Jason Mantzoukas & Hrishikesh Hirway on 'In the Last Hour of Light'

Listen to 'In the Last Hour of Light' here – lnk.to/inthelasthouroflight

Listen to "Never Going Anywhere" here — lnk.to/nevergoinganywhere

Dropbox archive of demos, photos, and more – hrishikesh.co/albumarchive

I wanted to share this conversation that I had with my friend Jason Mantzoukas earlier this year. It was on stage, here in Los Angeles, at my album release show on May 14, 2026. Before playing my songs, I had this in-depth conversation with Jason about music and creativity, and my own creative process. And if you don’t already know Jason Mantzoukas, he is a comedian and actor and improviser and writer and podcast host—you might have seen him in John Wick, or The Good Place or Parks and Rec, or The League, or you might know his voice from Big Mouth—or you might know his podcast How Did This Get Made?

I love talking to Jason about music and film and TV, and our conversation kind of touched on all of those things. But principally, it’s about this album that I made called In the Last Hour of Light, which is my fifth full-length, but my first one in 15 years, since before I started making Song Exploder.

For more info, visit songexploder.net/jason-and-hrishikesh.

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