EXCLUSIVE! An Elizabeth Taylor expert helps us decode the meaning of Swift’s hit song.
Joe and Toni talk to Ben Mankiewicz, an expert on Liz Taylor and Cleopatra—who are both quintessential showgirls Swift is obsessed with. In the episode’s middle segment, the three discuss the many parallels between the two Taylors that Swift alludes to in the song. Ben is an amazing storyteller and host of the podcast The Plot Thickens whose latest season is on the ill-fated movie Cleopatra, which starred Liz and which his great-uncle Joseph directed and wrote. If you want to fully understand the meaning of this great song, don’t miss this episode.
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How Decoding The Fate of Ophelia’s REAL Meaning Unlocks the Whole Album’s Meaning
This episode will change how you think about Taylor’s entire album! Joe and Toni explain the real meaning of The Fate Of Ophelia— the #1 song in America AND the world—and how it is the key to decoding what Taylor called the “perfect puzzle” of the entire album. You’ll learn the real meaning of the music video and the remarkable parallels between the album’s first song and the final one, The Life of A Showgirl. Joe brings his expertise on Shakespeare to reveal the song’s unexpected origin and what the critics get wrong about Ophelia. Subscribe to Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you don’t miss a single episode in the journey to decode this ambitious album.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’: Ironic, Raunchy Lyrics' REAL Meaning | Season 2 Premiere
Taylor promised on Travis’s New Heights podcast that the 12 songs on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ would ‘fit together like a perfect puzzle.’ But her critics’ hot takes mostly miss this point and misfire. So, in Season 2, Joe and Toni will help you solve this puzzle by decoding the REAL meaning of each episode—the irony and karmic twists beneath the literal lyrics—ending with an epic reveal in the final episode on the title song. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you don’t miss a single episode in the journey to decode this ambitious album.
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What the Stunning Meaning of ‘Cardigan' and ‘Folklore’ Foreshadows for Her New Album | #13
Taylor told Travis on his New Heights podcast that ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ will have the same kind of storytelling she used so movingly on Folklore. So, Joe and Toni decode her unforgettable hit song ‘Cardigan’—the heart of both the album and its teenage love triangle—to reveal Betty’s unexpectedly tragic fate. This episode will transform how you think about Folklore and may hold the key to decoding her new album when it drops on October 3.
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The Karmic Secret to Decoding ‘Life of a Show Girl’ Starts with Decoding ‘Shake It Off' | #12
If you want to fully decode Taylor’s new album dropping October 3, you’ll need to understand the 2 types of irony Taylor, Max Martin, and Shellback use in songs like “Shake It Off.” That #1 hit seems like a basic bop, but it’s not. Joe and Toni reveal how Taylor and her co-writers convey their true meaning by combining the first kind of irony—"when you mean what you say, but you don't say what you mean”—with the second kind, which is irony of fate, also known as poetic justice or karma. As Swift herself has said, “karma is real.”
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