Dec 22, 2022
This week, it’s a Sammy & Ellie special (#samellie) christmas episode where we dive into Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version SUPREMACY) with bonus content about Ol Swifty’s overlooked 2008 Christmas EP and its stand out original track “Christmas Must Mean Something More”. Also in this episode: birthday boy...
Dec 15, 2022
This week, Sammy and Ellie talk to Sarah Kennedy, co-owner of Albequerque’s only comedy club (Dry Heat Comedy) and host of the late great podcast Taydar, about the intense & regretful ballad Back To December from Speak Now. We return to the WHO’S IT ABOUT segment, and it’s probably not who you’re expecting, as...
Dec 1, 2022
What’s the best thing that’s ever been YOURS? Sammy and Ellie talk to Lina Abascal, author of the book Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor, about the grounded, exquisitely detailed, fantasy of Mine, from Taylor Swift’s 2010 album Speak Now. Two thirds of the group admit to...
Nov 23, 2022
This week, Sammy and Ellie talk to Demi Adejuyigbe about the effervescent, relentless joy of Shake It Off! We discuss whether this song is actually very deep, the way music physically changes mood, and Ellie rants about the hell of attempting to buy Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets at about the 56 minute mark - shout out...
Nov 17, 2022
This week, Sammy and Ellie talk to Pickle the Drag Queen about the dark intensity of modern pure pop anthem New Romantics! We talk about what sorts of buildings the bricks thrown at us could build, how we need love but all we want is cigarettes, the important work Pickle does with Drag Queen Story Hour, and so much...
