Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 513 - "The Tortured Parents Department"

Arlo’s second daughter has arrived at a pivotal time, a time in which Paul has become consumed by Taylor Swift’s life-altering new album The Tortured Poets Department.

A promotional image for Taylor Swift's album The Tortured Poets Department, with editorial markup complaining about the lack of an apostrophe in Poets.

Gobbledygeek Episode 513 "The Tortured Parents Department" is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, or on Apple Podcasts.

The stork just made a special delivery, and it’s a new episode of Gobbledygeek! Bat-Turkey also welcomes a new addition to the family: Alexandra Jade Wiley, who came into this world on April 28, 2024. Arlo’s second daughter has arrived at a pivotal time, a time in which Paul has become consumed by Taylor Swift’s life-altering new album The Tortured Poets Department. Besides raving about the ladies in their lives, the boys catch up on pop culture: Luca Guadagnino’s triple threat Challengers, the tremendous second season of Interview with the Vampire, the riff-laden roots of heavy metal, and kaiju weepie Godzilla Minus One, among much more.

NEXT: huzzah! We take a trip to the Middle Ages with Lance Oppenheim’s HBO docuseries Ren Faire.

MUSIC

  • “But Daddy I Love Him” by Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
  • “Changes” by Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (1972)

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