Evolution of a Snake: The Taylor Swift Fan Podcast

We're back doing what we love most: delivering unqualified opinions about Taylor Swift's various looks throughout the year. We broaden our lens beyond just pap walks and discuss the myriad diva summits of The Life Of A Showgirl album shoot and promo appearances as well. Join us on Patreon for our exclusive reactions to The End of an Era starting this weekend: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/SNAKE10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Evolution of a Snake, we’re reopening Miss Americana and giving it the forensic rewatch it deserves before the End of an Era docuseries arrives to rewrite the narrative all over again. We dig into Lana Wilson’s direction, Taylor’s unusually heavy involvement in shaping the film, and the emotional architecture behind its most revealing moments—her struggles with body image and disordered eating, her anxieties about ageing and motherhood in a pop-star machine that demands perpetual youth, and the shaky, newly forming political voice she lets us witness in real time. Five years later, the documentary feels even more confessional and strangely prophetic; it tells us exactly who she was becoming long before the rest of the world caught up. GET MORE ERAS CONTENT ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re finally doing it: ranking Taylor Swift’s post–Big Machine albums, from Lover through Showgirl, using a semi-serious “scientific” system we built to avoid pitting Old Taylor against New Taylor. In this episode, we break down cohesion, execution, longevity, and overall Snakeology to figure out which version of independent-era Taylor is truly operating at her peak. The addition of The Life of a Showgirl complicates everything in ways we didn’t expect, and the final ranking surprised even us. GET MORE EOAS ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your favorite hotline is back with a pressing topic: the 2026 Grammy nominations. It’s a perplexing list of some divas, randoms, and sneaks. The Snake Nation sounded off powerfully about Katseye, Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, Role Model, Alex Warren, and many more victims. Enjoy!  JOIN US ON PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: ⁠https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/SNAKE10⁠ Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EXCLUSIVE ERAS REACTIONS: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist Taylor’s tour of a lifetime is heading to the small screen, and we have thoughts — and a few delusions. We’re unpacking everything we want (and expect) from the Eras Tour docuseries: behind-the-scenes timelines, the emotional core, the Travis Kelce of it all, and whether we’ll finally get closure on her most mythologized moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices