Podcast

Song Exploder

Author: Hrishikesh Hirway ([email protected])
Feed episode count: 372
Official site: http://www.songexploder.net
RSS: https://feed.songexploder.net/SongExploder
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Summary

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.

Episodes

Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love

Duration seconds: 1400
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_a7e4199e-3e35-4dd0-8164-c1a50688fd0d&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

Key Change: Questlove on Prince

Duration seconds: 1548
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_6bcfc20c-2406-4963-912a-fe2d13d6f43f&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Metric - Victim of Luck

Duration seconds: 1358
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_c71864f6-d5bd-45dc-b0c5-50ddf0f41b20&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls

Duration seconds: 1616
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_17c3b623-ef4d-46ca-a0c0-7e8d584f1d42&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie

Duration seconds: 1181
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_0340f7e7-d4ed-4379-aced-534e9e2b93ec&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond

Duration seconds: 1466
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_b670e4d7-fa27-4358-b747-1c53358b0f56&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

Hot Chip - Boy From School

Duration seconds: 1571
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_b7d39af5-7b4a-4106-8dda-92a6fe3adcef&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields

Duration seconds: 1355
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_4a05034e-e67f-4905-9211-be4ba118e1cd&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

The xx - Crystalised

Duration seconds: 1546
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_82ddfab0-0bf9-4e9f-a1e2-dcc58f9e1f1e&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son

Duration seconds: 1167
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_845366a6-4ed1-4512-90fd-592f516c33a1&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American

Duration seconds: 1492
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_530850c9-bdd7-4650-9f83-c34e09345782&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested

Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi

Duration seconds: 1363
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_a66e280d-42d9-44c1-944c-39dd91d8db76&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Mar 25, 2026 · not_requested

Jack Harlow - Say Hello

Duration seconds: 1535
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_ee7e385d-a720-4871-8c33-0f2036404275&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time"

Duration seconds: 1329
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_00562c35-1751-420c-9325-afdddabf8c8b&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Mar 11, 2026 · not_requested

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

Duration seconds: 1466
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_11102292-eb0e-46a8-9a96-6313eb368818&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Feb 25, 2026 · not_requested

Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro

Duration seconds: 1539
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_54a59f5c-e505-4b7e-9259-b83270028576&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Feb 18, 2026 · not_requested

Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Duration seconds: 1737
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_d5c1d93d-744f-46cf-bfa6-9bdc6c130b4e&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Feb 11, 2026 · not_requested

The Marías - No One Noticed

Duration seconds: 1504
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_7d8d7128-54e2-48d8-9f07-92a5732240e4&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jan 28, 2026 · not_requested

Leon Thomas - Mutt

Duration seconds: 1493
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_afdaed83-e403-423a-8113-cf91b7ffd364&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jan 21, 2026 · not_requested

Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Duration seconds: 1573
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_c43ad242-fc3c-4bcb-860a-a9b8e8e194fb&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Jan 14, 2026 · not_requested

Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)

Duration seconds: 1334
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_76e93efc-6c81-4a85-b1bf-dbd599e21869&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Dec 17, 2025 · not_requested

Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)

Duration seconds: 1513
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_fc74985c-5e9a-4e0d-aa51-9c047353f799&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Dec 10, 2025 · not_requested

Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'

Duration seconds: 1404
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_194d7573-c8db-4380-98d0-a2da51e6fcaa&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Dec 3, 2025 · not_requested

Jessie Reyez - Goliath

Duration seconds: 1383
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_bf31e832-adc8-47c8-93f6-9724ddf61dde&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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Nov 19, 2025 · not_requested

Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes

Duration seconds: 1441
Source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_4d0535fe-7a96-493c-87a8-9bc95aa579a2&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

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