Show overview
Song Exploder has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 380 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 15 min and 23 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. Roughly 35% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 29 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Hrishikesh Hirway.
From the publisher
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.