Join hosts Kat and Rita as they critically engage with the life, loves, lyrics, and more of Taylor Swift. They spill the Swift-tea, confess spicy opinions, and keep up with the latest projects and achievements of our favourite anti-hero.
Swift Tea Academy: Rewriting the Narrative (Taylor's Version)
"You look like Taylor Swift/In this light, we're lovin' it/You've got edge, she never did/The future's bright, dazzling" - Clara Bow, The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy.
In the fourth and final episode, join Kat and Rita as we discuss the masters buy-back, the latest era roll-out, and the impact of diaristic storytelling on meta-narrative and parasociality.
Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
School Bell Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=56309)
24 Jul 2025
Swift Tea Academy: Ancestral Women
"I should've asked you questions/I should've asked you how to be/Asked you to write it down for me" - Marjorie, evermore (2020)
Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy.
In the third and penultimate episode, join Kat and Rita as we discuss the female forebears, both blood and icon, who influenced Taylor and remind ourselves that gossip is a feminist act and storytelling is an oral traditon at its root.
Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
School Bell Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=56309)
19 Jun 2025
Swift Tea Academy: Female Friendships
Hosts Kat and Rita explore the intricate dynamics of female friendships, drawing inspiration from the symbolic friendship bracelets of the Eras tour in this episode about womanhood and nostalgia.
15 May 2025
Swift Tea Academy: Visions of Girlhood
"I'm just a girl/Trying to find her place in this world" - A Place in This World, Taylor Swift (2006)
Welcome to your Summer Book Club: Swift Tea Academy.
In this first episode, join Kat and Rita as we explore how girlhood can look and feel through four key Swiftian eras: The Girl on the Bleachers, Cheer Captain, Miss Americana, and The Snake.
Swift Tea Academy is kindly supported by a Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
20 Mar 2025
Staring at You in Personal Growth: An Update
We are back from our post-Eras tour hiatus to give you the tea on our newfound mature (like a fine cheese) feelings towards the Swiftie fandom and tease some exciting new announcements for the future.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
4 Jul 2024
The Eras Tour (Kat and Rita's Version): The Breakdown
We come back stronger than a '90s trend to talk about the Event, the Moment, the Music Industry: The Eras Tour (Kat and Rita's Version).
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
21 Dec 2023
Messy Sag Season: Evermore
Like a Swift Track 5, Kat and Rita get in their feelings for Episode 5 and apply the "mess metre" to the beloved but often overlooked sad sister album to Folklore - our winter girl Evermore.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
7 Dec 2023
Pop Bible: 1989 (Taylor's Version)
Rita romances Kat over dinner in their first in-person recording to discuss a 2010s pop bible re-invented. Meeting old familiars anew and how 1989 paved the way for Swift's future experiments.
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
23 Nov 2023
Minisode: Eras Tour Film Outfits
A bonus minisode where Kat and Rita cover the Eras Tour Film outfits, look by look! Opinions on body suits, the best 'folkmore' dresses, and the mystery of Taylor's curls and forehead.
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
9 Nov 2023
In Our Eras Era: Tour Film Review
Kat and Rita share their viewing experiences and controversial opinions on the Eras Tour Film, album by album. Hot tea moments from the updated Girl Squad (2023 edition) and learning to Live Fearlessly through the power of friendship.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
26 Oct 2023
Swift Tea Trailer
Join hosts Kat and Rita as they critically engage with the life, loves, lyrics, and more of Taylor Swift. They spill the Swift-tea, confess spicy opinions, and keep up with the latest projects and achievements of our favourite anti-hero.
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
26 Oct 2023
The Story of Us
Kat and Rita share their storied histories with Swift's music and the 'come to Taylor' moments which led to their parasocial activity. Hot tea moments from the extended Swiftieverse and learning to Live Fearlessly by being a little bit too earnest on main.
Produced by Katalina Watt
Cover Art:
Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash; Design via Canva
Music:
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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