222: Hrishikesh Hirway (The One AM Radio, Song Exploder, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

By any external measure, Hrishikesh Hirway is an incredibly successful polymath; but boy, is he ever hard on himself. Or perhaps his success is due—at least in part—to the fact he is so hard on himself…you be the judge! Hrishi tells Joe about: growing up in Massachusetts; the challenges posed by the American pop culture's skewed portrayal of Asian men; attending Exeter and Yale; creating music as The One AM Radio; hosting the popular Song Exploder and The West Wing Weekly podcasts; and the psychological chasm between creating podcasts and writing songs.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I look back at what felt like relative success. You know, like I never thought that I was taking
0:04.6	over the world or anything, but I felt excited about it. And now instead it reads as like relative
0:08.6	failure. This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set. I want to play something for you.
0:30.0	I took you to the place where I was born. You said that it was just as I'd describe
0:43.3	We moved in soon
0:50.3	After the days turned warm just in time to see the spring arrive
1:00.9	you're hearing in the time we've got by the 1 a.m. radio the artist's name of this week's
1:09.5	guest Rishi Keishish Hirway this week's guest, Rishi Kesh Hirwe.
1:12.4	A Massachusetts native, Rishi created the 1 AM radio while he was in college and went on to
1:18.4	release four albums and several EPs and singles.
1:22.2	The project's blend of literary, tuneful songwriting, lush arrangements, and experimental production, found
1:29.5	a following through touring as well as key placements in film and TV.
1:35.0	Aside from his work as the 1 AM radio, Rishi created the incredibly popular and engaging podcasts,
1:42.0	Song Exploder, and The West Wing Weekly.
1:45.2	He also works as a composer for film and TV.
1:48.8	I spoke to him in downtown Los Angeles.
1:53.0	And now my conversation with Rishi Kesh Hirwe.
1:57.6	You hide the city and you Always in the way you
2:05.6	With a skyline in the avenue
2:09.6	What's the first thing that went through your head this morning?
2:16.6	Same thing that it goes through my head many mornings,
2:18.8	which is why did I wake up before my alarm went off?
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