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by Angela McDow | Dr. Jerry Coats
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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- Yesterday1h 9m
Wrapping Up Folklore: Part 1
Well, guys, we’ve really stressed Uncle Jerry out with this one. He went so deep on the folklore album as a whole that this episode focuses mostly on the prologue and how it sets up this new style of storytelling, different from all her previous albums. Hope you enjoy, and we’ll see you back here next week for Part 2!*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:*Starship Troopers – Robert A. Heinlein Folklore (Taylor Swift album)*Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems – William Shakespeare*Sonnets from the Portuguese – Elizabeth Barrett Browning*Astrophil and Stella – Sir Philip Sidney SemioticsThe Odyssey – HomerBeowulfDryadsHulderFolklore prologueDaddy – Sylvia PlathAnecdote of the Jar – Wallace StevensThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeRedditTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- 1 weeks ago1h 9m
The Despair and Persistence of This is Me Trying
We’ve made it to the end of the folklore road! Join Uncle Jerry and Angela as they discuss this is me trying, where the duo finds some Typical Taylor, ambiguity, paradox, multiple meanings, and so much more. Come back for the next two weeks as we wrap-up discussion of the album as a whole.Works Cited:CoupletsHeroic coupletsAnaphoraStarship Troopers (1997)EnjambmentEllipsisIn medias resThe Odyssey – HomerCaesuraWhy I Write – Joan DidionSimileThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- 2 weeks ago1h 14m
The Secretive Destruction of Illicit Affairs
Today we’re covering our penultimate folklore poem with Illicit Affairs. Uncle Jerry finds this song fits perfectly within the category of folklore, and shows us just how Taylor Swift’s use of language showcases the lack of love in this song.*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:InterlocutorImperative verbDramatic ironyThe Book of JonahSynecdocheThe Road Not Taken – Robert FrostAphorismAssonanceAlliteration*The Pleasure of the Text – Roland BarthesAnaphoraSynesthesiaSonnet 138 – William ShakespeareThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- 3 weeks ago57 min
The Paradox and Parallelism of Peace
Did we finally find Uncle Jerry’s least favorite folklore poem? And maybe Angela’s too? In this episode, we dissect Peace from Taylor Swift’s 2020 album, and Uncle Jerry finds many paradoxes and double meanings, while struggling to find a window to crawl through into the narrative. Works Cited:ParadoxApostropheSynecdocheI Would Die 4 U – PrinceYou’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy NewmanEasy Silence – The ChicksTwo Sleepy People – Fats WallerStuck in the Middle With You – Stealers WheelYou Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis Standing In The Rain – John Paul YoungStanding In The Rain – Al GreenStanding In The Rain – Electric Light OrchestraThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- 4 weeks ago1h 51m
Time’s Mystic Meandering in Invisible String
Buckle up, folks. This is a long one! Invisible String is up next in our folklore canon, and Uncle Jerry showed up PREPARED. He and Angela chat through folktales about the red thread, handfasting ceremonies, and more before diving into the poem. They then get into a long and philosophical conversation about fate and predestination and Forrest Gump.JOIN US ON REDDIT!*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:All in green went my love riding – e.e. CummingsLeaves of Grass – Walt WhitmanRed thread of fateHandfastingPope Innocent III and Handfasting2 Kings 14:21 – 16 as the age of ascensionEpizeuxis*The Sun Also Rises – Ernest HemingwayEnjambmentMetanarrativeSynecdocheGoddesses of FateHeart of Darkness – Joseph ConradCaesuraForrest Gump – Winston GroomForrest Gump (1994)Design – Robert FrostHap – Thomas HardyProverbs 16:33The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeRedditTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- Sep 3, 20261h 21m
The Lives We Didn’t Live in The 1
We have the opening track of folklore for you today! Uncle Jerry and Angela discuss the relatable way Taylor Swift writes about the ruminations about the different lives we never got to live during this discussion of The 1. *Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:The Windhover – Gerard Manley HopkinsEllipsisCaesuraErnest Hemingway’s Iceberg TheoryContrafactualitySight rhyme or eye rhyme*The Great Gatsby – F. Scott FitzgeraldTrochaic HexameterThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- Aug 27, 20261h 18m
The Devastating Paradox of Hoax
In this episode, we are covering Hoax, the closing track from 2020’s folklore. Uncle Jerry starts out a bit iffy on his feelings about the poem, but talking through it with Angela helps him find extra meaning.*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:AnaphoraEllipsisOxymoronPolysemyParallelismParadoxFatalismFaithless Love – Linda Ronstadti sing of Olaf glad and big – e.e. cummingsTo a Mouse – Robert Burns*Of Mice and Men – John SteinbeckTo a Louse – Robert BurnsJonah 3 – Jonah Goes to NinevehSynecdocheMetanarrativeThe Lord’s PrayerThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThreadsAngela’s InstagramUncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel
- Aug 20, 20261h 18m
The Tragedy of Miscommunication in Exile
Continuing along our folklore journey, this episode covers exile, the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Bon Iver. Uncle Jerry teaches us about different types of exile and how they appear across literature and folk tales. We then dig into the poem and Uncle Jerry admits to Angela that he almost cheated and listened to the song because he was so ready to hear how they spoke over each other. Also, ICYMI, we will be finishing the entire folklore album. Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we tackle the remaining tracks and then do a comprehensive overview.Song discussion starts at 19:12*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:Just Give Me a Reason – Pink ft. Nate RuessThe Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri Gilgamesh, Nature, and CivilizationParadise Lost – John MiltonThe Odyssey – HomerExile of OvidPoems From Exile: Ex Ponto, Book I – Ovid*Frankenstein – Mary Shelley*Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky*Ulysses – James Joyce*Dubliners – James Joyce*A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James JoycePolyphony in Contemporary LiteratureDramatic ironyAssonanceAlliterationIambic tetrameterIambic trimeterBallad meter or common measureSynecdochePhaedrusEpistropheThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:PatreonYouTubeTikTokInstagramThread
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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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