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-empt…

*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…

*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.* 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.…

*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.* 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. M…

*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.* 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 C…

*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 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. St…

All that it takes to make this podcast end is to really want it to. Welcome to the final episode of season one! Yes, Clio and Mireille are incredibly old, and probably body-swapped, and almost certainly living in a dream world, but at least they can't read each other's minds. So nothing can stop them from discussing the pairing of Faith and Buffy f…

Mireille and Clio might turn evil if they ever experience a moment of perfect happiness. Thankfully the pairing of Buffy and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer just makes them angry. (Despite their special guest, Meredith's, best attempts to win them over). The fan fictions discussed are Culture Shock by Lofty Heights and Dancing with Death by Taa…

Mireille and Clio round up the Scooby Gang (well, one friend from grad school) to put their stakes through the heart of the pairing of Buffy and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The fan fictions discussed are Spike's Demon vs. Pants by ChryshCn, When the Floods Roll Back by OffYourBird, and i will follow you into the dark by SummerFrost. The po…

*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.* Old episode, brand new phone. Clio talks about vintage clothing and millennial angst. Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited by Clio Doyle. Co…

*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." Studies in Taylor Swift is produced and edited…

*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.…

*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 revises her opinion of "All Too Well," at length, with only one minor passing mention of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Studies in Taylor Swift is …

In this episode on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Clio and Mireille take on the pairing of Shuri and Namor of Talokan. All Clio wants is eventual smut, preferably involving the ghost of Killmonger, and all Mireille wants is to understand the reproductive capabilities of immortal beings. It's a normal Thursday. The fan fiction discussed is From Ede…

*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 l…

*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.* 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 alwa…

*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 …

*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 ge…

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

*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 goes back to the stone every day to talk about the ecofeminist reading of "ivy" - the song, the plant, and everything in between. Studies in Tayl…

*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,…

In this episode on the Marvel movie Black Panther, Clio quotes Virgil and Bourdieu. Mireille only stops talking about incest long enough to explain the Omegaverse. I think we can all agree that at least one of them deserves to be thrown off a waterfall. But WHICH ONE? And can they set aside their enmity long enough to record a podcast episode? In t…

In a brutal fight to the death between Clio and Mireille about the pairing of Ji-yeong and Sae-byeok in Netflix's Squid Game, only one can triumph - although both could fail. Mireille is armed only with allegations that Clio will someday hallucinate a squid demon. Clio is buffered by an irrational hatred of time loops. There are no real winners in …

In the second episode on the television show Succession, Clio blames the quality of her fan fiction on two separate buses and capitalism. Mireille questions the extent to which Clio is influenced by The Notebook. Brunch menus are analyzed, the purpose of art is determined to be to elicit horror and despair, and the pairing of Tom and Roman is repea…

In the first of two episodes about the television show Succession, Clio and Mireille browbeat each other about the pairing of Greg Hirsch and Tom Wambsgans. Mireille reveals at least one, if not two, embarrassing crushes. Clio tries to remember the themes of The Great Gatsby. They do all of this almost, but not quite, without talking about incest. …