Rewind: Jeff Tweedy
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Today, we're revisiting a gem from our archives. In late 2020, Wilco's frontman and acclaimed songwriter Jeff Tweedy released his compact yet powerful book, "How to Write One Song" – a remarkable guide for unlocking anyone's creative potential through songwriting. This exploration of creativity immediately resonated with Broken Record host Malcolm Gladwell, leading to a fascinating conversation about the book and examining what has established Tweedy as one of the most distinctive songwriters of the 21st century so far.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:10.8 | We have a pretty great episode from our back catalog to play for you today. |
| 0:14.4 | In late 2020, Wilco's frontman and songwriter released his Compact, How to Write One Songbook. |
| 0:20.4 | An immense guide for bringing out anyone's inner latent creativity through songwriting. |
| 0:25.7 | This is just the kind of idea that my co-host, Malcolm Gladwell, loves. |
| 0:29.6 | And so the two had a nice little conversation about the book and about what's made Tweedy, |
| 0:34.0 | one of the consummate songwriters of the 20th century so far. So enjoy this episode |
| 0:39.2 | from 2020. This is Broken Record. Real musicians, real conversations. |
| 0:50.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:55.6 | Hey, it's Justin. |
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| 1:22.0 | Can I start with this tantalizing little anecdote you tell in your book that when your |
| 1:27.2 | dad got mad, he would go into the basement and write poems. |
| 1:31.4 | And all I could think of is, this is the Jeff Tweedy origin story. |
| 1:36.1 | Pretty much. |
| 1:38.0 | I think so, yeah. |
| 1:39.8 | Was your father musical? |
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