# Song Exploder

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830.md
RSS feed: https://feed.songexploder.net/SongExploder
Official site: http://www.songexploder.net
Author: Hrishikesh Hirway (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)
Episodes: 372

## Resource

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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Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830.md

## Episodes
- [Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/suki-waterhouse-back-in-love) — 2026-07-22T14:00:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Questlove on Prince](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-questlove-on-prince) — 2026-07-15T14:00:00+00:00
- [Metric - Victim of Luck](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/metric-victim-of-luck) — 2026-07-08T14:00:00+00:00
- [Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/hayley-kiyoko-girls-like-girls) — 2026-06-24T14:35:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-tatiana-maslany-on-faceshopping-by-sophie) — 2026-06-17T14:00:00+00:00
- [Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/paul-mccartney-ripples-in-a-pond) — 2026-06-10T14:30:00+00:00
- [Hot Chip - Boy From School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/hot-chip-boy-from-school) — 2026-05-20T14:29:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-emma-straub-on-69-love-songs-by-the-magnetic-fields) — 2026-05-13T17:30:00+00:00
- [The xx - Crystalised](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/the-xx-crystalised) — 2026-05-06T14:30:00+00:00
- [Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/yusuf-cat-stevens-father-and-son) — 2026-04-22T15:00:00+00:00
- [The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/the-memory-palace-the-thundering-herd-the-vanishing-american) — 2026-04-15T15:05:00+00:00
- [Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-alibi) — 2026-04-08T15:00:00+00:00
- [Jack Harlow - Say Hello](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/jack-harlow-say-hello) — 2026-03-25T15:00:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-baz-luhrmann-on-time-after-time) — 2026-03-18T14:30:00+00:00
- [Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/thompson-twins-hold-me-now) — 2026-03-11T14:30:00+00:00
- [Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/silvana-estrada-como-un-p-jaro) — 2026-02-25T15:00:00+00:00
- [Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/iron-wine-flightless-bird-american-mouth) — 2026-02-18T15:00:00+00:00
- [The Marías - No One Noticed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/the-mar-as-no-one-noticed) — 2026-02-11T15:30:00+00:00
- [Leon Thomas - Mutt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/leon-thomas-mutt) — 2026-01-28T16:26:40+00:00
- [Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-john-green-on-you-ll-never-walk-alone) — 2026-01-21T15:30:00+00:00
- [Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/hit-boy-and-nipsey-hussle-racks-in-the-middle-feat-roddy-ricch-and-hit-boy) — 2026-01-14T19:08:05+00:00
- [Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/air-playground-love-feat-gordon-tracks) — 2025-12-17T15:30:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-rian-johnson-on-wagner-s-das-rheingold) — 2025-12-10T17:30:00+00:00
- [Jessie Reyez - Goliath](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/jessie-reyez-goliath) — 2025-12-03T15:30:00+00:00
- [Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/key-change-demi-adejuyigbe-on-the-strokes) — 2025-11-19T14:00:00+00:00

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