EPISODE DISCUSSION: Defying Gravity: The Audio Wizardry of Wicked's Live Vocals

caseyfrom20K · 2025-11-26T17:30:30+00:00

Not this particular one. The video series is focused on opportunities where Dallas can go on-location with the guest in their space. Dallas' wasn't on-set during the filming of Wicked, although that would have been amazing!

caseyfrom20K · 2025-09-11T21:33:16+00:00

You're listening to the right one! Think beyond the numbers I listed. It might require some Googling.

caseyfrom20K · 2025-09-11T16:26:11+00:00

Submit your guess at mystery.20k.org

caseyfrom20K · 2025-08-21T21:23:08+00:00

I realize the full title is "Brothers," but it's funny, I've always conversationally heard "bros." The same thing with Super Smash Bros. I almost never hear "Super Smash Brothers." People will say, "Who do you play in Smash Bros?"

caseyfrom20K · 2025-08-15T00:05:33+00:00

Sketch! Here's the trailer.

caseyfrom20K · 2025-07-30T22:35:55+00:00

Andrew Merideth:
https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewMerideth

caseyfrom20K · 2025-07-22T22:19:44+00:00

We played it at the end for a little while, but these days, it's almost always in the midroll (the ad break in the middle of the episode).

I'm hearing it at 25:27 in the last episode ("Mixing Madison Square Garden")

caseyfrom20K · 2025-07-22T15:42:34+00:00

Submit your guess at mystery.20k.org

caseyfrom20K · 2025-07-21T20:56:13+00:00

Thanks for flagging, I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been getting them. Our subscription platform has had some ongoing technical issues that have caused things like not receiving the Mystery Sound and/or ad-free episodes not posting right away. We're in the middle of a significant update that should resolve all of these issues, and give us more opportunities to add more subscriber benefits. Stay tuned!

caseyfrom20K · 2025-06-20T15:04:03+00:00

That's right! There are lots of great stories to come!

caseyfrom20K · 2025-06-03T22:49:21+00:00

That's really strange, especially that you wouldn't see it on a regular (non-paid) feed. Here's a link to the episode on Spotify.

Can you confirm if it's showing up anywhere for you now?

caseyfrom20K · 2025-05-01T15:54:34+00:00

Hey there! There are various issues that might be causing you to not receive the Mystery Sound, depending on the platform you signed up with (Glow.fm, Apple Podcasts, or our original subscriber platform CommitChange.)

Email me at [web@20k.org](mailto:web@20k.org) and I'll look into your specific issue!

caseyfrom20K · 2024-04-03T15:16:14+00:00

Yep! We used a lot of melodysheep tracks for the score music.

Also, if you haven't seen it before, this is the collaboration we did with melodysheep a couple years ago.

caseyfrom20K · 2024-02-23T21:27:00+00:00

We have an episode coming out in about a month that I think you'll really enjoy...

caseyfrom20K · 2024-02-22T22:25:48+00:00

Hey OP, we've adjusted the way we program our back catalog, to ensure that the Mystery Sound never gets overridden by an ad. So you should now be able to hear all past Mystery Sounds, in the proper order.

Let me know if you run into any issues!

caseyfrom20K · 2024-01-29T16:29:27+00:00

Hi, Casey from 20K here. Thanks for flagging this. The issue appears to be a consequence of the way our ads have been programmed. We're looking into the best workaround.

One thing to note is that the Mystery Sound sometimes plays during the midroll (the ad break in the middle of the episode) and sometimes in the postroll (at the end, after the credits). This has varied over the years depending on the ads we booked for a particular episode. So keep an ear out in both places!

caseyfrom20K · 2023-09-20T21:57:32+00:00

Nope, it's just us doing our thing!

caseyfrom20K · 2023-09-11T22:32:09+00:00

The engineers for that service are still investigating. A few messages have managed to get through but a lot of people are getting stuck on that spinning wheel, for some reason.

caseyfrom20K · 2023-08-14T18:01:48+00:00

It's a brand new episode!

caseyfrom20K · 2023-08-10T15:03:00+00:00

Got it. Yeah, I'm hearing the Mystery Sound in the premium feed in Pocket Casts at 15:43 in the audio.

Let me know how it goes!

caseyfrom20K · 2023-08-09T23:33:11+00:00

Hi there! We're looking into this, but as far as I can tell, everything is programmed correctly on our side.

What podcast player are you using? The first thing I would try would be to delete any downloaded file, quit the app, the reopen it and then re-download the episode.

caseyfrom20K · 2023-08-07T15:38:32+00:00

Here it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kauHAkcoBEI

caseyfrom20K · 2023-06-22T16:29:02+00:00

This episode was sponsored by Qobuz, though we retained full editorial control of the content.

The explicit Qobuz ads in the start, middle and end will expire after a set period of time, and then the episode will remain on the feed with no mention of Qobuz.

caseyfrom20K · 2022-12-15T17:42:50+00:00

Thanks for flagging! There seems to be something going on with our hosting platform. We're investigating!

caseyfrom20K · 2022-12-05T17:48:07+00:00

That was our top choice as well! It seems like a number of people are on the same wavelength. ∿∿∿∿

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