Age of Audio: The Inside Story of Podcasting

音频时代:播客的内幕故事

Twenty Thousand Hertz

2026-05-18

39 分钟
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The history of podcasting has rarely been told. But in this episode, the brightest minds in podcasting reveal the inside story of this medium: from the invention of RSS feeds, through the Gold Rush era of corporate investments, to the bubble bursting, and the rise of celebrity podcasts. Along the way, Ira Glass explains the origins of This American Life and Serial, Marc Maron recounts Obama visiting his garage, Roman Mars lays out his vision for indie podcasts, and so much more. This story was adapted from the feature documentary ⁠⁠Age of Audio⁠⁠. Learn about this year’s Listener Stories competition and submit your story at ⁠⁠20k.org/2026⁠⁠. For updates on Age of Audio, visit the ⁠⁠official website⁠⁠, or follow the film on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Tiktok⁠⁠. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ⁠⁠⁠Defacto Sound⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out how you can get the iPhone 17 Pro at no cost with an eligible iPhone trade in at ⁠⁠att.com/iphone⁠⁠, or by visiting an AT&T store. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month Shopify trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/20k⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quo.com/20k⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for 20% of your first 6 months of business phone software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • You're listening to 20,000 Hertz, the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.

  • I'm Dallas Taylor.

  • Well, Dallas, I've told this story before,

  • but this is the first time I'm telling it to the person who is in the story.

  • I would love to hear it.

  • This is my friend Sean.

  • Hi, I'm Sean Michael Colon.

  • I am a director and a audio engineer and a filmmaker.

  • Sean recently made a documentary about podcasting called Age of Audio.

  • How did Age of Audio come to be?

  • Like, how'd you get the idea?

  • I was working on one of the potential follow-up documentaries to my first documentary,

  • and it was about this band called The Wilhelm Scream.

  • And anyone who's a longtime fan of 20,000 Hertz knows that there's an episode on the sound of Wilhelm Scream.

  • The Charge at Feather River was the film that gave Wilhelm its name,

  • but it was the second film it was used in.

  • What was the first?

  • And because I wanted to include where the history of that sound came from,

  • I reached out to this podcast host named Dallas Taylor to see if he would do an interview

  • with me about this particular sound as an expert, if you will.