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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · 5d

I wrote about some of the thoughts this episode brought up for me. open.substack.com/pub/hrishike...

Take on Me

All the things I’ve got to remember.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · 5d

Today’s Song Exploder is one of my favorite episodes so far, about one of my favorite songs of all time. It’s incredible to hear just how different A-ha’s “Take on Me” was when it started, and the work, creativity, and luck it required to turn it into the giant hit it became. songexploder.net/a-ha

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · 19d

Episode 300(!) of Song Exploder is with Lady Gaga(!) Listen here: songexploder.net/lady-gaga

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · Sep 19

Hello Friends. I am ecstatic to announce that I have reacquired the entire Spontaneanation catalogue and effective immediately you can find every episode wherever you get your podcasts.

Don’t get drunk and fight each other.

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Bon Iver @boniverwi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Tickets are on sale now for Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and producer Jim-E Stack's conversation with Hrishikesh Hirway on Song Exploder.

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Join on 9/5 at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles as they break down the creative process behind a song from "SABLE, fABLE".

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Jul 26

<singing to myself> nobody wants to hear about your dream, nobody wants to see what you made in ceraaamics

a round, squat ceramic vase with gunmetal glaze on the outside and a crackly light green glaze on the inside

A small, textured brown vase with a crackly light green glaze on the inside.

a coppery bronze vase with a bottleneck.

A bronze, spherical ceramic vase with a light green glaze inside.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Jul 3

@duolingoesp.bsky.social seems to have started replacing their weird, wonderful voice cast with AI, and it SUCKS. I’m missing the personality that actors brought to the characters the app uses for storytelling. The flat, generic AI voices = a flat, generic lesson. Can’t believe they don’t get that.

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Kyle Starr @kylestarr.bsky.social · Jun 27

Happy to have played a small part in the 20 years of Apple Podcasts. I ran Podcasts Ops from 2013–2015, and continue to support the team in various was today. learn.applepodcasts.apple/20-podcasts-...

Apple Podcasts — 20 Years, 20 Podcasts We Love

For our 20th anniversary, we’ve selected 20 shows that we love. There’s something for everyone, so press play and join in on the celebrations.

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Kyle Starr @kylestarr.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’ll never forget discovering Song Exploder in the submission queue. What I thought was someone randomly uploading a Postal Service track turned out to be one of the coolest podcasts I’d heard by @hrishikesh.co. I recommended to editorial that we feature it immediately. The rest is history.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · May 24

On one hand, I have to get up and do my work, but on one leg, I have

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lizzo @lizzobeeating.bsky.social · Apr 23

Damn I cried listening to this & it’s me talking 😭

New episode of song exploder out now !

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Episode 291: Lizzo

"Still Bad"LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPSLizzo is a Grammy- and Emmy-winning singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. She’s been putting out music since 2013, and

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Apr 16

I have a lot of fun with Samin Nosrat on our Home Cooking podcast, but this episode of Key Change is a different sort of conversation. I found her story—which connects to her relationship to the Ani DiFranco song ‘Untouchable Face’—very moving. I hope you will, too. songexploder.net/keychange

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Mar 11

TONIGHT: Gonna be celebrating the cracking of some eggs just for the egg whites. Come to the albumen release party!

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Hark Audio @harkaudio.com · Mar 7

HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring:
- How Trump is getting game theory all wrong on tariffs @mkonnikova.bsky.social
- How the 'Severance' theme was created @hrishikesh.co
- The hostage kept sane by a Seal song @sfstandard.com

March 7, 2025

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Theodore Shapiro @teddyshaps.bsky.social · Mar 5

I love Song Exploder. Thank you @hrishikesh.co for having me on! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Theodore Shapiro - Severance (Main Title Theme)

Podcast Episode · Song Exploder · 03/05/2025 · 23m

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Mar 2

Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you!

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Feb 3

Oh, I see! Well, the biggest reference for me for that recurring love motif was the feeling I get from Roberta Flack's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," which absolutely kills me. Iris is constantly thinking back to the first time she saw Josh, and I wanted that kind of aching love.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Feb 3

Absolutely! I'm honored it took up any space in your brain at any point—thank you so much! If you ever want to revisit it, it's here: lnk.to/CompanionSdtk

Hrishikesh Hirway - Companion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Listen to Companion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Hrishikesh Hirway.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Feb 2

Ha! I was not at all thinking about or listening to that score when I was writing! Which part of the film / score made you think of it!

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Jan 30

I’ve started a new series on Song Exploder where I talk to fascinating people about the music that transformed them: Key Change. My first guest is actor/musician Sophie Thatcher, on Elliott Smith's "Waltz #1.” You can find it in the Song Exploder feed or here: songexploder.net/keychange

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Jan 26

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the feedback on my increased presence during the episodes; it felt like a big change and I wasn't sure how it would go over.

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Palicki, Agent of E.R.I.C. @ home @ericpalicki.bsky.social · Jan 24

THE meme of 2025 for me.

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Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co · Jan 24

My original soundtrack for the film "Companion" is out now, and you can pre-order it on vinyl! lnk.to/CompanionSDTK. The movie itself comes out Jan 31 - go see it!

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4AD @4ad.com · Jan 8

Adrianne Lenker and her co-producer, Philip Weinrobe, tell the story of 'Sadness As A Gift' with Song Exploder 💫

Listen to the podcast here
songexploder.net/adrianne-len...

Illustration by Carlos Lerma

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Dec 20

Happy day: There's a new episode of the Home Cooking podcast out, with Samin Nosrat and @hrishikesh.co!

Home Cooking

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