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 July 5, 2016, 77 episodes have been released.

Episodes

2014 episodes

No. Artist Song Original air date
1The Postal Service"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01)
2The Album Leaf"The Outer Banks"January 15, 2014 (2014-01-15)
3YACHT"Plastic Soul"February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)
4Baths"Miasma Sky"February 14, 2014 (2014-02-14)
5Sea Wolf"Kasper"March 1, 2014 (2014-03-01)
6Daedelus"Experience"March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)
7Jeff Beal"House of Cards (Main Title Theme)"April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)
8Loren Bouchard"Bob's Burgers" (Theme Song)April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)
9Poliça"Smug"May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01)
10Garbage"Felt"May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15)
11Nite Jewel"One Second of Love"June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
12Converge"Dark Horse"June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)
13The Microphones"I Want Wind to Blow"July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)
14Open Mike Eagle"Dark Comedy Morning Show (feat. Toy Light)"July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)
15Brian ReitzellWatch Dogs ("Donovan")August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
16Spoon"Inside Out"August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)
17Anamanaguchi"Prom Night"September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)
18The Thermals"No Culture Icons"September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)
19RAC"Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)"October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
20Valley Lodge"Go" (Theme to "Last Week Tonight")October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15)
21Julia Holter"Horns Surrounding Me"October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)
22The Books"Smells Like Content"November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)
23Stars"No One Is Lost"November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)
24Tycho"Awake"December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)
25The National"Sea of Love"December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)

2015 episodes

No. Artist Song Original air date
26Ghostface Killah"The Battlefield"January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
27Blonde Redhead"Penultimo"January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)
28The Long Winters"The Commander Thinks Aloud"January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30)
29Alexandre Desplat"The Imitation Game"February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)
30Jeremy Zuckerman"The Legend of Korra"February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)
31Warpaint"Love Is to Die"March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)
32White Hinterland"Ring the Bell"March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13)
33How to Dress Well"Pour Cyril"March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)
34RJD2"Games You Can Win (feat. Kenna)"April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
35Toro y Moi"Half Dome"April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)
36My Morning Jacket"Spring (Among the Living)"April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)
37John Lunn"Downton Abbey"May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
38tUnE-yArDs"Water Fountain"May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
39Brian Tyler"Avengers: Age of Ultron"May 28, 2015 (2015-05-28)
40Ramin Djawadi"Game of Thrones (Main Title Theme)"June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11)
41Will Butler"Anna"June 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)
42U2"Cedarwood Road"June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)
43Sylvan Esso"Coffee"July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)
44Death Cab for Cutie"El Dorado"July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)
45Thundercat"Them Changes"July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)
46Unknown Mortal Orchestra"Multi-Love"August 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)
47HEALTH"Stonefist"August 18, 2015 (2015-08-18)
48Best Coast"Feeling Ok"August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27)
49American Football"The One with the Tambourine"September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03)
50Joey Bada$$"Hazeus View"September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
51The Magnetic Fields"Andrew in Drag"September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24)
52Deradoorian"A Beautiful Woman"October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)
53Harry Gregson-Williams"The Martian"October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)
54Chet Faker"Gold"October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
55The Arcs"Put a Flower in Your Pocket"November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)
56Youth Lagoon"The Knower"November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)
57Natalia Lafourcade"Hasta la Raíz"November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)
58Wilco"Magnetized"December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)
59Dustin O'Halloran"Transparent (Main Title Theme)"December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
60Björk"Stonemilker"December 17, 2015 (2015-12-17)

2016 episodes

No. Artist Song Original air date
61Courtney Barnett"Depreston"January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07)
62MGMT"Time to Pretend"January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19)
63Kelela"Rewind"January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28)
64The New Pornographers"Brill Bruisers"February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
65clipping."Work Work"February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18)
66KT Tunstall"Suddenly I See"March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
67Oneohtrix Point Never"Sticky Drama"March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10)
68Iggy Pop"American Valhalla"March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)
69Thao & the Get Down Stay Down"Astonished Man"April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)
70Weezer"Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori"April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)
71The Lumineers"Ophelia"April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)
72Carly Rae Jepsen"When I Needed You"May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
73Busdriver"Worlds to Run"May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)
74Old Crow Medicine Show"Dearly Departed Friend"May 29, 2016 (2016-05-29)
75ODESZA"Kusanagi"June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14)
76CHVRCHES"Clearest Blue"June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)
77Andrew Bird"Roma Fade"July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
78Grimes"Kill V. Maim"July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
79Band of Horses"Solemn Oath"July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)
80Patrick Carney feat. Ralph Carney"Bojack Horseman (Main Title Theme)"August 4, 2016 (2016-08-04)
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