The Taylor Seminars

The Taylor Seminars

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  • Taylor Buys Back Her Masters and GLITCH

    Exquisite and Hannah take a slight detour because the best glitch ever interrupted their plans: Taylor Swift buys back her masters. Hear them discuss the outcome and then get into the song "Glitch" by Taylor Swift from her album Midnights.


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    34 min
  • We say "Hi" to "High Infidelity"

    Join us as we discuss Track 17 of Taylor Swift's Midnights: "High Infidelity." This song is an explanation to a past lover, letting them know why she left the relationship. And in hindsight, we also see it was a warning or a threat to a present relationship.

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    44 min
  • Meet us in "Paris"

    Join Exquisite and Hannah as they analyze "Paris", track 16 from Midnights. This beautiful love song tells a story that's set both indoors and outdoors. Join us for this fun episode.

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    32 min
  • When Sadness is "Bigger Than The Whole Sky"

    Join us as Exquisite and Hannah discuss the heartbreaking "Bigger Than the Whole Sky" by Taylor Swift from Midnights. Taylor writes purposefully vaguely about a tragedy in a life and yet so specifically that she's able to put words to people's sadness--even when she says "no words appear before me in the aftermath."

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    31 min
  • They Never Survived "The Great War"

    Join Hannah and Exquisite as they discuss the first of Midnights 3am tracks. "The Great War" is a masterful self-written song that describes a tumultuous time in a couple's relationship that has a happy ending. But we see glimpses of other battles in the past and even foreshadowing of betrayal and heartache in the future.

    50 min
  • She's a "Mastermind," Your Honor!

    Exquisite and Hannah wrap up Track 13 of Midnights (the end of the standard album) with "Mastermind." This song mixes romanticism and manipulation to concoct the perfect closer (or is the closer?!?) that show how Taylor is clearly in control (or is she?!).

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    29 min
  • You Need More Than "Sweet Nothing"

    Come crash out with Exquisite and Hannah as they talk about "Sweet Nothing," Track 12 from Taylor Swift's Midnights album. They analyze it as what it was when it was first released--a beautiful love song about being safe with someone--and then analyze it in hindsight, when we realize that this is a love that's been forgotten deep inside a pocket. And then see the full culmination of their despair and agony when they include the "Sweet Nothing x Hoax" mashup performed in Dublin (an hour train ride from Wicklow, btw) and fully give into the "what you did what just as dark." Strap in. Like literally. Also, we're so sorry.


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    49 min
  • "Karma" is Listening to the Taylor Seminars

    Join Hannah and Exquisite as they discuss the personification of "Karma" on this week's episode of The Taylor Seminars. Track 11 of Midnights, "Karma" has Taylor feeling carefree and reaping the benefits of her hard-earned work--while admonishing those who are addicted to betrayal. And we'd love for you to share: what is your karma?

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    38 min
  • One Slip and Back into the "Labyrinth"

    Join Hannah & Exquisite as they discuss the threads that connect the song "Labyrinth" from Taylor Swift's album Midnights with the story of the Minotaur. The bull-headed man, also known as Asterion, was trapped inside a maze--isolated and forever trapped and bred to be a monster who could never find love but only devour his victims. Does that sound similar to another self-professed "monster on a hill"?


    Explore these connections and more on this episode!

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    35 min
  • We let Taylor "Bejeweled"

    Join us for one of Taylor's prettiest and sparkliest pop songs -- and best believe it's also a threat. Hannah and Exquisite discuss "Bejeweld," track 9 of Midnights in both its historical context and with 20/20 hindsight.


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    44 min

About The Taylor Seminars

From the publisher's feed

Studying the impact of Taylor Swift through 1-hour-ish seminars with Hannah (@sippingaugust) and Exquisite (@exquisitewill). The two discuss track-by-track analysis of each track on Taylor Swift's albums. They are currently discussing "The Life of a Showgirl" and have already completed episodes on TTPD and Midnights.

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