List of Song Exploder episodes
Song Exploder is an American biweekly music podcast originally hosted and created by Hrishikesh Hirway. Now hosted by Thao Nguyen and produced by Christian Koons, the 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. To date, 177 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 | Jeff Beal | "House of Cards (Main Title Theme)" | April 1, 2014 |
| 8 | Loren Bouchard | "Bob's Burgers" (Theme Song) | April 15, 2014 |
| 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 | Open Mike Eagle featuring Toy Light | "Dark Comedy Morning Show" | July 15, 2014 |
| 15 | Brian Reitzell | Watch Dogs ("Donovan") | August 6, 2014 |
| 16 | Spoon | "Inside Out" | August 19, 2014 |
| 17 | Anamanaguchi | "Prom Night" | September 2, 2014 |
| 18 | The Thermals | "No Culture Icons" | September 18, 2014 |
| 19 | RAC featuring Kele & MNDR | "Let Go" | October 1, 2014 |
| 20 | Valley Lodge | "Go" (Theme to "Last Week Tonight") | October 15, 2014 |
| 21 | Julia Holter | "Horns Surrounding Me" | October 29, 2014 |
| 22 | The Books | "Smells Like Content" | November 12, 2014 |
| 23 | Stars | "No One Is Lost" | November 26, 2014 |
| 24 | Tycho | "Awake" | December 8, 2014 |
| 25 | The National | "Sea of Love" | December 22, 2014 |
2015 episodes
2016 episodes
2017 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Metallica | "Moth into Flame" | January 6, 2017 |
| 94 | Solange | "Cranes in the Sky" | January 16, 2017 |
| 95 | Nicholas Britell | "Little's Theme", "Chiron's Theme" and "Black's Theme" from the Moonlight score | January 30, 2017 |
| 96 | Dropkick Murphys | "Blood" | February 7, 2017 |
| 97 | Sara Watkins | "Without A Word" | February 17, 2017 |
| 98 | Bonobo | "Break Apart (feat. Rhye)" | February 28, 2017 |
| 99 | Sleigh Bells | "I Can Only Stare" | March 14, 2017 |
| 100 | Dirty Projectors | "Up In Hudson" | March 21, 2017 |
| 101 | Norah Jones | "Day Breaks" | March 30, 2017 |
| 102 | Gorillaz | "Andromeda (feat. D.R.A.M.)" | April 11, 2017 |
| 103 | Aimee Mann | "Patient Zero" | April 21, 2017 |
| 104 | Little Dragon | "Sweet" | May 2, 2017 |
| 105 | Perfume Genius | "Slip Away" | May 11, 2017 |
| 106 | Michael Kiwanuka | "Black Man in a White World" | May 22, 2017 |
| 107 | alt-j | "In Cold Blood" | June 2, 2017 |
| 108 | Michelle Branch | "Best You Ever" | June 14, 2017 |
| 109 | Fleet Foxes | "Mearcstapa" | June 22, 2017 |
| 110 | Goapele | "Stand" | July 5, 2017 |
| 111 | Slowdive | "Sugar for the Pill" | July 13, 2017 |
| 112 | Phoenix | "Ti Amo" | July 25, 2017 |
| 113 | Grizzly Bear | "Four Cypresses" | August 23, 2017 |
| 114 | St. Vincent | "New York" | August 15, 2017 |
| 115 | Maggie Rogers | "Alaska" | August 24, 2017 |
| 116 | Ibeyi | "Deathless" | September 5, 2017 |
| 117 | Rostam | "Bike Dream" | September 14, 2017 |
| 118 | Lorde | "Sober" | September 25, 2017 |
| 119 | The Killers | "Rut" | October 6, 2017 |
| 120 | TOKiMONSTA | "Bibimbap" | October 18, 2017 |
| 121 | Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein | "Stranger Things (Main Title Theme)" | October 26, 2017 |
| 122 | Rachel Platten | "Broken Glass" | November 8, 2017 |
| 123 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | "Almost Like Praying" | November 22, 2017 |
| 124 | Nine Inch Nails | "The Lovers" | December 6, 2017 |
| 125 | R.E.M. | "Try Not To Breathe" | December 20, 2017 |
2018 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | The Roots | "It Ain't Fair" (feat. Bilal) | January 3, 2018 |
| 127 | Julien Baker | "Appointments" | January 17, 2018 |
| 128 | Bleachers | "I Miss Those Days" | January 31, 2018 |
| 129 | Moses Sumney | "Quarrel" | February 14, 2018 |
| 130 | Natalie Prass | "Short Court Style" | February 28, 2018 |
| 131 | Ludwig Göransson | "Black Panther" | March 14, 2018 |
| 132 | Jack Johnson | "You Can't Control It" | March 28, 2018 |
| 133 | Kimbra | "Top of the World" | April 11, 2018 |
| 134 | Arcade Fire | "Put Your Money On Me" | April 25, 2018 |
| 135 | Liz Phair | "Divorce Song" | May 9, 2018 |
| 136 | Jon Hopkins | "Luminous Beings" | May 23, 2018 |
| 137 | Wolf Alice | "Don't Delete the Kisses" | June 6, 2018 |
| 138 | Yo La Tengo | "Here You Are" | June 20, 2018 |
| 139 | Jhené Aiko | "Sativa" (feat. Swae Lee) | July 4, 2018 |
| 140 | Action Bronson | "The Chairman's Intent" | July 18, 2018 |
| 141 | Neko Case | "Last Lion of Albion" | August 1, 2018 |
| 142 | Christine and the Queens | "Doesn't Matter" | August 15, 2018 |
| 143 | The Decemberists | "Once in My Life" | September 6, 2018 |
| 144 | Blood Orange | "Saint" | September 25, 2018 |
| 145 | Cat Power | "Woman" | October 5, 2018 |
| 146 | Janelle Monáe | "So Afraid" | October 15, 2018 |
| 147 | John Carpenter | "Halloween (Theme)" | October 26, 2018 |
| 148 | Big Boi | "Order of Operations" | November 5, 2018 |
| 149 | Empress Of | "When I'm With Him" | November 19, 2018 |
| Bonus | Breakmaster Cylinder | "Reply All" | November 26, 2018 |
| 150 | Fleetwood Mac | "Go Your Own Way" | December 5, 2018 |
| Bonus | Yo-Yo Ma | "Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major" | December 20, 2018 |
2019 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Hozier | "Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)" | January 9, 2019 |
| 152 | Japanese Breakfast | "Boyish" | January 23, 2019 |
| Bonus | Wonderly | "The Daily (Theme)" | February 6, 2019 |
| 153 | Phoebe Bridgers | "Scott Street" | February 20, 2019 |
| 154 | Mumford & Sons | "Beloved" | March 6, 2019 |
| 155 | Nakhane | "New Brighton" (feat. Anohni) | March 20, 2019 |
| 156 | Sharon Van Etten | "Seventeen" | April 3, 2019 |
| 157 | Panda Bear | "Dolphin" | April 17, 2019 |
| 158 | The Cranberries | "All Over Now" | May 2, 2019 |
| 159 | The Mountain Goats | "Cadaver Sniffing Dog" | May 16, 2019 |
| 160 | Raleigh Ritchie | "Time in a Tree" | May 29, 2019 |
| 161 | Sheryl Crow | "Redemption Day" (feat. Johnny Cash) | June 12, 2019 |
| 162 | Big Thief | "Cattails" | June 26, 2019 |
| 163 | Jamila Woods | "BALDWIN" | July 10, 2019 |
| 164 | Denzel Curry | "RICKY" | July 24, 2019 |
| 165 | Sleater-Kinney | "The Future is Here" | August 7, 2019 |
| 166 | Bon Iver | "Holyfields" | August 21, 2019 |
| 167 | Robyn | "Honey" | September 4, 2019 |
| 168 | Brittany Howard | "Stay High" | September 18, 2019 |
| 169 | Clairo | "Alewife" | October 2, 2019 |
| 170 | Raphael Saadiq | "Kings Fall" | October 16, 2019 |
| 171 | Slipknot | "Unsainted" | October 30, 2019 |
| 172 | Jay Som | "Tenderness" | November 13, 2019 |
| 173 | Bat For Lashes | "Kids in the Dark" | November 27, 2019 |
| 174 | Meek Mill | "Trauma" | December 11, 2019 |
| Bonus | Hrishikesh Hirway | "Intro Theme and Thao's Farewell" | December 18, 2019 |
| 175 | Vampire Weekend | "Harmony Hall" | December 25, 2019 |
2020 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Semisonic | "Closing Time" | January 15, 2020 |
| 177 | Vagabon | "Water Me Down" | January 29, 2020 |
| 178 | Caribou | "Home" | February 12, 2020 |
| 179 | Soccer Mommy | "Circle the Drain" | February 26, 2020 |
| 180 | Eric Nam | "Love Die Young" | March 11, 2020 |
| 181 | Nathaniel Rateliff | "And It's Still Alright" | March 25, 2020 |
| 182 | FKA Twigs | "Mirrored Heart" | April 8, 2020 |
| 183 | Tame Impala | "It Might Be Time" | April 22, 2020 |
| 184 | Laura Marling | "Song For Our Daughter" | May 6, 2020 |
| 185 | 100 gecs | "money machine" | May 20, 2020 |
| 186 | Mobb Deep | "Shook Ones, Pt. II" | June 17, 2020 |
| 187 | Apparat | "Goodbye (Theme from "Dark")" | July 1, 2020 |
| 188 | Khruangbin | "So We Won't Forget" | July 15, 2020 |
| 189 | Waxahatchee | "Fire" | July 29, 2020 |
| 190 | The 1975 | "The Birthday Party" | August 12, 2020 |
| 191 | Black Pumas | "Colors" | August 26, 2020 |
| 192 | Kelly Lee Owens | "On" | September 9, 2020 |
| 193 | Selena Gomez | "Lose You to Love Me" | September 23, 2020 |
| 194 | Dua Lipa | "Levitating" | October 7, 2020 |
| 195 | Run the Jewels | "Ju$t" | October 21, 2020 |
| 196 | Deftones | "Ohms" | November 4, 2020 |
| 197 | Billie Eilish | "everything i wanted" | November 18, 2020 |
| 198 | Jewel | "You Were Meant for Me" | December 2, 2020 |
| 199 | Common | "A Riot In My Mind" | December 16, 2020 |
2021 episodes
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | Yusuf / Cat Stevens | "Father and Son" | January 13, 2021 |
| 201 | HAIM | "Summer Girl" | January 27, 2021 |
External links
- Song Exploder Episode Guide at the podcast's official website
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