The cornerstone of Taylor Swift’s art has always been her songwriting. People might debate her dancing skills or singing talent, her fashion or her appearance, but no one in the business can in good faith deny her abilities with a pen. In today’s episode, Dani & Olivia talk about the honors bestowed upon Taylor recently regarding her songwriting skills! Just last week, Taylor ended up in a list for the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters. Additionally, Taylor is about to officially be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Your hosts spend this hour talking about how special of a time it is for Taylor’s songwriting, and we break down the intimate interview Taylor gave us last week!

Why has Taylor Swift been able to maintain her extreme success and fame for nearly two decades? We here at Taylearning argue that there is not one simple answer, but one of the most underrated reasons is how Taylor handles fame itself. She is not shy about acknowledging how hard she works to maintain her status, and she is open about viewing fame as the privilege it is. In this episode, Dani & Olivia veer outside of solely talking Tay to chat about how other popstars address fame & fandom. Your hosts compare and contrast them to Taylor in this topical episode!

When it comes to drafting songs from Taylor Swift’s albums, Olivia has Dani beat. And not by a little- by a staggering 4-1 lead, according to you, the Taylisteners! In this episode, your hosts face off again as they both draft their “teams” from ‘The Life of a Showgirl.’ Additionally, they go over their teams from their blind draft from Patreon last fall (prior to the album’s release). To cap it all off, they give a taste of what is to come on the next episode as they address some comments made by other pop girls regarding Taylor. Join in, and vote for your favorite team on Spotify or Instagram!

It’s been nearly six months since Taylor graced the world with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’...how we feeling, gang? In today’s episode, Olivia & Dani revisit TLOASG to audit their feelings about the album. This album is divisive, no doubt; Taylor seems to believe it to be her magnum opus, and the charts support this claim. But the public has different opinions, with some calling it her worst body of work to date. So how do your hosts feel? Well, there is a lot to unpack…join in as we talk it all out!

We asked, you answered, we analyzed…’Hoax’! This song, which serves as the closing track of the original version of ‘folklore’, is…confusing. But not just for us, not just for you, but also for its writer, Taylor Swift herself. She admitted to the song being a mosaic of shattered feelings about multiple people and situations, and Aaron Dessner (king) encouraged her to keep with the track and release it, despite its messy nature. But honestly, what the hell is she talking about in this song? In this episode, Olivia & Dani do their best to break down the iconic closer, lyric by lyric, to see if they can find a through line in this beautiful piece of work.

A fortnight ago, we spoke about if Taylor could ever give Joe peace in the third installment of the Joe Alwyn Muses miniseries. And in 2020, Taylor Swift shocked the world when she surprise dropped her 8th studio album, ‘folklore’. While most were shocked because the record came out of nowhere (less than a year after ‘Lover’, we might add), many Swifties were outright gagged that Taylor opened an album during the supposed Lover Era with a song about yearning for a past fling! In today’s episode, Dani & Olivia continue the Music Behind the Muse miniseries to break down each track from ‘folklore’ to look for “Joefluence.” So what do you think- how much of this fantastical album was rooted in real-life experiences from our girl? Did this album show cracks in the glass, as it were? Tune in to hear us shake it all out!

You know what time it is: the return of the highly requested Joe Alwyn Muses miniseries! Sorry to keep you waiting for a few months, but Olivia & Dani are back again today to hop back into the world of ~Toe~. Taylor’s iconic transition from pop to folk with Lover to Folklore in 2020 rocked the world of pop culture, and many people credit her relationship with Joe as a catalyst for the shift. But what was really going on in their relationship at the time? Tune in to hear us talk about what we know (and what we don’t) as we cover their timeline from where we left off in 2019 to the release of 2020’s ‘Evermore’!

Compared to 2023 and 2024, 2025 was a relatively low-key year for Taylor Swift. Isn’t it wild that a year with an album release + huge promo cycle + engagement announcement could be considered LOW KEY? And yet, it is indeed when you are stacking it against the years we have covered so far! Join us in today’s episode as we return from our midseason break to discuss a timeline of the biggest moments of Taylor’s 2025. Plus, per tradition, your hosts recap their 2025 predictions to see where they guessed correctly, and they give their 2026 Taylor predictions as well! Let us know…what are your 2026 Taylor predictions?

Happy HoliTAYS! It’s time for our midseason break, which also means that Taylor is dropping new content (it always seems to work out this way, doesn’t it?). Anyway, we wanted to be sure we touched base with you lovely Taylisteners before we take a beat over the next few weeks! Hop into this bonus episode to hear some end-of-year Taylor thoughts, comments on Taylor’s generosity, and learn how best to keep up with us during this break. We can’t wait to Taylearn and chat more in 2026!

After weeks of anticipation, “The End of an Era” docuseries is finally out! Well, the first two episodes are, at least. How many times have you watched it? In this episode, your hosts give their overall review of the content we’ve seen so far- from serious highlights to things they wish to see improved on in the coming episodes. But we still have four more episodes to go, so nothing is off the table yet…!

Rumors are flying through new skies! Did Taylor Swift buy a bride out of her wedding date? Is the couple having a massive wedding or an intimate affair? WHO IS THE MAID OF HONOR? In today’s requested episode, Olivia welcomes Dani back from her vacation to jump right into the hot-button topic of “what the heck is going on with the Tayvis wedding?” Hear your hosts chat about what’s been confirmed, what definitely has not been confirmed, and listen as we combine theories and fact-checking to find answers in the noise. Plus, stick around until the end to hear what Dani was up to on her three weeks away from the mic…

It’s here, the final meow‑ment of TayPurring: A Taylor Swift PodCat! The end of the TayPurring Era… Olivia curls up one more time to chat about Benjamin Button, the Ragdoll who won Taylor’s heart at first purr on the set of the ME! music video and became a full-fledged Swiftie fur-son in 2019. Tiny kitten antics, iconic TIME Magazine photoshoots, and one last purr‑fect episode celebrating the fluffiest furbabies in Taylor’s world!

In this second installment of TayPurring, we finally turn our sights on Taylor’s arguably most iconic feline companion: Detective Olivia Benson! From music videos to commercials, Olivia somehow manages to stay just as booked and busy as her own mom, with a sweet and loving purr-sonality to match. Tune in to hear Olivia (your host, not the cat) talk all things Olivia (the cat, not your host), and how this little kitty has clawed her way into the hearts of both Taylor and Swifties fur-ever!

It’s no secret to Swifties everywhere that Taylor pawsitively loves a cat purring in her lap because it loves her. In this first installment of TayPurring: A Taylor Swift PodCat, certified cat lover Olivia dives whiskers-first, fearless into the life of Taylor’s very first furbaby: Meredith Grey. From Meredith’s iconic cattitude to her mysterious disappearing acts, Olivia chats (and let’s be real, gushes) over the stories, moments, and quirks that make Meredith purrhaps as legendary as her mother!

“The Life of a Showgirl” may have given us one of Taylor’s most divisive tracks ever…and it’s a track 5, to boot. ‘Eldest Daughter’ has a lot of things going on, but one thing we can all agree on is that Taylor is attempting to be vulnerable on this song. She spends the track exploring themes of childhood-rooted walls, personal insecurities, and promises for the future. Because your hosts do their best work when there is a mystery to be solved, Olivia & Dani decided to place this song in the ‘Mental Cages’ miniseries to analyze it further! Hop into this episode to see if you can join us in making sense of this emotional and misunderstood tune.

It seems that whenever Taylor Swift drops a music video, she can’t help herself…she simply MUST stuff it full of Easter Eggs! Her most recent one, “The Fate of Ophelia”, is absolutely no exception. Taylor herself admits that there are over one hundred eggs embedded into this video, so your hosts went digging to find everything they could. So get out your spyglass, crack those knuckles, and join us as Dani & Olivia tear about this video - frame by frame - to find all of these eggs.

Nearly four weeks ago, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ was released into the world! During these past four weeks, it seems everyone on the earth has formed an opinion about this album…and your hosts are no different. Join us in today’s much-requested episode as Dani & Olivia break down the album’s highs and lows, track by track, to give you their full reviews. Per usual (and also by request), they also share their current track rankings! But don’t expect those to be written in stone just yet…

Back in September, you met us in the afterglow when we talked through Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn’s relationship timeline leading up to the “Lover” album. Today, we invite you to continue this journey through the music behind the muse as we dissect the 2019 album! Specifically, we follow the lyrics to see where Joe influenced these anxiety-riddled love tunes. Additionally, we talk about how we’d feel about their relationship had we been die-hard Swifties at the time, and we analyze their relationship during this era through a retrospective and analytical lens.

She’s back! Today, your hosts are again joined by Harvard University’s very own viral professor, Stephanie Burt, as she talks about Taylor through the lens of her newest book: “Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift.” This episode features Dani & Olivia talking with Stephanie through big Taylor questions: can she maintain her level of fame forever? How did she even get this huge? What helped Taylor more: talent or luck? All of these questions and more are addressed in today’s very special reunion between the professor and your girls!

Is this Taylor’s most divisive album ever released? The internet sure seems to think so! In today’s episode - which is unedited and unfiltered, leaving in every thought, “um”, and cold-as-ice hot take - your hosts tackle their first impressions of “The Life of a Showgirl”. With 12 tracks to go through + a movie & music video to review, Dani & Olivia are not short on content to comment on! Which song excited Olivia the most? Which one did Dani think was the weakest? What about the song that they both agreed would’ve been better on another album? Where do your hosts agree, and where do they differ? Jump in to see their immediate thoughts post-release!