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Twenty Thousand Hertz

The State of the 20K Multiverse™

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a podcast about sound gets into video? In this special behind-the-scenes episode, producer Grace East flips the script and interviews Dallas about his leap into visual storytelling, and how the different pieces of the 20K Multiverse all fit together. From backstage at SNL, to Disney Imagineering’s archives, to real-life Bluey locations, Dallas reveals the anxieties, lucky breaks, and human connections behind our new video series. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ⁠⁠Defacto Sound⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow You’ll Hear It wherever you get your podcasts, or subscribe on Youtube. Get 3 months of free payroll at ⁠gusto.com/20k⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Recently, a few listeners have sent me videos from YouTube and Instagram and TikTok that use these new AI narrator voices, and a few of them sounds suspiciously like me.

0:12.1

Now, I've been on the front line of this whole AI voice clone thing for a while for our own testing and just my curiosity.

0:19.3

We even use a AI Dallas voice when we're putting this

0:22.6

very show together and then swap in my real voice once we have the story nailed down. But because

0:28.1

of all this, I have a hunch that my voice is ending up as training material for some of the

0:33.4

AI voice programs that people are using. I want to make an episode about this, but I need your help.

0:38.5

I need tons of examples. So if you're on YouTube or Instagram or TikTok and come across any

0:44.2

videos that sound like me, please send them over. You can email it at web at 20k.org, use the

0:50.5

contact form on our website, DM me on whatever platform you see it on or mention me.

0:55.6

And I'm really easy to get in touch with.

0:57.3

So wherever you find me, just send it over.

1:02.0

If you like 20,000 Hertz, especially our music episodes, then there's another show I know you'll love called You'll Hear It.

1:09.2

It's an incredible music podcast where each episode breaks down a different jazz or jazz-influenced album,

1:15.2

including John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder, DeAngelo, and many more.

1:19.8

It's hosted by two musicians who have great chemistry, and they even perform songs from each album with their four-piece band.

1:26.5

You'll hear it is Music Explored. Follow the show on

1:29.6

Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or subscribe on YouTube. You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. The stories

1:41.1

behind the world's most iconic and fascinating sounds.

1:45.8

I'm Grace East.

1:47.5

You might recognize my voice from the credits or from some of our game show episodes.

1:52.8

Today, we're doing things a little differently.

1:56.0

I'm taking the mic to interview Dallas for a special behind-the-scenes episode.

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