The podcast 20,000 Hurtz is a show about the world's most interesting and recognizable sounds.

I think of it as almost a sibling of 99% invisible, lovingly produced and reported deep dives

into everyday things that make you see the world differently, or in the case of 20,000

Hurtz, make you hear the world differently.

We've collaborated a number of times over the years, but we're featuring them today because

our sibling podcast produced an episode with my actual sibling, Lee Mars, co-author of

the book Golden, the Power of Silence in a World of Noise.

Lee showed up on a mini story episode of 99BI a few months back, talking about the ever-increasing

loudness of sirens as a way of measuring how loud our world has become.

But the story 20,000 Hurtz produced tackles the main thesis of Golden More Head On, and

I love this episode, I love how it turned out, and I'm so proud of everyone involved that

I just wanted to share it with you as a bonus episode. Enjoy.

It's an honor to be here with you all. That's Cyrus Habib.

First, I want to just briefly tell you kind of what my job is, what my role is.

It's fall 2019, and Cyrus is giving a speech to a large crowd in a busy convention center.

He's wearing a black suit and dark sunglasses.

Most people year in Washington say to polite to ask the question, what do you actually do?

For the last two years, Cyrus has been the lieutenant governor of Washington State.

That means he's the second in command of the state's political system.

As he talks, he grips a microphone in one hand and gestures to the crowd with the other.

He looks confident, like the successful politician that he is.

People are predicting big things for his career. They're already talking about him as a possible

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