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The Frame

'Song Exploder': Dissecting the theme from John Oliver's show

Song Exploder's Hrishikesh Hirway
Song Exploder's Hrishikesh Hirway
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A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the conversation, accompanied by the nation's most plugged-in cultural journalists.

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'Song Exploder': Dissecting the theme from John Oliver's show

Have you ever listened to a song and wondered how it really came together? Hrishi Hirway is an L.A.-based musician who had the idea of taking apart a song — piece-by-piece — and having artists talk about what goes into making the final product.

Hirway does this on his podcast, Song Exploder, which is a part of the podcast collective Maximum Fun. He spoke with The Frame's John Horn about his latest episode with musician Dave Hill from the band Valley Lodge, and how Hill's song, "Go," was chosen as the theme music for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."