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Dec 2023
37m 31s

The Year of Taylor Swift

The New York Times
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Taylor Swift grabbed many headlines in 2023. Her widely popular Eras Tour, which proved too much for Ticketmaster to handle, has been both a business and a cultural juggernaut. And Time magazine named her as its person of the year.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, a staff writer for The New York Times, explains why, for her, 2023 was the year of Taylor Swift.

Guest: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.

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