“We can leave the Christmas lights up til January.” Tis the damn season, so we’re bringing you a Harry Potter Holiday Special episode! This week we do a special Show and Tell episode bringing together two of our favorite topics: Harry Potter and Taylor Swift’s lyrics. Jenn imagines “Look What You Made Me Do” as Snape’s song to Voldermort. Jodi makes the case that “Lover” perfectly captures Lavender Brown’s feelings toward Ron. And Maansi envisions “You’re On Your Own Kid” as an anthem about Harry Potter’s arc throughout the entire series. Whether you’re a fan of the books, the movies, or both, we fully dork out on this episode. Join us!

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Harry Potter

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma

TikTok creator who does “Harry Potter Characters as Taylor Swift Songs” Jake L @Jakobcl1989

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Episode Highlights:

[01:30] Introduction to Harry Potter and Christmas

[05:25] “Look What You Made Me Do”

[13:30] “Lover”

[24:08] “You’re On Your Own, Kid”

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“I can go anywhere I want, just not home” This week on AP Taylor Swift, we take on “my tears ricochet,” the gut-wrenching Track 5 from “Folklore”. From its funeral imagery to what it means for a tear to “ricochet,” we explore themes of grief, regret, and power dynamics. Whether this song is about romantic heartbreak, a friendship gone sour, or even a toxic job, we explore why this song resonates so deeply with so many, and what it means for each of us.

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E67: Greek Mythology

E54: Anniversary Episode

E32: Love Story Deep Dive

The Little Book of Shakespeare's Insults: The Bard's Best Barbs

Reputation album letter

Jane Eyre

The Phantom of the Opera

The Little Mermaid

Harry Potter

E56: Guest Episode - DJ Louie XIV

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Episode Highlights:

[00:35] Introducing “my tears ricochet” and our initial thoughts

[06:51] “I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace”

[10:48] “Look at how my tears ricochet”

[17:31] “You know I didn’t want to have to haunt you”

[24:49] “When I’d fight you used to tell me I was brave”

[29:11] “And I can go anywhere I want, just not home”

[36:41] “You had to kill me but it killed you just the same”

[41:10] What might it mean for tears to ricochet?

[44:50] The purpose of the song

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“Don’t read the last page” This week we’re joined by Rachel Feder and Tiffany Tatreau, authors of the new release Taylor Swift By the Book. In their incredible new release, Rachel and Tiffany go song by song through Taylor’s discography and discover the literature behind the lyrics, from fairy tales to tortured poets. They join us to share what inspired them to write this book, the themes and narratives that came up most often in Taylor’s music, and so much more!

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Taylor Swift by the Book by Rachel Feder and Tiffany Tatreau

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Florida by Lauren Groff

Shakespeare’s works, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Lady of Shalott, Alfred Tennyson

The Odyssey by Homer

Mary Wollstonecraft

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Works of Plato

Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Episode Highlights:

[00:58] Introduction to Taylor Swift by the Book

[9:36] The process of deciding what went into the book

[22:10] Taylor Swift and the poetess tradition

[37:08] Taylor Swift’s literary eras

[45:48] The songs that made Tiffany and Rachel swifties

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