Episode 311 - Ryan Tedder

Ryan Tedder, songwriter to artists including Taylor Swift, Adele, and Beyoncé, and frontman of OneRepublic , talks to Sodajerker about tracking cultural shifts, writing at scale, and staying competitive in a saturated market. Drawing on his Nashville training and his apprenticeship with Timbaland, he breaks down his belief in craft, persistence, and instinct, and explains why writer's block only has power if you let it.

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Episode 311 - Ryan Tedder is an episode from Sodajerker On Songwriting by Sodajerker.

This episode is 34:36 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2026.

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