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Ever notice that the piano part from \\u201cDancing Queen\\u201d is tucked into the end of MGMT\\u2019s song \\u201cNo Time To Pretend\\u201d? Or that The Album Leaf kept the squeaking of an old piano pedal in the final recording of their song \\u201cThe Outer Banks?\\u201d

These are just a taste of the sonic details most listeners would miss before they\\u2019re revealed by Song Exploder, a podcast by\\xa0Hrishikesh Hirway\\xa0that has musicians like Bjork, Wilco, Ghostface Killah, and Iggy Pop peel back the layers of their songs and talk about how they\\u2019re made.

The process is obviously appealing to aspiring musicians or fans of the artists, but that\\u2019s not why we\\u2019re devoting this week\\u2019s episode of Radio Motherboard to talking with Song Exploder\'s Hirway. What\\u2019s really interesting is why the show is compelling if you don\\u2019t know anything about music or haven\\u2019t even heard of the bands.

By stripping away anything but the isolated sounds, it\\u2019s bringing awareness to our sense of hearing, which is often overshadowed by the visual world. It basically opens up your ears, and the end result is you hear music in a richer, more enjoyable way, which is pretty awesome if you think about it.

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