Ep. 242: Megan Moroney | The Unlikely Road of a Country Superstar

Today’s guest is one of the fastest-rising voices in modern country — a songwriter whose honesty, wit, and emotional precision have turned deeply personal stories into songs heard everywhere. She just became the 10th woman of the century to top the Billboard 200.

Before the sold-out shows and chart-topping records, she was a college student playing small gigs with her dad and brother, trying to figure out where music might fit into her life.

One honest song at a time, she began building a catalog that feels both timeless and unmistakably her own.
Now, with a growing fanbase and a string of hits helping shape the sound of modern country, she’s writing the next chapter of her career in real time.

And The Writer Is… Megan Moroney!

In this episode of And The Writer Is… Megan opens up about:

• The unexpected moment that pushed her toward learning guitar
• Growing up around music and playing early shows with her family
• The traumatic accident that jumpstarted her music career
• Finding her voice in the Nashville songwriting community
• Why honesty and humor are essential to her writing
• How she stood out in early co-writes
• And much more…

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
5:00 Moving to Nashville: The First Steps
6:00 Working in the Music Industry Before Releasing Music
7:00 The Advice That Started Her Career
10:00 Growing Up Around Music in Georgia
13:50 “I Went to School to Be an Accountant”
16:30 Musical Theatre and Feeling Out of Place
18:56 The Accident That Started Everything
24:01 The Sorority Event That Led to Georgia Theatre
32:25 Learning the Business of Music in School
33:00 The Internship That Changed Everything
35:00 Creating the Tennessee Orange Cover Art on Her Phone
38:45 Writing Every Day and Building a Network in Nashville
40:20 NMPA — Our Lead Sponsor This Season
41:00 Splice
41:45 The Story of Tennessee Orange
45:50 How Influencing Helped Pay the Bills
47:10 Megan’s Writing Process
52:15 Exploring the Studio
54:10 Working With Ed Sheeran
58:42 A Full-Circle Moment With Kacey Musgraves
1:09:00 The Story of “Beautiful Things”
1:15:55 Rapid Fire
1:21:26 Megan Gives the Podcast Flowers

Hosted by Ross Golan
Produced by Joe London & Jad Saad
Edited by Jad Saad
Post-Production VFX by Pratik Karki
Watercolor Art by Michael White
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