Song Exploder is a music podcast created and hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway, which debuted in January 2014.

The podcast launched on the Maximum Fun network, became independent in February 2015 and joined Radiotopia in June 2015.

[4] Hirway edits his side of the conversation out of the recording with the purpose of condensing the contents of the podcast around the song's creation and how the artist brought it to life.

Song Exploder has taken a deep-dive into more than 200 tracks, including: Kiss from a Rose with Seal and Trevor Horn and into Blue Monday with Peter Hook—formerly of New Order.

On September 17, 2020, a television series based on the podcast was announced, which premiered on October 2, 2020 on Netflix,[25] with 4 episodes: