Wow - we have officially made it to Debut's bonus tracks!  (also to our thirteenth episode) Can you even believe?!  This week we discuss I'm Only Me When I'm With You which, in addition to being the longest track title on debut, was Taylor Swift's directorial debut (not according to Billboard but she DID make this music video herself).  It would not be an episode of Begin Again if we didn't go on some tangents, so of course you can also look forward to us scheming about manifesting under the new moon, talking about Hannah Montana, and a reeeeallly long tangent about how social media marketing has effected created industries.

Mentioned in this episode:

• New Moon in Cancer (July's Astrology)
• Hannah Montana Movie
• Live Performance (Rep)
• Home Video Music Video

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own. 

We've heard every album, listened to the radio, waited for something to come along... but nothing is as good as Our Song!  Well... that's a tad hyperbolic since there are several Taylor Swift songs that have our everlasting love and devotion, but Our Song certainly is up there!  This week on the pod we dive into Our Song, which is (probably) definitely our favorite off of debut.  It was the original last song of the album, was her first single to hit number one, and it has a cute music video featuring a questionable amount of orange. 

Mentioned in this episode:

• International Tour Dates!
• Cruel Summer the single!
• BlackBerry, MotoRazr, "Chocolate Bar Phone" (for the cultural education of the youth)
• Our Song Music Video
• The Story of Us live

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own. 

Oh My My My how we love Mary's Song!  This week we discuss the Taylor/Matty break up, Taylor's pride speech in Chicago, Flavor Flav and eventually we get to Mary's Song.  Taylor introduced this song as being about her neighbors in Nashville but there are some other popular interpretations of Mary's song that are more controversial.  We even mention Mary Magdalene, so you know it's good.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Azealia Banks on the 1975
• minimalist surprise song tattoos
• Taylor's early performance of Mary's Song
• 90s Subaru Ads
• the big dumb bike ride

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own. 

We all know that the internet is where nuance goes to die... but when we met up irl for the Boston Calling Music Fest, we wanted to pick a topic that was a bit more fun, chill, and somehow ended up recording an episode on the intersectional complexities of the Taylor Swift/Kanye West feud. 

Joined by precious friend of the pod, comedian Blair Dawson, listen as we fearlessly dive into the history of the feud and share our differing feelings on the drama.

Follow Blair!

• Instagram
• TikTok
• It's Genetic Podcast

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

Well well well... how the turns tabled - Taylor Swift once said being cheated on was the craziest thing that had ever happened to her.  Now she writes bangers like High Infidelity and Getaway Car about how much she loooooves cheating.  It's called growth people.  This week we dive into all of the things Taylor Swift would say no to including "headless bananas" and "anticipating her face in a red flush."  We also unfortunately go on a random tangent about running shoes... in our defense we started training for a marathon the week we recorded so it was top of mind.

Mentioned in this episode:

• AIDS/LifeCycle
• Should've Said No Performance

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

Did your love of Taylor Swift lead you back to this podcast?  Well you came to the right place: this week we are covering Stay Beautiful, one of Kevin's favorites off of Debut.  This week we discuss the 4 newly released Taylor tracks, the MetLife performances, Kevin's HS crush's jungle-y eyes, and various meanings for Taylor's most mind boggling secret code yet.  Buckle up and stay beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition)
• Rare Live performance of Stay Beautiful
• Speak Now Commercial mentioning Cory
• Charlie's Angels
• Talladega Nights
• Shake it Off [Parody] "Shake and Bake"

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

Hold on baby, we're diving into another deep cut this week!  Taylor wrote Tied Together with a Smile for a friend who was struggling with an eating disorder in high school and we discuss both that and Taylor's own public struggle with an ED so tread carefully if that kind of discussion could be triggering for you.  We also talk about Taylor's shows this past weekend, including the haunted piano and the parking lot baby.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Resources from the National Eating Disorders Association
• Taylor's Famous Rainshow
• Taylor's Haunted Piano
• Live Performance at the Rep Tour
• Mindset

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

Taylor Swift was, unequivically, not cool in high school.  Which is fine, because we weren't either and look how great all three of us turned out!  This week on the pod we dive into The Outside, Taylor's ballad about wanting to fit in and never knowing how or why she can't.  We go on a wild ride of a tangent about Andrew Lloyd Webber and the movie Cats in the middle, apologies for that... We also go on a slightly more relevant tangent about Matty, Dianna, and a meta discussion about speculating on Taylor's relationships in our news section.  It's a good time for all.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Taylor yelling at the security guard
• Mikael getting the 22 hat
• Dianna Agron in the Rolling Stone
• CMT Thanksgiving Special (Part 1/ Part 2)
• The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

Any seasoned Taylor Swift fan knows a track five is a big deal.  Cold as You is the track five from before even Taylor knew how important this honor was.  This week, we obviously discuss the MAJOR announcment that Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is coming!  We also dive into how many of Taylor's exes married Swifties, random tangents about kissgate, and a possible Taylor memoir.  Taylor recently said that Cold as You is, in her opinion, the best song off of Debut.  Do you agree?  Do we agree?  Find out!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Kissgate
• Taylor Swift at the 1975 Concert 2023
• CMT Thanksgiving Special (Part 1/ Part 2)

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.

We don't know what we want, so don't ask us.  Actually, that's totally a lie, because we would die if Taylor Swift acknowledged our existence.  On this week's episode, we dive into A Place in this World, the song Taylor originally wanted to name Debut after.  We spend time discussing what home means to Taylor, and why she might relate more to this song now at 33 than she did at 13 when she wrote it (her words not ours!)

Mentioned in this episode:

• 2006 GAC episode on Taylor Swift
• The Alcott

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Music by Leila Sunier

This podcast is in no way related to or endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels.  All opinions are our own.