Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Translating a podcast to a TV screen is a multi-pronged challenge. For a show like “Song Exploder,” hosted in its audio form over ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

One of music’s most popular podcasts is coming to Netflix as a new documentary series. And the first trailer for Song Exploder offers a harmonious warmup for what fans can expect. The show will see ...

HRISHIKESH HIRWAY: You're listening to "Song Exploder," where musicians take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. My name is Hrishikesh Hirway. MARTÍNEZ: And he ...

Among the first instruments you hear in “Losing My Religion,” the 1991 smash hit by R.E.M., is a mandolin. Played by guitarist Peter Buck, the minimalist melody moves through the song virtually ...

Fast Company: What gave you the idea for Song Exploder? Hrishikesh Hirway: As a person who made music, I was always trying to figure out how other people made their work, and what I could learn from ...

Hrishikesh Hirway brings his DIY music dissection to a new documentary series unpacking tracks from Alicia Keys, R.E.M., and "Hamilton." Translating a podcast to a TV screen is a multi-pronged ...