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The “slow” trend of recent years-slow food, slow TV, slow travel-finds a natural home in the audio realm, where producers have long made artful, patient use of scene-setting sound. Hirway announced the change-up in December, at the end of the show’s hundred and fiftieth episode, in which Lindsey Buckingham breaks down a song that begs to be broken down-Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” about his breakup with Stevie Nicks. Nguyen has been a featured artist on the show, and also a guest host in August, she interviewed Neko Case. He’s featured everyone from Björk to Yo-Yo Ma, Perfume Genius and Loren Bouchard, the creator of “Bob’s Burgers” and its delightfully plucky theme. Hirway, who interviews his guests and then edits the tape to remove his side of the conversation, has excellent taste and impressive range.

(I’ve long been a fan of her raw, catchy single “Bag of Hammers,” from 2008.) The show’s format will stay the same: in each episode, an artist tells the story of one of her songs, piece by piece at the end, we hear it all come together. Here’s what she recommended: Starting this month, the venerable music podcast “Song Exploder,” which has been hosted and produced by the musician Hrishikesh Hirway for the past five years, will have a new host: the appealing Thao Nguyen, of Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. View this email in your browser It’s the start of a new month, so we asked The New Yorker’s Sarah Larson to suggest three new podcasts for our readers. Glasser talk about Trump and the new year. Your Podcasts for the Week New podcast recommendations from Sarah Larson.

Ibn hakkan al bokhari dead in his labyrinth