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In this episode we brought on political scientist and philosopher Ryan Davis to talk about his muse and favorite teaching resource: the one and only Taylor Swift. Ryan believes that Taylor's discography, more than  a catalog account of her romantic failures, is an evolving exploration about what it means to be good. Though she may have hoped her life would follow the trajectory of the song "love story", instead she's allowed her romantic disappointments to turn her into a philosopher. Each experience gives her more to learn from and to turn into beautiful music, which is part of how she redeems them. Ryan also took some time at the beginning to ask some questions about what we're going for with this new project, the Soloists. We hope this conversation helps you articulate and find meaning in some of your own wild trajectory towards love and—what might be even higher for Taylor Swift—goodness.

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