Hrishikesh Hirway
@hrishikesh.co
writing music, making podcasts (song exploder, home cooking, west wing weekly), eating desserts
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The legends Pusha T and Malice of Clipse are on Song Exploder. We talked about "The Birds Don't Sing," a heartbreaking song about the loss of their parents. Featuring John Legend and Stevie Wonder (!!) as guests, and Pharrell on production. songexploder.net/clipse
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The legends Pusha T and Malice of Clipse are on Song Exploder. We talked about "The Birds Don't Sing," a heartbreaking song about the loss of their parents. Featuring John Legend and Stevie Wonder (!!) as guests, and Pharrell on production. songexploder.net/clipse
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
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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
Episode 300(!) of Song Exploder is with Lady Gaga(!) Listen here: songexploder.net/lady-gaga
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Episode 300(!) of Song Exploder is with Lady Gaga(!) Listen here: songexploder.net/lady-gaga
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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.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
September 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
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Tickets are on sale now for Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and producer Jim-E Stack's conversation with Hrishikesh Hirway on Song Exploder.
www.ticketmaster.com/event/090062...
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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Join on 9/5 at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles as they break down the creative process behind a song from "SABLE, fABLE".
August 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tickets are on sale now for Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and producer Jim-E Stack's conversation with Hrishikesh Hirway on Song Exploder.
www.ticketmaster.com/event/090062...
Join on 9/5 at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles as they break down the creative process behind a song from "SABLE, fABLE".
www.ticketmaster.com/event/090062...
Join on 9/5 at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles as they break down the creative process behind a song from "SABLE, fABLE".
<singing to myself> nobody wants to hear about your dream, nobody wants to see what you made in ceraaamics
July 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
<singing to myself> nobody wants to hear about your dream, nobody wants to see what you made in ceraaamics
@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.
July 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@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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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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June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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-...
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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.
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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.
On one hand, I have to get up and do my work, but on one leg, I have
May 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On one hand, I have to get up and do my work, but on one leg, I have
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Damn I cried listening to this & it’s me talking 😭
New episode of song exploder out now !
songexploder.net/lizzo
New episode of song exploder out now !
songexploder.net/lizzo
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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April 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Damn I cried listening to this & it’s me talking 😭
New episode of song exploder out now !
songexploder.net/lizzo
New episode of song exploder out now !
songexploder.net/lizzo
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
April 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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
TONIGHT: Gonna be celebrating the cracking of some eggs just for the egg whites. Come to the albumen release party!
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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 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
- 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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March 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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
- 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
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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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March 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I love Song Exploder. Thank you @hrishikesh.co for having me on! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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
January 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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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THE meme of 2025 for me.
January 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
THE meme of 2025 for me.
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!
January 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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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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
Listen to the podcast here
songexploder.net/adrianne-len...
Illustration by Carlos Lerma
January 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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
Listen to the podcast here
songexploder.net/adrianne-len...
Illustration by Carlos Lerma
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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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December 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Happy day: There's a new episode of the Home Cooking podcast out, with Samin Nosrat and @hrishikesh.co!
I talked to Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff about the making of “Please Please Please” for the last Song Exploder episode of the year. songexploder.net/sabrina-carpenter
Song Exploder - Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter tells the story behind her song "Please Please Please."
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December 18, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I talked to Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff about the making of “Please Please Please” for the last Song Exploder episode of the year. songexploder.net/sabrina-carpenter
On threads, you can have a lot of followers but zero engagement. I prefer Bluesky where I have neither
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM
On threads, you can have a lot of followers but zero engagement. I prefer Bluesky where I have neither
I wrote a brief essay on the primacy of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie and the origin of its recipe. open.substack.com/pub/hrishike...
Accept Cookies: Toll House, specifically
A little while ago, I was asked to contribute to a Slate article on the most important recipes of the last hundred years.
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November 20, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I wrote a brief essay on the primacy of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie and the origin of its recipe. open.substack.com/pub/hrishike...
We would need to get some questions from listeners. Probably holiday-themed. Recorded as voice memos and emailed to [email protected]. In theory!
@hrishikesh.co BRING BACK HOME COOKING. Please. Please. Please.
Samin isn’t on here so I can’t beg her too.
Samin isn’t on here so I can’t beg her too.
November 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
We would need to get some questions from listeners. Probably holiday-themed. Recorded as voice memos and emailed to [email protected]. In theory!
The song that's stuck in my head today: this cover of Arthur Russell's "This Is How We Walk on the Moon" by Speakers Corner Quartet, featuring Tirzah. Feels somber but resolute in a way that I really appreciate right now.
This Is How We Walk On The Moon (feat. Tirzah), by Speakers Corner Quartet
from the album Mr Loverman (Original Score)
speakerscornerquartet.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM
The song that's stuck in my head today: this cover of Arthur Russell's "This Is How We Walk on the Moon" by Speakers Corner Quartet, featuring Tirzah. Feels somber but resolute in a way that I really appreciate right now.