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

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.