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 ...

Song Exploder, a music podcast documentary TV series produced by Christian Koons for Netflix, features renowned musicians discussing their creative process and sharing insights on life and the music ...

The farther away a mountain is, the easier climbing it appears. Up close, staring at a 14,000-foot increase would cause anyone to reconsider. From a place outside true understanding, things always ...

If you're a big music fan and an avid podcast listener, you've probably heard of Song Exploder. The biweekly podcast created by Hrishikesh Hirway in 2014 features a range of musicians, who dive deep ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...