Shifties with Swifties

Taylor's Version of Speak Now dropped, and we're here to speak about it! Find out what we think of the new tracks, why Fallout Boy is not a magic elixir to revive a mediocre song, and why our (and Taylor's) reverence for the "Greatest Generation" is sometimes a little misplaced.

This week we get a late start on recording our coverage of Taylor Swift's synth-pop opus, 1989. We can all relate to being plucky newcomers to the Big Apple, right? Which Sex and the City girl are you? We also discuss the diminishing returns of radio hits, and Jack Antonoff reeducating Taylor about the goings on in Europe during World War II

In this marathon of an evening, we cover the bloated mess that is Taylor Swift's 2012 album, Red (Taylor's version, of course.) The Swifties all get misty-eyed reminiscing about where WE were at 22, and we get some twisted tales regarding braces. It all culminates in an a capella song you know all too well. If you make it through this beast, then you're in it for the long haul folks..

Time for the newest dose of Tay-Lore for this latter half of May! Who the hell is Matty Healy, and is he a Nazi?? Let's speculate! Also, let's find out about this book that all these dumb-dumb Swifties spent a bunch of money on! Also, let's talk about Jen showing the Passion of the Christ to Olivia last year. Q: Who's messier; Matty or Mel Gibson? A: Definitely Mel Gibson (for now)

In a return to form for both Taylor and the Swifties, we jump into a banger of an album with a high bop to bummer ratio: 2010's Speak Now! We'll circle back to Taylor's Version when it drops in July. Until then we'll all have to hold our noses and stomach Scooter's version :(

This week on Swifty Minutes we're covering the Nashville announcement of Speak Now TV, the definition of clowning, whether or not Matt Healy looks like an ashtray, and a bunch of desperate Taylor-stans throwing their money at a non-existent book written by nobody. Tune in with us!

It's Fiesta time in SA, so we're eating chicken on a stick and bashing pinatas for Jenn's birthday. Oh, and also covering Taylor's second studio album, Fearless (Taylor's Version)! It's time to jump then fall headlong into a lengthy breakdown of a lengthy album. Hope you brought your umbrellas, because there's going to be a lot of pebbles getting thrown around, and watch out for the stampede of white horses! We get into the sordid details of what we were doing at age fifteen, debate on the definition of "ugly hot," and also dissect what constitutes bops and/or bangers. Also, Tim finds out way late in the game what TV actually means! For the next hour and a half, you belong with us!

On tonight's installment of Swifty Minutes, Jenn returns from the Houston performance of the eras tour and tells us about.. her husband's football career? Taylor dodges a costly crypto bullet with her savvy sensibilities, and Taylor's friends and fans alike throw mad shade on the last guy to get erased from her newly Blank Space.

This week the Swifties ho[p in the DeLorean and go back to the beginning, when a curly-haired little upstart wiped the first teardrops off her guitar and took Nashville-and the world-by storm. We'll find out who Drew and Corey are, what children's story traumatized a young Timmy, and why Alyssa's brothers are gross as hell.

Welcome to the first installment of Swifty Minutes, our abbreviated podcast for all things tea time and Tay-Lore related! This week we focus primarily on the breakup of Taylor and Joe Alwyn. We'll also dip our toe into the waters of some of the more bizarre corners of SwifTok.