Behind Song Exploder with Hrishikesh Hirway
How the hit podcast came together
Hrishikesh Hirway, creator and host of the acclaimed podcast and Netflix show Song Exploder, took us behind the scenes of his studio—and his creative process—ahead of his live Song Exploder event at The Ford featuring The Magnetic Fields. “Fundamentally, every Song Exploder episode is a story about someone’s experience, where they made something out of nothing.” This is Hrishikesh’s story of how he made a very big something.
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