<p>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.</p>
Episodes
Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls
Jun 24, 2026 · 26 min
Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie
Jun 17, 2026 · 19 min
Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond
Jun 10, 2026 · 24 min
Hot Chip - Boy From School
May 20, 2026 · 26 min
Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields
May 13, 2026 · 22 min
The xx - Crystalised
May 6, 2026 · 25 min
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son
Apr 22, 2026 · 19 min
The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American
Apr 15, 2026 · 24 min
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi
Apr 8, 2026 · 22 min
Jack Harlow - Say Hello
Mar 25, 2026 · 25 min
Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time"
Mar 18, 2026 · 22 min
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Mar 11, 2026 · 24 min
Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro
Feb 25, 2026 · 25 min
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Feb 18, 2026 · 28 min
The Marías - No One Noticed
Feb 11, 2026 · 25 min
Leon Thomas - Mutt
Jan 28, 2026 · 24 min
Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Jan 21, 2026 · 26 min
Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)
Jan 14, 2026 · 22 min
Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)
Dec 17, 2025 · 25 min
Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'
Dec 10, 2025 · 23 min
Jessie Reyez - Goliath
Dec 3, 2025 · 23 min
Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes
Nov 19, 2025 · 24 min
Clipse - The Birds Don't Sing
Nov 12, 2025 · 26 min
Buckingham Nicks - Frozen Love
Oct 29, 2025 · 35 min
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Oct 22, 2025 · 20 min
A-ha - Take On Me
Oct 15, 2025 · 31 min
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Oct 1, 2025 · 27 min
Key Change: David Chang on "I See a Darkness"
Sep 24, 2025 · 21 min
Ethel Cain - Nettles
Sep 17, 2025 · 31 min
Sam Fender - People Watching
Sep 3, 2025 · 32 min
Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever"
Aug 27, 2025 · 17 min
Jay Som - Tenderness
Aug 20, 2025 · 18 min
Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down
Aug 6, 2025 · 31 min
Gigi Perez - Sailor Song
Jul 23, 2025 · 24 min
Key Change: Jason Schwartzman on the ‘Rushmore’ soundtrack
Jul 16, 2025 · 22 min
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Jul 9, 2025 · 26 min
Little Simz - Free
Jun 25, 2025 · 26 min
Key Change: Shirley Manson on Siouxsie and the Banshees
Jun 18, 2025 · 24 min
Anohni - 4 Degrees
Jun 11, 2025 · 24 min
Jeff Tweedy - How to Write One Song
May 28, 2025 · 43 min
Lorde - Sober
May 21, 2025 · 19 min
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
May 7, 2025 · 28 min
Lizzo - Still Bad
Apr 23, 2025 · 28 min
Key Change: Samin Nosrat on Ani DiFranco
Apr 16, 2025 · 26 min
MJ Lenderman - You Don't Know The Shape I'm In
Apr 2, 2025 · 27 min
Key Change: James Acaster on OutKast
Mar 26, 2025 · 25 min
Lucy Dacus - Thumbs
Mar 19, 2025 · 24 min
Theodore Shapiro - Severance (Main Title Theme)
Mar 5, 2025 · 23 min
Key Change: Hanif Abdurraqib on The Clash
Feb 26, 2025 · 31 min
Sasami - In Love With A Memory (feat. Clairo)
Feb 19, 2025 · 29 min