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Dec 2024
30m 30s

Tracing the origin story of Taylor Swift...

THE TIMES
About this episode

From Pennsylvania to New Jersey to Tennessee, The Times’ Megan Agnew spent three weeks on the Taylor Swift trail, discovering the origins of the supersonic star. How does someone go from teenage guitarist to pop phenomenon? Was her fame just luck and talent, or was there a master plan behind it all?


This episode was first broadcast on June 10th 2024.


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Guest: Megan Agnew, Senior Features Writer, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

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