13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast

We have a special guest on this episode of the 13 Podcast! Fresh off the heels of their one-year wedding anniversary trip, Ana’s husband Ryan joins this episode to share his thoughts after attending his first ever Eras Tour concert! It was the first time that Ana got to see the newly added Tortured Poets Department set but Ryan’s very time at the Eras Tour! Plus, what happened when they went acros...

It’s been a chaotic few weeks but someone is fresh off their trip from the Eras Tour! What has happened in the past few weeks? There’s a lot to cover from overseas travel to the first watch of the Tortured Poets Department set live to Travis Kelce surprising Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour to that incredible love song mashup that we all got to witness to points! Which team is in the lead heading int...

We hear it from people all the time.. They don’t have any Swiftie friends in real life that understand the obsession, buy into the theories or just want to talk about Taylor Swift in general! That’s just one of the reasons that SwiftSpace is such an amazing app! We talk to Ben, the creator of SwiftSpace to find out what he had in mind when he made this app. There are so many cool features, like co...

It’s taken us all year long but it is over now.. It’s time for us to do our initial rankings of the pop bible, 1989 Taylor’s Version. How have our rankings changed since our initial rankings? Do we have any song surprises? And is there a long overdue payoff that happens in this episode? Nick Adams, Ana Szabo, Amy Nichols and Lacey Gee do the final rankings for 1989 TV and discuss what’s to come ne...

London was insane. The British Royalty met the American Royalty, mega bridges were built and someone had a very big moment on stage!   Plus, is this proof that Taylor Swift listens to our podcast and team Thank You, Amy is her fav?   We discuss the Kelces, the many celebs, the guest appearances, the insane song combos, and Travis Kelce’s first time on stage at the Era’s Tour!  Then the Look At Wha...

There were a lot of rumors surrounding the 100th Eras Tour show, and we got our answer! Taylor Swift herself let us that the Eras Tour will be coming to an end! We get into all of the happenings from Liverpool and Cardiff, including Taylor’s way of sneaking in some petty to the surprise song set!   And as the Eras Tour heads into Wembley Stadium this weekend, the two teams made up of Nick Adams an...

Taylor Swift wrote a song for the soundtrack to the 2013 film One Chance. What was it about this film that inspired Taylor to collab with Jack Antonoff and write this song? Ana Szabo and Lacey Gee get into it.   Plus, lots of movie rumors surrounding Taylor Swift right now. Is she going to be in the new Deadpool movie or are they just tugging at our heartstrings with those friendship bracelets?  ...

Happy 100th Eras Tour Show Day to all who celebrate!! It’s a very exciting day with lots of theories, speculations but above all else, it’s a day to celebrate! Taylor Swift is always feeding us and keeping us excited and we’ve been blessed with 100 whole shows of the Eras Tour!   Taylor Swift is bringing the Eras Tour to Liverpool, England for the first time ever and it’s up to each team to correc...

New Romantics.. Can you believe this song was just on the deluxe album before we got 1989 Taylor’s Version? So glad that this is now a song that everyone knows and that we get the chance to break it down now as we wrap up our 1989 era! We still have one last thing to do before we get to finally deep dive in the Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.. Next, we will be ranking our top 5 from the...

Last week was crazzzyyyy at the Eras Tour! Taylor Swift performed songs she’s never played before… and one song set in particular has everyone wondering… Are we officially in the Glitch? Teams Look At What You Made Me Duo and Red Lips and Shake It Off Hips made their bold song predictions for Edinburgh, Scotland! Who’s going to get points after this weekend? Will it be Ana Szabo and Nick Adams, or...

You Are In Love is such a special love song to not only us but lots of other Swifties! It is a fav in the fandom to play at weddings. It is such a special song that Taylor Swift wrote inspired by her own friend’s relationship.. Jack Antonoff and Lena Dunham! Ana Szabo, Amy Nichols, Nick Adams and Lacey Gee break down the song lyrics and express their own personal ties to the song, which leads to t...

It’s time for the teams to get together and pick their song predictions for the acoustic set portion of the Eras Tour for the next two shows in Lyon, France! What do the Look At What You Made Me Duo think that she will perform during the set? And will their guesses be more accurate than the team Red Lips and Shake It Off Hips? Only time and Taylor Swift herself will tell! Plus, we check the voicem...

It’s the first song off of the deluxe edition of the stolen version of 1989.. It’s all available now on Taylor’s Version! Is this a bop that the regular people know too? It’s such a great song in the fandom.. and lots of clues and speculation about the muse(s) of this song! Is this a song you tell your not diehard Swifties to check out? Plus, we check the voicemail to hear what other Swifties are...

It’s time to change it up.. Thanks to a wonderful listeners suggestion, we are changing it up the surprise song o’clock game! This time, we are doing teams! Ana and Nick vs Amy and Lacey! Which team will correctly be able to think like Taylor Swift and predict the songs she will perform this weekend during the acoustic set in Portugal? We are still taking suggestions for the losers punishment on t...

We are truly in our Era’s Era! We are talking about Clean, a song that inspired a movie that inspired an anthem from Taylor Swift! What was the inspo behind the song Clean and why do so many people relate to it in different ways?  And who else tears up when they think of Taylor’s sweet message she always delivered before this song during her 1989 tour? We relive that moment with fresh tears. We he...

We are stilling reeling in the amazement of the Eras Tour, which returned last week in Paris and wowwwwwwww! The entire new set for The Tortured Poets Department! Insane! Female Rage: The Musical… Wonder if anything is to come of that? We recap about all of the happenings in Paris, declare (and some, debate) points from last weekend. We declare a loser for the last round and boy, are y’all going t...

We are truly in our Era’s Era! We are talking about I Know Places (iconic voice memo.. Ana’s version battling Nick’s version. You’ll know what I’m talking about soon) while watching the return of the Era’s Tour in Paris! We have breaking news all throughout this episode while trying to stay focused on this 1989 bop! It is the best kind of chaotic!  You get to hear a lot of talking this one out lou...

The Eras Tour returns RIGHT NOW! Taylor Swift is taking the stage in Paris which means.. It's time for our Surprise Song O'Clock predictions.. and there are a lot of other theories and possible surprises to discuss too! Plus a final tiebreaker for the loser of the last round.. Results coming very soon! Ana Szabo, Lacey Gee, Amy Nichols and Nick Adams discuss this and more! THE CHOAS IS HAPPENING R...

We’ve been teasing it for a while.. While we still take in The Tortured Poets Department, we are continuing with our breakdown of 1989 TV! It’s time for This Love! There are a lot of personal connections to this song, and references to many other songs in this album! Amy Nichols, Nick Adams and Lacey Gee discuss this song and the lyrics! What did we miss? What else would you like to hear from us?...

It’s been a fortnight with The Tortured Poets Department Anthology, and we have a lot of thoughts. Have we wrapped our head around this album yet? What’s our favorite song of the moment? And what is this theory about something going down TODAY? Lots of rumors are swirling about May 3rd.. Let’s see if anything happens! Something else we are still wrapping our heads around is getting to spend time w...

The 13 Podcast got to talk all things about The Tortured Poets Department and more with the incredible women behind the Pop Apologists podcast, Lauren and Chan! We talk initial thoughts on the new album, the muse that left Taylor Swift so tortured, and the critique that some people have about the content of the album. Thank you so much to the Spotify mashup program for putting this collaboration t...

It was touch and go there for a moment but the weather cooperated and the event was such a big time success! It’s the 13 Podcast and lots of Swifties live from Swifties in the Park! Over 600 Swifties came out and celebrated the new album, a huge milestone and birthday for the podcast! We had so many cool Swiftie businesses there selling their merch made with love, we had friends come in from all t...

It’s Swifties talking Taylor Swift and business. What a fun conversation with a talented group of business women! Charity Eden and Terah Lee talk about their inspiration and journeys as business women with Taylor Swift on the brain! Charity thought of recreating the Eras Tour while at the Eras Tour, and all of the firsts that she has done to make such a fierce show! From learning the music, making...

It’s been a busy few days for Swifties! Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department, then dropped a surprise album a few hours later! Thirty-one brand new songs that we had the weekend to get into!   Have we even had enough time to make the choice of ranking our top 5 tracks of the new albumS?! Of course not, but do we do it anyway! Plus, what went down at our streaming party that had us a...

Ana and Amy are back for another emergency SwifTEA to recap the last 24 hours in the Swiftieverse! The codes and clues in the Spotify Library, the cryptic video of The Tortured Poets Department Office, and the mysterious QR codes appearing around the world!! The next time we meet will be at our livestream party, 4/19 at midnight est on our YouTube Channel!! And we hope to see you at Swifties in th...