Meet your hosts.
AP Taylor Swift is hosted by three longtime Swifties with different academic and professional backgrounds — connected by a love of Taylor's lyrics and the conversations they spark.
Jodi
Although it's been a decade since Jodi's last English class, she's kept all her books waiting for just this occasion. As a marketer, Jodi is no stranger to the power of word choice and scrutinizes every lyric like she does a positioning statement. With an MBA from the University of Michigan, she tends to examine Taylor's songs through the lens of business and career choices. Jodi feels Taylor's music resonates because of the literary quality of her lyrics and the attention to detail in her storytelling, and hopes that fans new and old can learn something new about the music — and themselves — through the podcast.
- favorite Taylor Swift song
- "Shake It Off," 1989
- favorite AP Lit book
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Maansi
Product marketer by day, Master of Liberal Arts candidate at Stanford by night, Maansi loves to read between the lines and understand what makes language so effective at achieving its purpose. She approaches Taylor's lyrics both as a marketer, trying to understand how words strum on the strings of human emotion, and through a humanities lens, examining how Taylor often enters into conversations with the Greats who have come before, in efforts to capture and examine the human condition of our own time.
- favorite Taylor Swift song
- "Cornelia Street," Lover
- favorite AP Lit book
- Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jenn
Former English teacher turned marketer, Jenn loves bringing her classroom to a whole new audience. Jenn obtained her BA in English at Purdue University and her MA in English at Appalachian State University. She believes that Taylor Swift's music is the perfect medium for people of all ages and educational backgrounds to explore new ideas, philosophical frameworks, and perhaps even change how they see the world.
- favorite Taylor Swift song
- "right where you left me," evermore
- favorite AP Lit book
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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AP Taylor Swift is a weekly literary-analysis podcast for Swifties who love to overanalyze lyrics. No gossip, no rumors, just the text.
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- Dedicated episode: a full Show & Tell episode tied to your theme.
- Custom content series: multi-episode arc with full themed Show & Tell, and brand picks the deep-dive song.
- Guest Substack: a dedicated "Extra Credit" feature for original writing or ad placement.
- Feed drops & podcast swaps: cross-promotion with like-minded shows.