Studies in Taylor Swift

Studies in Taylor Swift

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February 11, 2024 3 mins

Thanks so much to those of you who have listened to and supported this podcast! I am so excited to announce that my book, Dear Reader: Taylor Swift and the Idea of English Literature, will be published by Hutchinson Heinemann in 2026. 

You can find the press release here: https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hutchinson-heinemann-exclusively-pre-empts-academic-clio-doyles-celebration-of-taylor-swift-lyrics 

Meanwhi...

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*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

Clio and Meredith discuss sound studies and what it can tell us about the work of Taylor Swift.

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionautix. You...

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What does Stephen Sondheim have to do with Taylor Swift? 

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionautix. You can send questions or comments to stud...

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Is Taylor Swift the new TS Eliot?

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionautix. You can send questions or comments to studiesintaylorswift@gmail.c...

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In this podcast's heart is a Christmas tree farm where the people would come and cite Kierkegaard.

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionau...

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Clio compares the short film of "All Too Well" to Citizen Kane, talks about the symbolism of hands, and makes some predictions about the year 2023. 

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doy...

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Old episode, brand new phone. Clio talks about vintage clothing and millennial angst.   

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionautix. You can sen...

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*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

Don't read the last page, but Clio discusses the refusal of endings in Taylor Swift's "New Year's Day."

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May 1, 2023 32 mins

*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

Clio and Meredith discuss the page as matter and metaphor. 

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Finley Doyle. Music is by Audionautix. You can send questions or comments to s...

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Clio revises her opinion of "All Too Well," at length, with only one minor passing mention of John Milton's Paradise Lost. 

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April 12, 2023 18 mins

*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

This reissue of episode four of the podcast lingers like a tattoo kiss because it knew everything when it was young. Clio reads nostalgia in a whole lot of Taylor Swift's songs including "Haunted," "Style,&...

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*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

This is a reissue of the first ever episode of Studies in Taylor Swift, on the song "the lakes" from Swift's album folklore, read through the lens of (who else?) Roland Barthes.

If you're a real fa...

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*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

This is a reissue of episode two of Studies in Taylor Swift, on Bakhtinian heteroglossia in Taylor Swift's "Love Story."

Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Baby, just say yes. 

Studies in Ta...

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April 11, 2023 14 mins

*This is an episode from the first three seasons of Studies in Taylor Swift, which ran from 2021-22. Although the entire podcast is no longer available, selected episodes will be regularly reissued.*

Clio asks whether Taylor Swift has a style - and what is style - and should this podcast be renamed "Roland Barthes Reads Taylor Swift?"

Instead of getting bogged down in all these questions, Clio runs Tayl...

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Clio walks down Cornelia Street (again) and talks about street closures and traffic in relation to Taylor Swift's 2019 album Lover and the covid pandemic.   

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio...

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 Clio goes back to the stone every day to talk about the ecofeminist reading of "ivy" - the song, the plant, and everything in between.
 
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Did this podcast used to be about... Olivia Rodrigo? That's uncanny. I could have sworn it was about Taylor Swift. Just kidding, deep down it was always about Freud.

Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edite...

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December 31, 2022 17 mins

In this episode, the final episode of the podcast - for now! - Clio close-reads the song "Maroon" and its reflections on blood, wine, loneliness, haze, and talent. 

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Clio has a PhD in English and uses it to interpret the songs of Taylor Swift. You can listen to her curr...

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