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. 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 April 25, 2016, 284 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 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 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 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 15 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 16 | Spoon | "Inside Out" | August 19, 2014 |
| 17 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 18 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 19 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 20 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 21 | Julia Holter | "Horns Surrounding Me" | October 29, 2014 |
| 22 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 23 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 24 | Tycho | "Awake" | December 8, 2014 |
| 25 | The National | "Sea of Love" | December 22, 2014 |
2015 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ghostface Killah | "The Battlefield" | January 6, 2015 |
| 27 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 28 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 29 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 30 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 31 | Warpaint | "Love Is to Die" | March 3, 2015 |
| 32 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 33 | How to Dress Well | "Pour Cyril" | March 25, 2015 |
| 34 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 35 | Toro y Moi | "Half Dome" | April 14, 2015 |
| 36 | My Morning Jacket | "Spring (Among the Living)" | April 23, 2015 |
| 37 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 38 | tUnE-yArDs | "Water Fountain" | May 18, 2015 |
| 39 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 40 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 41 | Will Butler | "Anna" | June 22, 2015 |
| 42 | U2 | "Cedarwood Road" | June 29, 2015 |
| 43 | Sylvan Esso | "Coffee" | July 8, 2015 |
| 44 | Death Cab for Cutie | "El Dorado" | July 20, 2015 |
| 45 | Thundercat | "Them Changes" | July 30, 2015 |
| 46 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | "Multi-Love" | August 10, 2015 |
| 47 | HEALTH | "Stonefist" | August 18, 2015 |
| 48 | Best Coast | "Feeling Ok" | August 27, 2015 |
| 49 | American Football | "The One with the Tambourine" | September 3, 2015 |
| 50 | Joey Bada$$ | "Hazeus View" | September 15, 2015 |
| 51 | The Magnetic Fields | "Andrew in Drag" | September 24, 2015 |
| 52 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 53 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 54 | Chet Faker | "Gold" | October 26, 2015 |
| 55 | The Arcs | "Put a Flower in Your Pocket" | November 5, 2015 |
| 56 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 57 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 58 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 59 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 60 | Björk | "Stonemilker" | December 17, 2015 |
2016 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Courtney Barnett | "Depreston" | January 7, 2016 |
| 62 | MGMT | "Time to Pretend" | January 19, 2016 |
| 63 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 64 | The New Pornographers | "Brill Bruisers" | February 8, 2016 |
| 65 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 66 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 67 | Oneohtrix Point Never | "Sticky Drama" | March 10, 2016 |
| 68 | Iggy Pop | "American Valhalla" | March 21, 2016 |
| 69 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 70 | Weezer | "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" | April 18, 2016 |
External links
- Song Exploder Episode Guide at the podcast's official website