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Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway

Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.

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380 episodes

  1. Allison Russell - The Returner 22:22
  2. DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump 16:02
  3. Elvis Costello - Alison 27:20
  4. Olivia Rodrigo - The Cure 26:17
  5. Natalie Merchant - Sister Tilly 25:06
  6. Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait 29:28
  7. Charli XCX - Camera 23:02
  8. Mitski - Your Best American Girl 14:47
  9. Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love 23:20
  10. Key Change: Questlove on Prince 25:48
  11. Metric - Victim of Luck 22:38
  12. Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls 26:56
  13. Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie 19:41
  14. Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond 24:26
  15. Hot Chip - Boy From School 26:11
  16. Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields 22:35
  17. The xx - Crystalised 25:46
  18. Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son 19:27
  19. The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American 24:52
  20. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi 22:43
  21. Jack Harlow - Say Hello 25:35
  22. Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time" 22:09
  23. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 24:26
  24. Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro 25:39
  25. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth 28:57
  26. The Marías - No One Noticed 25:04
  27. Leon Thomas - Mutt 24:53
  28. Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone" 26:13
  29. Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy) 22:14
  30. Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks) 25:13
  31. Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold' 23:24
  32. Jessie Reyez - Goliath 23:03
  33. Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes 24:01
  34. Clipse - The Birds Don't Sing 26:30
  35. Buckingham Nicks - Frozen Love 35:19
  36. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 20:42
  37. A-ha - Take On Me 31:54
  38. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 27:00
  39. Key Change: David Chang on "I See a Darkness" 21:02
  40. Ethel Cain - Nettles 31:17
  41. Sam Fender - People Watching 32:36
  42. Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever" 17:16
  43. Jay Som - Tenderness 18:27
  44. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down 31:22
  45. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 24:55
  46. Key Change: Jason Schwartzman on the ‘Rushmore’ soundtrack 22:31
  47. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 26:54
  48. Little Simz - Free 26:45
  49. Key Change: Shirley Manson on Siouxsie and the Banshees 24:20
  50. Anohni - 4 Degrees 24:25