About this episode
Have you noticed how loud it gets in restaurants these days? Have you found yourselves shouting just to keep a conversation going? Architecture critic Kate Wagner explains how changing design trends have led to dining experiences that aren’t just antisocial, but are negatively impacting our health as well. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound . Subscribe on YouTube to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org . Support the show and get ad-free episodes at 20k.org/plus . Follow Dallas on Instagram , TikTok , Facebook , and LinkedIn . Join our community on Reddit . Contribute your local restaurant noise to the SoundPrint app at soundprint.co Check out Hi-Phi Nation at hiphination.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/diningondecibels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices