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The Swiftie and The Scholar

Angela McDow | Dr. Jerry Coats
The Swiftie and The Scholar
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    The Tangled Ambiguity of Ivy

    19/2/2026 | 1 h 18 min
    Affairs and graves and Emily Dickinson, oh my! Today, we are slowly meandering through Taylor Swift’s 202 poem, ivy. This track from evermore is full of ambiguous symbols, double meanings, and beautiful poetic elements. Uncle Jerry walks us through his many interpretations, and Angela’s brain short circuits through it all.

    Compassion – Miller Williams
    The Ways We Touch – Miller Williams – Aff link
    Down Where The Spirit Meets the Bone – Lucinda Williams
    Because I could not stop for Death – Emily Dickinson
    Porphyria’s Lover – Robert Browning
    Paradise Lost – John Milton
    Dickinson – Apple TV
    The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson – Aff Link
    Poem #14 – Emily Dickinson
    Emily Dickinson – Cynthia Griffin Wolff – Aff Link
    Instagram reel from @davidkristianp

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    The Cultural Critique of The Last Great American Dynasty

    12/2/2026 | 1 h 7 min
    We’re off to Rhode Island by way of St. Louis in this episode! We’re breaking down Taylor Swift’s ‘the last great american dynasty’, a track from 2020’s folklore and the final song she submitted for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Uncle Jerry explains how his opinion on this poem changed from his first few readings, and Angela talks through her thoughts on the five submitted songs as a whole and why she thinks Taylor chose them.

    Works Cited:
    Blue Blood – Craig Unger
    A Rose for Emily – William Faulkner
    Rebekah Harkness’ Starfish Brooch
    The Outrageous Life of Rebekah Harkness, Taylor Swift’s High-Society Muse – Elise Taylor
    The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald – Aff Link
    The 100 Best Songs of 2020 – Pitchfork
    Jacob’s Pillow
    the last great american dynasty lyric video

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    The Satire of Blank Space

    05/2/2026 | 51 min
    In this episode, we are covering the fourth song that Taylor Swift submitted to be considered for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame—Blank Space. This 1989 track was one of her first pop hits, and Uncle Jerry finds the humorous and feminist lenses the poem was written through to be interesting to dissect. We’ll wrap the conversation up and talk about the songs as a whole collection next week.

    Works Cited:
    Tabula Rasa
    Dactyl
    Iamb
    Yellow Rose of Texas
    The Ballad of Jed Clampett
    Gilligan’s Island Theme Song
    Ballad Meter
    The Gallic Wars
    The Twelve Caesars – Suetonius – Aff Link
    The Madwoman in the Attic – Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar – Aff Link
    Jane Eyre: Deluxe Painted Edition – Charlotte Bronte – Aff Link
    The Yellow Wallpaper
    Blank Space Music Video
    Black Space Voice Memo

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    The Self-Deprecation of Anti-Hero

    29/1/2026 | 54 min
    We’re back and we’re kicking 2026 off with the three remaining tracks from Taylor’s submission to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Spoiler alert: she was inducted! We’ll talk more about that in the final of these three episodes, but today we are focused on Anti-Hero. Uncle Jerry wonders about Taylor’s psychological status when writing this song and Angela has an A-ha! moment about how the music cues us to maybe feel differently than the lyrics alone would make us feel.

    Works Cited:
    First Person Deixis
    Charles Barkley Nike Commercial
    Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    Brigid Kaelin on Instagram
    Taylor talking about Anti-Hero
    Anti-Hero Music Video

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    The Resolutions of Love in New Year’s Day

    01/1/2026 | 45 min
    Happy New Year! With New Year’s Day on our episode release day, it only felt right to cover this masterpiece from Reputation. Uncle Jerry unknowingly connects this song with many others, blowing Angela’s mind once again. 

    We’re taking a short break after this episode, but we’ll see you back here in a few weeks with more poetry!

    Works Cited:
    Nine Princes in Amber – Roger Zelazny – Aff Link
    When Harry Met Sally (1989)
    A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens – Aff Link
    The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway – Aff Link
    A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning – John Donne

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A weekly podcast exploring the lyrics, lore, and literary legacy of Taylor Swift. Hosted by Angela McDow, the Swiftie, and Dr. Jerry Coats, the Scholar, we read between the lines AND the liner notes. Join us each week for lyrical deep dive through Taylor Swift's eras.
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