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For a show like “Song Exploder,” hosted in its audio form over various stretches of its nearly seven-year run by Hrishikesh Hirway, that transfer of ideas meant going from listening to seeing ...
A four-part limited series version of the Song Exploder podcast debuts on Netflix Friday. The series examines the creative process behind one song each episode.
Hrishikesh Hirway is host of the podcast Song Exploder, which examines pop songs and artists. He talks to NPR's A Martinez about releasing an album of his own compositions.
Host Hrishikesh Hirway hopes the Netflix adaptation of his podcast "Song Exploder" acts as a "keyhole into how an artist’s mind works." ...
‘Song Exploder’ and the Inexhaustible Hustle of Hrishikesh Hirway The creator of several podcasts and a new television series is a popular investigator of the creative process.
Up front on our Ford Exploder was relatively simple. We basically removed the plastic fender flares or body cladding, removed the inner fender wells (we live in the South West, so we don't have to ...
In the latest 'Song Exploder' podcast Tom Fec (aka Tobacco), who composed the theme for HBO's 'Silicon Valley,' breaks down a track from his fourth album.
In the latest 'Song Exploder' podcast, Old Crow Medicine Show's bandleader Ketch Secor discusses the band's soldier-returns-home track.
As Song Exploder turns 10, host Hrishikesh Hirway tells The Daily Beast about the podcast’s stand-out episodes and guests.
Song Exploder Season 2 on Netflix goes deep on The Killers' "When You Were Young," suggesting "Mr. Brightside" is the lesser Killers hit song.
In his longtime podcast Song Exploder, Hrishikesh Hirway dives deep on songs with the artists who wrote them. Now, in a spinoff series, New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean breaks down books with ...
‘Song Exploder’ Reveals the Eureka Moments Behind the Hits The new Netflix show deftly explores the making of songs from R.E.M., Alicia Keys, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ty Dolla Sign.