Have you ever wondered how your favourite song was made? Well, there’s a good chance that it’s been covered on the podcast Song Exploder.

From Madonna, to The Roots, to Yo-Yo Ma, musicians take apart their songs piece by piece and tell the story of how they were made.

Song Exploder is hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway. In addition to being a musician himself, he's also a celebrated podcaster, having co-hosted award-winning shows like Home Cooking and the rewatch podcast The West Wing Weekly.

This week he joins Leah to talk about the unifying power of music, and share a few podcasts that bring him joy.

We'll hear profound thoughts from inanimate objects, the adventures of a wizard and a talking badger, an analysis of the Fast & Furious movies, and close with a heartfelt poetry reading.

Podcasts featured this week: Song Exploder, Everything is Alive, Hello From the Magic Tavern, How Did This Get Made?, Interesting People Reading Poetry

For links and more info on these shows, head to https://cbc.ca/podcastplaylist