Studies in Taylor Swift

After discussing the popular fan theory that the scarf in "All Too Well" symbolizes Taylor's virginity and contrasting readings of "All Too Well" with readings of Moby Dick, Clio asks what Jack Antonoff's statement that you can hear Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Into the Woods in everything he does means for our understanding of his collaborations with Taylor Swift. 

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift. 

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/. 

Clio compares the short film of "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" to Citizen Kane and discusses three versions of the song : the short film, the "Sad Girl Autumn Version," and Taylor's Saturday Night Live performance. Clio discusses liveness and mediation with reference to Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and Philip Auslander's Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture. 

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/. 

Clio compares the short film of "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" to Citizen Kane and discusses three versions of the song : the short film, the "Sad Girl Autumn Version," and Taylor's Saturday Night Live performance. Clio discusses liveness and mediation with reference to Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and Philip Auslander's Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture. 

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/. 

Clio ponders the ten minute version of "All Too Well" and comes to some conclusions about keychains, scarves, and picture frames.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/. 

Clio ponders the ten minute version of "All Too Well" and comes to some conclusions about keychains, scarves, and picture frames.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/. 

Clio and Meredith discuss the figure of the page in Taylor Swift's work with reference to Bonnie Mak's How the Page Matters. They also discuss internet rankings of Taylor's songs: Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767) and "All 199 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800) and Vulture's "All 179 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked" (https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html).

Meredith has a PhD in Comparative Literature and works at a writing center. If you like cats, etymology, or both, find her on Instagram at @caedmon_the_catman.

If you want to hear more from Meredith on this podcast, check out "Taylor Swift and Sound Studies" and "Taylor Swift and Folklore" from Season 1.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/.

Clio and Meredith discuss the figure of the page in Taylor Swift's work with reference to Bonnie Mak's How the Page Matters. They also discuss internet rankings of Taylor's songs: Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767) and "All 199 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800) and Vulture's "All 179 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked" (https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html).

Meredith has a PhD in Comparative Literature and works at a writing center. If you like cats, etymology, or both, find her on Instagram at @caedmon_the_catman.

If you want to hear more from Meredith on this podcast, check out "Taylor Swift and Sound Studies" and "Taylor Swift and Folklore" from Season 1.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift.  

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/.

In episode 2 of season 2, Clio ponders the ecological implications of ivy with reference to Stacy Alaimo's Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self,  Donna Haraway's Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature, and Timothy Morton's Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift. 

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/.

In episode 2 of season 2, Clio ponders the ecological implications of ivy with reference to Stacy Alaimo's Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self,  Donna Haraway's Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature, and Timothy Morton's Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift. 

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/.

In the first episode of season 2, Clio reads Olivia Rodrigo's deja vu as a commentary on the  influence of Taylor Swift with reference to Freud's The 'Uncanny'  and Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence.

Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at [email protected] and check out the podcast website at https://cliodoyle.wixsite.com/studiesintaylorswift. 

Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. 
Cover art by Finley Doyle. See more of Finley's work at https://tangelofin.wordpress.com/.