About this episode

This episode explores the theme of exile through the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Bon Iver, discussing its literary implications and analyzing the song's lyrics.

Continuing along our folklore journey, this episode covers exile, the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Bon Iver. Uncle Jerry teaches us about different types of exile and how they appear across literature and folk tales. We then dig into the poem and Uncle Jerry admits to Angela that he almost cheated and listened to the song because he was so ready to hear how they spoke over each other. Also, ICYMI, we will be finishing the entire folklore album. Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we tackle the remaining tracks and then do a comprehensive overview. Song discussion starts at 19:12 *Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support! Works Cited: Just Give Me a Reason – Pink ft. Nate Ruess The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri Gilgamesh, Nature, and Civilization Paradise Lost – John Milton The Odyssey – Homer Exile of Ovid Poems From Exile: Ex Ponto, Book I – Ovid *Frankenstein – Mary Shelley *Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky *Ulysses – James Joyce *Dubliners – James Joyce *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce Polyphony in Contemporary Literature…

People in this episode

Hosts: Angela McDow, Dr. Jerry Coats

Topics covered

• exile
• Taylor Swift
• Bon Iver
• literature
• folk tales
• poetry
• music analysis

Keywords

• exile
• Taylor Swift
• Bon Iver
• folklore
• literature
• poetry
• song analysis
• music commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Just Give Me a Reason, The Divine Comedy, Gilgamesh, Nature, and Civilization, Paradise Lost, The Odyssey, Exile of Ovid, Poems From Exile: Ex Ponto, Book I, Frankenstein, Crime and Punishment, Ulysses

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