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Song Exploder

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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Recent episodes

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  1. Charli XCX - Camera
    Aug 2026
  2. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
    Aug 2026
  3. Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love
    Jul 2026
  4. Key Change: Questlove on Prince
    Jul 2026
  5. Metric - Victim of Luck
    Jul 2026
  6. Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls
    Jun 2026
  7. Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie
    Jun 2026
  8. Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond
    Jun 2026
  9. Hot Chip - Boy From School
    May 2026
  10. Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields
    May 2026
  11. The xx - Crystalised
    May 2026
  12. Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son
    Apr 2026
  13. The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American
    Apr 2026
  14. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi
    Apr 2026
  15. Jack Harlow - Say Hello
    Mar 2026
  16. Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time"
    Mar 2026
  17. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
    Mar 2026
  18. Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro
    Feb 2026
  19. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
    Feb 2026
  20. The Marías - No One Noticed
    Feb 2026
  21. Leon Thomas - Mutt
    Jan 2026
  22. Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone"
    Jan 2026
  23. Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)
    Jan 2026
  24. Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)
    Dec 2025
  25. Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'
    Dec 2025