Max Mooney ’25 and Adina Frid Madden ‘25 discuss Taylor Swift’s latest project, The Tortured Poets Department in the first podcast of a new series in which writers from The Roar review recently released albums. This podcast features snippets of several songs off the album as it unpacks Swift’s lyrics and references to her personal life. Listen now by clicking below!
Podcast: Unpacking Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’
About the Contributors
Max M, Managing Editor
Max is a senior at Milken in his second year writing for The Roar and his first as managing editor. Max is so exited that The Roar provides an outlet for his writing and he plans on covering stories about current events, food, music, and more! Outside of writing, Max loves backpacking, playing the cello, and listening to Taylor Swift.
Adina Frid-Madden, Editor-in-Chief
Adina is a Senior at Milken and is excited to be co-editor-in-chief in her third year at The Roar. Before joining Journalism, Adina wrote the Milken Morning Show scripts, and through that, was encouraged to join the class. In middle school, Adina was an editor for two years at her school newspaper, The Jams Journal. She’s been in the creative writing class since 9th grade and loves bringing the different skills she learned in Creative Writing or Journalism into her other classes. Adina is super excited to be part of The Roar this year and is so grateful that The Roar gives her a place to express her love and passion for writing. Besides writing, Adina loves her dog, concerts, baking, and everything outdoorsy.
Jon, call Jack Williams Julian • Nov 8, 2024 at 4:56 pm
This was so insightful. This taught me everything I ever needed to know about life. The two people in this podcast are the best people I’ve ever known and again I have absolutely no affiliation with these people.
Max Mooney • Jun 6, 2024 at 7:02 pm
so amazing
Adina • Jun 1, 2024 at 5:46 pm
wowowowow