We’ve also got some Rob Gronkowski zingers. A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss the Tom Brady roast, Taylor references in Kendrick v Drake, the take that Taylor’s music is now only for her most hardcore fans, and Professor Stephanie Burt is back to talk Tortured Poets!
Links:
‘Challengers’ and That Ending: Our Critics Have Thoughts (New York Times)
When Did Minor League Baseball Get Raunchy? (Wall Street Journal)
Tom Brady ripped by Bill Belichick, Kevin Hart, former Patriots teammates during roast (The Athletic)
The Man Who Gossiped Too Much (Vulture)
Taylor Swift adds 7 new songs to Eras Tour, plus all the other changes she's made to the show (Entertainment Weekly)
Kendrick Lamar Appears to Respond to Drake Name-Dropping Taylor Swift by Recruiting Jack Antonoff (Us Weekly)
Xian Divine (TikTok)
This is What the Internet Looks Like Now (Garbage Day)
Why Normal Music Reviews No Longer Make Sense for Taylor Swift (The New Yorker)
A Poet on Taylor Swift’s Complicated Embrace of Tortured Poets (Time)
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Bookshop.org)