Everything Everywhere All at Once is a sci-fi comedy independent film that came out in the spring of 2022. It’s... more

Omah Lay is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s one of the young stars of Afrobeats, the West African... more

The final episode of Book Exploder is with author James McBride. He was born in New York City and raised... more

In 2002, Sam Beam’s first album as Iron & Wine was released on Sub Pop Records. He’d given them a... more

George Saunders has won the Booker Prize, and he’s the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant. He won the Folio... more

Santigold is a singer, songwriter, and producer. She’s put out 4 albums since 2008, and she’s been featured as a... more

Celeste Ng is an American writer and author of three novels. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, was published in... more

King Princess is the project of Mikaela Straus, a singer, songwriter, and producer from Brooklyn. She’s a platinum-selling artist, and... more

Tayari Jones is the author of four novels. She won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction, and received a Lifetime... more

Panic! at the Disco is the Grammy-nominated project of Brendon Urie, who originally started it as a band with his... more

Carmen Maria Machado is the award-winning author of In the Dream House, a memoir where each chapter has its own... more

(This is a re-issue of Björk’s episode from December 2015.) In January 2015, Björk released Vulnicura. She described it as "a... more

Michael Cunningham is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. He’s the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts... more

Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time. She has twelve albums that have gone multi-platinum. She’s won... more

Min Jin Lee is the author of the best-selling novel Pachinko. She’s a Guggenheim Fellow, and the recipient of South... more

Kae Tempest is a songwriter, rapper, an award-winning poet, and best-selling novelist. They’ve been nominated for the UK’s Mercury Prize... more

Introducing a new miniseries: Book Exploder, where authors break down a passage from one of their books, and discuss the... more

Sudan Archives is a singer, songwriter, producer, and violinist. She grew up in Cincinnati before moving to LA. Her music... more

Maia from mxmtoon released her first EP in 2018. She was 18 years old, recorded it in her bedroom, and... more

Monica Martin is a singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Before that, she was based in Madison, Wisconsin, where... more

Maren Morris is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum artist. She’s also won multiple country music awards, including CMAs for Female Vocalist of... more

Rick Astley is a singer and songwriter from England, whose debut single, "Never Gonna Give You Up," became an international... more

Kevin Morby is a singer and songwriter based in Kansas City. He’s put out seven albums since 2013, including his... more

Arooj Aftab is a singer and composer based in Brooklyn. She grew up in Saudi Arabia, but her family is... more

This week, I want to introduce you to another podcast that I make, called Partners. It’s a show about partnerships... more

Peaches is a musician, producer, and performance artist. She’s released six albums and in 2015, she won the Polaris Heritage Music... more

Steve Reich is a legendary composer who was one of the pioneers of minimalism. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize... more

This week, I want to revisit one of my favorite episodes of Song Exploder, with Perfume Genius telling the story... more

Sarah Kinsley is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her most recent release is an EP called The King, which came... more

Brandi Carlile is a singer and songwriter from Washington State. She's  released seven albums and won six Grammys. Her most... more