‘The Tortured Poets Department’ – The Ringer

It’s the inaugural meeting of the Tortured Podcasters Department. Nora and Nathan discuss the rollout for this album and how Taylor Swift’s release of an entire second album worth of bonus tracks affected its reception (1:00), whether or not “Fortnight” will be the biggest hit off of this album (24:06), how Swift is grappling with her level of fame on a lot of the songs on this record (57:12), and the many, many, many Easter eggs that are sprinkled throughout this album (1:17:32).

Hosts: Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard
Producer: Kaya McMullen

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