Swiftory
Taylor Swift's music has given a voice to millions of people who've found the narrative arcs of their own lives in Swift's endlessly engaging songs. With Swiftory, two Gen X besties - Alicia, from Trashy Divorces, and Melissa, from Love Letters To... - have a whole new take on Taylor's work, exploring the music as it is, but also as the duo sees it best: as a lens into history.
If Taylor's greatest gift is the universality of her experiences, join Alicia and Melissa as they follow those experiences to all the places, personalities, and eras where they lead - and share your takes along the way.
As always, we want your Midnights. Reach out at [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
This week, Alicia and Melissa reveal their love for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”, the standout track 13 from The Tortured Poets Department. This one has a real message within its infectious pop …
00:22:37 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
thanK you aIMee
In this week’s Swiftory, Alicia and Melissa dissect this most triumphant diss song from Taylor Swift’s TTPD, The Anthology. Who saw thanK you aIMee coming? Not us.
There is a whole lot of alternate p…
00:27:12 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Dear John
This week, Alicia climbs right up on her soapbox about the song “Dear John” from Taylor Swift’s third album release Speak Now. Swift uses the Dear John letter device to express some strong sentiments…
00:35:43 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
The Swiftory of The Gilmore Girls | Rory Gilmore
The Swiftory of the Gilmore Girls would not be complete with Rory Gilmore. In today’s episode, we visit the youngest Gilmore and journey in song about her friends, loves, mother, and community too. …
00:42:30 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
The Swiftory of The Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore
This week, we turn our attention to Lorelai Gilmore and her catalog of Taylor Swift songs. It's a little complicated, just like Lorelai’s character.
With some opposing sun sign magic thrown in, we …
00:25:39 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
The Swiftory of the Gilmore Girls | Emily Gilmore
Travel with us to Stars Hollow this week as Alicia and Melissa begin The Swiftory of The Gilmore Girls. Of course, we must begin with the matriarch of all matriarchs, Emily Gilmore.
As always, we wa…
00:28:22 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Introducing The Glamourous Gabors
The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engage…
00:07:51 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Fifteen
It's such a hard age, but it makes sense that Taylor Swift entirely nailed it when she wrote Fifteen for her 2008 album Fearless. After all, she was just a few years past it, and - because everything…
00:28:12 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Blank Space
Today, our Swiftorians head back to 1989, pull out their dance cards, and dive into Taylor's 2014 bop Blank Space. To say this song was a monster hit doesn't really capture things - it was Taylor's f…
00:47:49 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Welcome To New York (From Our Vault)
From the vault, welcome to Swiftory's first ever episode! Notably, Welcome To New York was not released as Episode 1, but why not for Episode 13? In it, our Swiftorians - Alicia and Melissa - take a …
01:03:52 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
The Swiftory of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn
Alicia and Melissa are back with a bonus episode this week to commemorate two significant Tudor-era murders. On February 13, 1542, Queen Catherine Howard of England, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII…
01:14:06 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Love Letters and Sad Songs
In this unexpectedly solo episode, Alicia announces the four winners of the Invisible Strings book contest (congrats!), and shares some of your reflections on Taylor's All Too Well (10 Minute Version…
00:24:44 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
This week, Alicia and Melissa wander back in time as Taylor revisits a long-ago love affair that left her feeling like a crumpled up piece of paper lying here - and they remember it all too well. Fro…
00:48:54 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
I Bet You Think About Me, Featuring Stevie Nicks, Fairy Godmother
How does one even decide to own a million dollar couch? This week, Alicia and Melissa tackle I Bet You Think About Me, from 2012's Red and 2021's Red (Taylor's Version). Along the way, Jake Gyllenhaa…
00:56:51 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Poet's Corner: Melissa Studdard
Alicia and Melissa sit down with award winning poet Melissa Studdard, whose Invisible Strings contribution, When You Rise from the Dead, I Drive You to the After Party, responds to Taylor's song Karm…
00:49:29 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Karma
One of Taylor's more interesting compositions is from her 2022 release, Midnights. Karma, which also served as the Eras Tour closing song, was widely expected to be a thorough takedown of the many in…
00:52:24 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Kristie Frederick Daugherty and Invisible Strings
It's one thing to talk Taylor with friends, but what if your friends are some of the finest poets in the world? That's where professor, poet, and editor Kristie Frederick Daugherty found herself when…
00:54:21 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
The Swiftory of Catherine of Aragon
Alicia is leading a Swiftory takeover of her podcast channels! To celebrate the launch, she's taking you into one of its origin stories - the life of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII…
01:09:21 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Sparks Fly
This week, Alicia and Melissa pull on their galoshes and venture out into the weather event that is Sparks Fly. What teen heartthrobs does the song evoke for them, and what does this song have to do …
00:42:33 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
Enchanted to Meet You: Shannon, Ellie, Alicia, and Winnie
We are so Enchanted To Meet You, Swiftorians! We asked for your stories, and you answered the call. In this episode, we share some of our favorite listener letters from the week that hit us in all th…
00:17:19 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
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