Bio

Hrishikesh Hirway makes music and podcasts. His most recent EP, Rooms I Used to Call My Own, was released March 2022. He’s the host, creator, and executive producer of Song Exploder, an award-winning podcast and a Netflix original television series, where musicians break down the creative process behind their songs. Vulture called Song Exploder “probably the best use of the podcast format ever.” As a musician, he’s released four albums under the moniker The One AM Radio, and an EP with Moors, his project with Lakeith Stanfield. Besides Song Exploder, Hrishikesh produced and co-hosted the award-winning podcasts Home Cooking, with chef and author Samin Nosrat; and The West Wing Weekly, with actor Joshua Malina. He’s also the host and producer of the Partners podcast. He helped Google launch their first original podcast, and is the executive producer of Shirley Manson’s podcast, The Jump, for Mailchimp. As a composer, he has written and recorded original scores for movies and television, including the Netflix series Everything Sucks!, the film Save the Date, the CNN documentary Our Nixon, and the video game The Red Lantern.

Hrishikesh gave a TED Talk on how to listen to people to connect more deeply with them and their stories, and has contributed to CBS Sunday Morning. In 2022, he collaborated with the ice cream company Salt & Straw to create a new flavor for their Thanksgiving menu – Mom’s Mango Pie – based on his mother’s pie recipe.

Fast Company named him one of the Most Creative People in Business in 2021, and he was one of AdWeek’s Creative 100 in 2022. He serves the Library of Congress as an advisor on digital strategy.

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