How did a little girl who grew up on a Christmas tree farm become the world's biggest pop star?

Pop Pantheon's new series digs into Taylor Swift's origin story,

from her upbringing in West Reading, Pennsylvania, and knocking down label doors in Nashville as a teenager,

to her rise to country superstardom and eventually the global stage.

Whether you're a Taylor obsessive or a swifty skeptic, this series will

illuminate the genesis of a supernova and one of the most important figures in American pop

cultural history. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to hot mess to peace theater, the podcast for highbrow conversations about lowbrow entertainment, mainly reality TV.

And why am I doing this? Because I believe that people who love reality TV aren't garbage people

watching shows that rot their brains. We are scholars. We appreciate good, dramatic storytelling,

like all humans have since the beginning of history. And reality

TV is telling the same stories we've always told, like in Greek mythology or Shakespeare.

Because those historical baddies, if you reread them, you'll notice they're messy as fuck.

So let's not pretend they're like way better than us or the stories we're telling now. They're no different from our favorite reality TV stars.

They just had less Botox and filler.

Every other week on Hot Masterpiece Theater, I have on a notable guest that brings a favorite reality TV scene to the table to discuss as though it is serious art because it is.

And this week, we are in for a real treat.

Today we have a wonderful guest. They are a celebrity impression thought leader, Anna Royceman.

Anna is a comedian, an actor, a prolific content creator. You've seen her in films and TV and hosting HQ trivia. You've also

probably seen her hilarious impressions on social media. She does Bethany Frankel, Countess Luann, Julia Fox. She does the

famous Hilaria Baldwin impersonation. And of course, she does the what I would call genius

impression of Steve from Sex in the City slash and Just Like That, looking for Miranda.

Thank you. Miranda. Thank you.

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