2026-03-23
27 分钟You're listening to 20,000 Hertz, the stories behind the world most iconic and fascinating sounds.
I'm Dallas Taylor.
Last year, we kicked off a brand new competition where we invited you to produce
your very own mini podcast about sound and send it to us for our listener stories episode.
It turned out to be even better than we expected, and the winning submissions filled three entire episodes.
So this year, we're doing it again, and I'm really excited to hear what you create.
But before we kick off this year's competition,
there's one more audio story from last year that was too long to include.
But would have absolutely earned a spot in our gold episode.
But be sure to stick around after the break,
because supervising producer Casey Emmerling and I reflect on what these listener stories meant to us.
We also talk about what we learned from them.
And we officially kick off this year's competition with a few words of advice.
But first, here's that final story.
It's called The Choice to Hear by Jesse Herrera.
Enjoy.
Jiddu's house was full of sound.
Our big Lebanese family, us grandkids and our parents.
The gumball machine, the old rotary phone, the electric organ in the spare bedroom,
and that huge mechanical grandfather clock that chimed every hour.