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Apr 2024
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The ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Mailbag ...

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The Tortured Podcasters Department meets again, this time to open up the mailbag! Nora and Nathan answer a bunch of listener questions about whether their opinion has changed on any songs, what they want to hear next from Taylor, and much more (4:13). Then they answer rapid-fire questions, including one about how they think Taylor will incorporate this album into her tour (59:00).


Hosts: Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard

Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Kaya McMullen

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