[2] Additionally, both Time magazine and The Guardian listed Dissect as one of the top 50 podcasts of 2018.

Dissect "mini-series" have similar content to normal seasons, but in a shorter format.

Free episodes are released twice-weekly during a season's production and are made available via SoundCloud, Spotify, and iTunes, among other services.

Cuchna graduated from California State University with a degree in music composition, and felt that contemporary music—specifically hip hop—was not receiving the academic analysis it deserved.

[5] The podcast debuted in August 2016 with Cuchna as the sole creator of the podcast, which he recorded at night after working a full-time job at a specialty coffee roasting company once his wife and kids had gone to sleep.