AP Taylor Swift
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Welcome to AP Taylor Swift Podcast, the show for Swifties who love to overanalyze lyrics! Join hosts Maansi Dommeti, Jenn Holcomb, and Jodi Innerfield as they delve into Taylor Swift’s music to uncover the literary devices, themes, and inspirations that make her songs resonate with millions of fans. From Shakespeare to feminist theory, we explore the academic side of Taylor’s songwriting, no English degree required, just curiosity.
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E131: Our Song - How Taylor Wrote Herself Into the Story | AP Taylor Swift
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May 20, 2026 |
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After School Paid Preview: Taylor Swift's Fearless Album, Song by Song: A Deep Dive | AP Taylor Swift
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May 18, 2026 |
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“Laughing With My Lover”: How Taylor Swift Uses Alliteration to Tell Her Stories | “Our Song” “Call It What You Want” and “Father Figure”
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May 13, 2026 |
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What Does "Elizabeth Taylor" Really Mean? “Elizabeth Taylor” Lyrical Analysis | AP Taylor Swift Podcast E129
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May 06, 2026 |
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E128: I bet you think about the bejeweled life of Elizabeth Taylor and other luxuries
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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After School Paid Preview: Part 2 of Deep Diving into Taylor Swift's Debut Album
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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E127: "Opalite" line-by-line analysis | "You had to make your own sunshine"
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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E126: Taylor Swift, Mother Earth, and Transcendentalism, oh my! | The Lakes, Bigger Than the Whole Sky, Opalite
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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E125: "You'll Do Things Greater Than Dating the Boy on the Football Team": A Line-By-Line Analysis of Taylor Swift's 'Fifteen'
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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E124: How does Taylor Swift play with time? | “Fifteen,” “Timeless,” and “All Too Well”
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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E123: “I Cry a Lot But I’m So Productive”: Line-by-Line Analysis of Taylor Swift’s “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart”
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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E122: Strong Women in Taylor Swift's Music | “marjorie,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” and “Eldest Daughter”
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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E121: "Down Bad Crying at the Gym" - A Line-By-Line Analysis of Taylor Swift's Down Bad
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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After School Paid Preview: She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing - Taylor Swift's Debut Album Deep Dive (Part 1)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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E120: "I'm Immortal Now, Baby Dolls": How Taylor Swift Tells the Hero's Journey Across Every Era in the last great american dynasty, Down Bad, and The Life of a Showgirl
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E119: "Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in" | Taylor Swift's "hoax" line-by-line analysis
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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E118: Wuthering Heights & Taylor Swift: Love, Revenge, and Gothic Romance
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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E117: Flashback When You Met Me - Taylor Swift's Dress Deep Dive
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Meaning Behind Taylor Swift's "Opalite" Lyrics: After School Paid Preview
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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E116: Taylor Swift Songs That Are Basically Bridgerton Episodes | AP Taylor Swift Podcast
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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E115: "When the Lights Go Out It's Hard to Breathe" - Taylor Swift's Forever Winter Deep Dive
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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E114: Taylor Swift Winter Songs: "Back to December," "The Moment I Knew" & "Forever Winter"
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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E113: Keep It 100 On the Land, The Sea, The Sky | "The Fate of Ophelia" Analysis
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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E112: Taylor Swift & Hamlet: Breaking Down "Hamlet" themes in Anti-Hero, I Knew You Were Trouble & The Fate of Ophelia
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Hamlet: Sad, Beautiful, Tragic (Shakespeare’s Version) (After School Paid Preview)
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Revisiting Taylor Swift Parallels: Connecting the Dots Between Unexpected Song Pairings
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Happy Holidays from AP Taylor Swift - Holiday Songs Reprise
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The End of an Era - Initial Reactions to Eps 1 and 2 of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Revisiting TTPD and The Eras Tour
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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E111: “So High School” by Taylor Swift line-by-line analysis
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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E110: Taylor Swift's High School Songs - A High School Musical Comparison
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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We're All in This Together: Why High School Musical Became a Cultural Phenomenon (After School Paid Preview)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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E109: "seven" Line-by-Line Analysis | Taylor Swift's folklore hit
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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E108: "That's a Real Legacy to Leave": Taylor Swift and the Art of Intentional Ambiguity in seven, Maroon, and loml
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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E107: State of Grace Deep Dive: Taylor Swift's Transition from Fantasy to Reality on Red
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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One Month with Taylor Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl”: Our Honest Reactions (After School Paid Preview)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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E106: Stumble On Home to My Cats: Taylor Swift’s Cat Songs - State of Grace, Gorgeous, and Beautiful Ghosts
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Celebrating Our Favorite Childless Cat Lady: Dissecting Cats the Movie and Taylor Swift’s Role in It (After School Paid Preview)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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E105: I guess I'll never, ever know… “Now That We Don’t Talk” Deep Dive
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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E104: Just a Girl on a Mission: Connecting Wicked to Taylor Swift’s “A Place In This World,” “Treacherous,” and “Now That We Don’t Talk”
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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E103: Invisible String Deep Dive - How Taylor Swift Turned Fate into Folklore
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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"The Life of a Showgirl" Album Release Reactions
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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E102: Taylor Swift Parallels: Connecting the Dots Between Unexpected Song Pairings
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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E101: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin: A Line-by-Line Analysis of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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E100: Taylor Swift Songs That Transcend Time - Blank Space, New Romantics, The Man
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Medieval Reality TV aka "The Canterbury Tales" for Taylor Swift Fans (After School Paid Preview)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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E99: “But Daddy I Love Him”: Sarahs, Hannahs, Taylor's Tale of Rebellious Love
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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E98: Taylor Swift's Unreliable Narrators: When You Can't Trust the Story - You Belong With Me, Mr. Perfectly Fine, But Daddy I Love Him
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Is It Over Now? Exploring Taylor Swift’s Use of Rhetorical Questions - Question, Ready For it, Is It Over Now
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Tim McGraw: Deep Diving the Single That Launched Taylor Swift
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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TS12 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Breakdown: Taylor Swift Podcast Appearance, Album Track Analysis & Literary Connections
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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E97: Cruel Summer: Line-by-line through Taylor Swift’s summer anthem
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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E96: Cruel Summer, August, hits different: Taylor Swift Summer Songs Breakdown
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Happee Birthdae Harry: Swiftie Potterheads Unite
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Mastermind in the Museum: Taylor Swift & Women Who Paint
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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E95: Is "Don't Blame Me" Taylor's Most Unhinged Love Song? (Deep Dive)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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E94: Frankenstein - When Taylor Swift Meets Gothic Literature and Scientific Ambition
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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All Too Well (10 Minute Version) - Three Literary Lenses on Taylor's Epic Masterpiece
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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E93: I Forgot That You Existed
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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E92: Revenge Narratives in Taylor Swift's Songwriting
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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“I Can Go Anywhere I Want, Just Not Home” — Taylor Swift & the Pain of “my tears ricochet”
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Greek Mythology and Taylor Swift: Exploring connections between Greek Mythology and Taylor's Lyrics
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Bonus: And Then It Was Bought By Her: Taylor Swift Owns Her Masters
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May 31, 2025 |
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E91: Everything You Lose Is a Step You Take: A Deep Dive into “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
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May 28, 2025 |
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E90: The Art of Taylor Swift’s Storytelling: Narratology Explained
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May 21, 2025 |
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E89: Deep Dive - Florida!!! From “The Tortured Poets Department”
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May 14, 2025 |
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E88: Dance in a storm: From 'Fearless' Rain to ‘Florida!!!’ Hurricanes, Weather as a Literary Device in Taylor Swift’s music
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May 07, 2025 |
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E87: Deep Dive - “Say Don’t Go”
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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E86: Under the Big Top — Taylor Swift and the Circus Metaphor
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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E85: Karma Is My Boyfriend? Unpacking Taylor Swift's Song "Karma"
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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E84: Is Emily Dickinson Taylor Swift’s Literary Twin? Comparing Emily Dickinson with Karma, Evermore & More
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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E83: Taylor Swift Is Funnier Than You Think | "Thug Story," SNL, and Her Best Joke Songs
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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E82: Deep Dive - Guilty as Sin?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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E81: Show and Tell - Paintings by Female Artists
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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E80: Deep Dive - Mirrorball
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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E79: Show and Tell - Feminist Theory
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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E78: Deep Dive - Tim McGraw
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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E77: Show and Tell - Historical Criticism
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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E76: Deep Dive - “You Are In Love”
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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E75: Show and Tell - Romantic Love
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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E74: Deep Dive - Maroon
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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E73: "Maroon", "Red," "Daylight" - Show and Tell - Color
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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E72: Deep Dive - cardigan
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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E71: Show and Tell - Peter Pan
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Holidays Show and Tell - New Year's Day Re-Release
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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E70: Show and Tell - Harry Potter Holiday Special
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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E69: Deep Dive - my tears ricochet
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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E68: Bonus Episode - Taylor Swift by the Book with Tiffany Tatreau and Rachel Feder
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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E67: Show and Tell - Greek Mythology
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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E66: Deep Dive - Holy Ground
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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E65: Show and Tell - Romance Novels featuring Lauren Rowe
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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E64: Deep Dive - Cowboy like me
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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E63: Show and Tell - Garden Songs
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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E62: Bookish Chat With Laura Bankers of Little Owlet Art
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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E61: Deep Dive - Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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E60: Show and Tell - Witches
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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E59: Deep Dive - Vigilante Shit
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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E58: Show and Tell - Style featuring Sarah Chapelle of Taylor Swift Style
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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E57: Deep Dive - ...Question?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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E56: DJ Louie XIV of Pop Pantheon Talks Taylor Swift and Pop Stars
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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E55: Show and Tell - Rhetorical Questions
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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E54: One-Year Anniversary of AP Taylor Swift
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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E53: Deep Dive - The Way I Loved You
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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E52: "Anti-Hero" "Look What You Made Me Do" "That's The Way I Loved You" - Show and Tell - Psychoanalytic Theory
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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E51: All Too Well (10 Min Version) - 3 Ways
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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E50: Cities + “The Tortured Poets Department”
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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E49: Poetic Repetition + "The Tortured Poets Department"
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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E48: Mad Women + “The Tortured Poets Department”
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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E47: Pride and Prejudice + "The Tortured Poets Department"
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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E46: Musicals + "The Tortured Poets Department"
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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E45: Satire + The Tortured Poets Department
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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E44: Metaphors + “The Tortured Poets Department”
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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E43: Marxist Theory + “The Tortured Poets Department”
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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"The Last Great American Dynasty" Deep Dive - 4th of July Re-Release
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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E42: Ecocriticism and "The Tortured Poets Department"
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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E41: Toxic Relationships + “The Tortured Poets Department”
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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E40: Deep Dive - Paris
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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E39: Show and Tell - Cities
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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E38: Deep Dive - The Archer
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May 29, 2024 |
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E37: Show and Tell - Surrealism
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May 22, 2024 |
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E36: Deep Dive - King of My Heart
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May 15, 2024 |
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Bonus: "The Tortured Poets Department" at The Eras Tour Reaction
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May 13, 2024 |
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E35: Show and Tell - Royalty
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May 08, 2024 |
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E34: Deep Dive - I Know Places
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May 01, 2024 |
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E33: Show and Tell - Animal Studies
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Bonus: "The Tortured Poets Department" Album Release Recap
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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E32: Deep Dive - Love Story
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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E31: Show and Tell - Shakespeare
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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E30: Deep Dive - gold rush
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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E29: Show and Tell - Aestheticism
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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E28: Deep Dive - Shake It Off
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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E27: Show and Tell - Poetic Repetition
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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E26: Deep Dive - Haunted
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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E25: Show and Tell - "Pride and Prejudice"
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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E24: Deep Dive - right where you left me
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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E23: Show and Tell - Mad Women
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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E22: Deep Dive - The Outside
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Bonus - Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" Announcement Analysis
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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E21: Show and Tell - Musicals
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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E20: Deep Dive - Mastermind
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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E19: Show and Tell - Satire
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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E18: Deep Dive - Death By a Thousand Cuts
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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E17: Show and Tell - The Great Gatsby
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Re-Release: Deep Dive - Enchanted
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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E16: Deep Dive - tis the damn season
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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E15: Show and Tell - Holidays - New Years Day, tis the damn season, champagne problems
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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E14: Deep Dive - Getaway Car
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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E13: Show and Tell - Metaphors
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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E12: Deep Dive - the last great american dynasty
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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E11: Show and Tell - Marxist Theory
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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E10: Deep Dive - Red
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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E9: Show and Tell - Fall Songs
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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E8: Deep Dive - the lakes
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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E7: Show and Tell - Ecocriticism
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Special Episode: Our Eras Tour Reactions
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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E6: Deep Dive - “It’s Time to Go”
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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E5: Show and Tell - Toxic Relationships
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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E4: Deep Dive - “Wonderland” from 1989
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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E3: We got lost in it: Songs inspired by “Alice in Wonderland”
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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E2: Turning ordinary into extraordinary: A Deep Dive on “Enchanted”
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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E1: Enchanted to meet you: Songs that made us Swifties
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Sep 19, 2023 |