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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.