and even travel back in time. When we celebrate these treasures, we become better listeners and the world becomes a richer and more exciting place. Featuring Trevor Cox, author of Sonic Wonderland and Now You’re Talking. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out and subscribe to Reveal wherever you get your podcasts. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/sonicwonderland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:37.6	We've all heard of the seven wonders of the world, and there's actually a bunch of these
0:41.7	lists.
0:42.5	There's natural wonders, underwater wonders, engineering wonders, and architectural wonders.
0:51.7	But what about sonic wonders?
0:54.0	The truth is, we are obsessed by the way things look.
0:57.0	After all, there's a reason we call tourists sightseers.
1:00.0	But there's a wealth of amazing sound out there that's totally being underappreciated.
1:05.0	So today we're going to be Sonic Tourists, and we're going to explore some of the world's most magical sounding places.
1:12.0	This adventure is inspired by the book Sonic Wonderland.
1:15.0	Its author, Trevor Cox, started coming across interesting and unexpected sounds during his
1:19.5	work as an acoustician.
1:24.2	The eureka moment that inspired the book came to him in an unexpected way.
1:28.3	Here's Trevor.
1:29.3	I was down a sewer of all places and heard this really strange sound effect.
1:34.3	Trevor heard that the sound in the sewer was spiraling all around.
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