List of Song Exploder episodes
Song Exploder is an American biweekly music podcast hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway. The biweekly show features musicians talking about the creative process behind an individual song while "deconstructing" the song into its component parts. The songs highlighted on the program have belonged to genres ranging from pop to hardcore punk to television theme songs, film scores and video game music. Song Exploder has explored the music of several notable artists, including Björk, Iggy Pop, MGMT, The Postal Service, Wilco, Spoon, and U2.
Song Exploder began on January 1, 2014. As of May 4, 2016, 71 episodes have been released.
Episodes
2014 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Postal Service | "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" | January 1, 2014 |
| 2 | The Album Leaf | "The Outer Banks" | January 15, 2014 |
| 3 | YACHT | "Plastic Soul" | February 1, 2014 |
| 4 | Baths | "Miasma Sky" | February 14, 2014 |
| 5 | Sea Wolf | "Kasper" | March 1, 2014 |
| 6 | Daedelus | "Experience" | March 17, 2014 |
| 7 | Jeff Beal | "House of Cards (Main Title Theme)" | April 1, 2014 |
| 8 | Loren Bouchard | "Bob's Burgers" (Theme Song) | April 15, 2014 |
| 9 | Poliça | "Smug" | May 1, 2014 |
| 10 | Garbage | "Felt" | May 15, 2014 |
| 11 | Nite Jewel | "One Second of Love" | June 2, 2014 |
| 12 | Converge | "Dark Horse" | June 19, 2014 |
| 13 | The Microphones | "I Want Wind to Blow" | July 1, 2014 |
| 14 | Open Mike Eagle | "Dark Comedy Morning Show (feat. Toy Light)" | July 15, 2014 |
| 15 | Brian Reitzell | Watch Dogs ("Donovan") | August 6, 2014 |
| 16 | Spoon | "Inside Out" | August 19, 2014 |
| 17 | Anamanaguchi | "Prom Night" | September 2, 2014 |
| 18 | The Thermals | "No Culture Icons" | September 18, 2014 |
| 19 | RAC | "Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)" | October 1, 2014 |
| 20 | Valley Lodge | "Go" (Theme to "Last Week Tonight") | October 15, 2014 |
| 21 | Julia Holter | "Horns Surrounding Me" | October 29, 2014 |
| 22 | The Books | "Smells Like Content" | November 12, 2014 |
| 23 | Stars | "No One Is Lost" | November 26, 2014 |
| 24 | Tycho | "Awake" | December 8, 2014 |
| 25 | The National | "Sea of Love" | December 22, 2014 |
2015 episodes
2016 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Courtney Barnett | "Depreston" | January 7, 2016 |
| 62 | MGMT | "Time to Pretend" | January 19, 2016 |
| 63 | Kelela | "Rewind" | January 28, 2016 |
| 64 | The New Pornographers | "Brill Bruisers" | February 8, 2016 |
| 65 | clipping. | "Work Work" | February 18, 2016 |
| 66 | KT Tunstall | "Suddenly I See" | March 1, 2016 |
| 67 | Oneohtrix Point Never | "Sticky Drama" | March 10, 2016 |
| 68 | Iggy Pop | "American Valhalla" | March 21, 2016 |
| 69 | Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | "Astonished Man" | April 5, 2016 |
| 70 | Weezer | "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" | April 18, 2016 |
| 71 | The Lumineers | "Ophelia" | April 28, 2016 |
External links
- Song Exploder Episode Guide at the podcast's official website
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