Episode 240

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22nd Dec 2025

The Story Behind: Taylor Swift - 1989, Ep. 240

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Taylor grew up on a Christmas tree farm and moved to Nashville to become a country star before ditching it all to become the pop princess marketing maven the world knows today. The boys get together to talk about Taylor hooky lines, and Max Martin's production stamp, the Swiftie community's connection to Phish-heads.

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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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1001 Album Complaints
Musicians give irreverent takes on "1001 Albums" with jokes, delivered every Monday morning.
Classic albums' full backstories told by musicians who love to nitpick the details, now with >1M downloads.

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