Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
The Trust Engineers
103: An Atheist or a Howard Stern Fan
102: Marco Is Not a Platform
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while reentering the earth's atmosphere. John Roderick, singer and songwriter of The Long Winters, wrote "The Commander Thinks Aloud" about that fateful moment. This episode was made from an interview I did with John Roderick in front of a live audience in Seattle, where we discussed how and why he made this song.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
American Football
101: Big Plastic Finger
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Blonde Redhead - Penultimo
The band Blonde Redhead formed in 1993. Twenty-one years later, in 2014, the trio released their 9th album, and in this episode, they deconstruct Penultimo, a song from that record that caused some dissent between the band members. At the heart of the controversy was the Pitchfactor effect pedal by Eventide, a harmonizer that does a lot, or maybe too much. Coming up, you'll hear how tricky it was to begin this song, as well as finish it.
100: MacBook Shuffle
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Radiolab Presents: Invisibilia
99: Pop-Up Headlights
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Ghostface Killah - The Battlefield
98: Landmines, Pitfalls, and Bottomless Pits
97: You Have to Know When to Stop
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Worth
This episode, we make three earnest, possibly foolhardy, attempts to put a price on the priceless. We figure out the dollar value for an accidental death, another day of life, and the work of bats and bees as we try to keep our careful calculations from falling apart in the face of the realities of life, and love, and loss.
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Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
The National - Sea of Love
96: The Windows of Siracusa County
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Buttons Not Buttons
Buttons are usually small and unimportant. But not always. Sometimes they are a portal to power, freedom, and destruction. Today we thread together tales of taking charge of the little things in life, of fortunes made and lost, and of the ease with which the world can end.
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Special thanks for the music of Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra
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95: The Bear Wakes Up and Bites You
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Tycho - Awake
Tycho is the project of designer-turned-musician Scott Hansen, along with guitarist Zac Brown and drummer Rory O'Connor. For this episode, which was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, Scott breaks down the title track from the 2014 Tycho album Awake, including a note he misplayed, and a vocal part you aren't really supposed to know about.
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