Description
"Mr. Steal Your Girl, then make her cry." This summer, we’re bringing you Summer School! Each week, we’ll revisit a topic from this past season within the context of songs from Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” This week we’re covering the topic of toxic relationships from Episode 5.
Mentioned in this episode:
Episode 5: Toxic Relationships (Apple | Spotify)
Mary Shelley and Percey Shelley’s Relationship tl;dr
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
Frozen
Wicked
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Episode 25: Pride and Prejudice (Apple | Spotify)
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Episode Highlights:
[00:19] Welcome to Summer School
[02:45] “The Tortured Poets Department”
[08:46] “But Daddy I Love Him”
[13:52] “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me”
[20:14] “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)”
[23:45] “loml”
[26:46] “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”
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This podcast is neither related to nor endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels. All opinions are our own. Intro music produced by Scott Zadig aka Scotty Z.
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