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Hrishikesh Hirway
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Coming Up
The work reads like a study in listening: music, film, and audio storytelling all sit inside Hrishikesh Hirway's practice, but none of them is treated as a side note. Song Exploder is the clearest expression of that method, built around the act of breaking songs open and letting listeners hear structure, decision, and intent more closely. Across his projects, Hirway keeps returning to format as craft, using conversation, editing, and sound design to show how meaning changes when you change the frame. Training at Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University sits early in that trajectory, and the discipline shows in the shape of the output. Hrishikesh Hirway has moved between roles without flattening them: co-creator and co-host at The West Wing Weekly, host and creator at City Soundtracks and Partners, and composer across film and television. The throughline is not volume but control—each project asks for a different register, and he works within it rather than forcing one style onto the work. The screen credits extend that same range into composition. Hrishikesh Hirway has written for Everything Sucks! At Netflix, Our Nixon at CNN Films, Save the Date at IFC Films, and Companion at Warner Bros. Pictures. Those assignments point to a practice that can adapt to narrative needs across platforms while staying anchored in the same discipline: shape the material, set the tone, and let the sound carry the scene. The current body of work keeps that range in motion. Hrishikesh Hirway is musician under the name The One AM Radio, creator and host of Song Exploder, executive producer of The Jump, co-host and producer of Home Cooking, and host and executive producer of the Netflix television adaptation of Song Exploder. Taken together, those roles show a maker working across formats without changing the underlying concern: how ideas are assembled, heard, and revised in public.
Where They Are Now
Song Exploder remains the central statement in Hrishikesh Hirway's public work, and Home Cooking keeps that same attention trained on food, conversation, and process. In both, the interest is less in presentation than in method. Hrishikesh Hirway works in the space between finished object and working draft, using audio to make process legible without overexplaining it.
Signature
Hrishikesh's signature dishes include Song Exploder, Home Cooking, The West Wing Weekly, In the Last Hour of Light, and Stray Dogs.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Hrishikesh
What is Hrishikesh Hirway's current role?
As of 2026, Hrishikesh Hirway is Producer and co-host.
Where did Hrishikesh Hirway train or study?
Hrishikesh Hirway trained at Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University.
What recognition has Hrishikesh Hirway received?
Best Food Show (2021).
