Swiftcast: The #1 Taylor Swift Podcast

We have a bit of a shorter episode this week since Ashley and Steph went to NYC this week for the premiere of The Giver! We'll be covering our experience at the premiere on our next episode so stay tuned. THE ALBUM 5 CLUES HAVE ARRIVED! Taylor teased us all last week with photos and videos leading up to her album and single announcement and we dissect them all and look at all the possible theories. So exciting!!! Taylor has a completely packed schedule this week. Don't forget to tune into Jimmy Fallon on August 13th and late night with Seth Meyers on August 14th. The Teen Choice Awards were this past Sunday, August 10th and Taylor attended looking flawless. She presented choice movie drama actor to Ansel Elgort and took home the award for choice female country artist! #SwiftieProblems: Is it August 18th yet? I can't handle the suspense! -via @LonnaLu on Twitter Finally, in celebration of our recnet 5,000 followers on Twitter AND Taylor's announcement, join us online for a live Google+ Hangout party on Au

It's August, and the 5th album is upon us! Taylor was just confirmed to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards on August 24th, which means we will definitely get a new single before then! It was also confirmed that on August 10th she'll be presenting at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles. The next day, August 11th she'll be attending the premiere of The Giver in New York City, and Ashley and Steph will be there in person! We can't wait to tell you all about it! #SwiftieProblems: Part of being a Swiftie is wishing you were a cat. via @MeganTyx13 on Twitter A few weeks ago, Taylor posted a photo in front of an amazing painting of a pair of angel wings in New York City. Those wings were created by Kelsey Montague, and she joins us as a special guest to talk about her art and her love of Taylor! Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes, and leave us a review and 5 star rating if you liked this episode!

BIG NEWS- Taylor is returning to perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas this September AND it's confirmed she'll be performing new songs! Her friends Ed Sheeran, Lorde, Paramore, and Coldplay are performing, too! Taylor was recently spotted being interviewed by Rolling Stone in Central Park, and it definitely looked like she was giving the scoop on Album 5. A fan fearlessly rowed a boat up to Taylor during the interview and Taylor gave her $90 to celebrate her birthday! Just another reason why we love her. #SwiftieProblems: When your phone autocorrects "swifties" to "swiftlets" - via @thekeystome on Twitter. "Swiftlets" might be our new favorite word. Every day is Taylor Swift fashion week in NYC this summer! We recap all of her latest outfits and where to buy them, with help from our friends at TaySwiftStyle.com. We asked you for your predictions on which old songs Taylor will keep in the setlist for Tour 5 and got a TON of great responses. Thanks to everybody who participated! Fan favorit

Summer is flying by and we're just three weeks away from the premiere of The Giver! Brenton Thwaites recently did an interview where he described Taylor's performance in it as "fearless," which makes us even more excited! Make sure to keep voting for Taylor for the Teen Choice Awards by going to teenchoiceawards.com. She's nominated for female artist, female country artist, and best smile. #SwiftieProblems: Taking forever to pick what Taylor shirt you want to wear because you have over 30 so it's a TOUGH choice! What exactly makes Taylor so successful? Is her less sexualized image the key to her success? We discuss a couple of great articles from Forbes.com and Jezebel.com which look at this in detail. Make sure to follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13. As soon as we reach 5,000 followers we'll be announcing our next giveaway! If you liked this episode, please hit the "subscribe" button on iTunes, and leave us a review and 5 star rating!

We're back from vacation and Taylor has been busy! Make sure you vote for the Teen Choice Awards at teenchoiceawards.com. The show will air on August 10th on Fox! The Giver comes out on August 11th and we're getting excited! Lois Lowry and Jeff Bridges recently talked about how great Taylor is in the movie. The Swiftcasters vacationed in Connecticut and Rhode Island over the 4th of July, and visited Watch Hill where Taylor has her beach house! We tell you all about the amazing sights, food, etc. in this adorable town. Taylor, aka Professor Swift, recently wrote an essay published in the Wall Street Journal about the future of the music industry. We dissect this incredible piece of literature where she talks about artist/fan relationships, album sales, watching concerts on YouTube and much more! If you're not already, make sure to follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13. We're getting close to 5,000 followers and when we reach it we'll have a live Google Hangout party and announce our next

With summer in full swing, the Teen Choice awards are coming up on August 10th! Taylor has 3 nominations. Make sure to vote now at teenchoiceawards.com. #SwiftieProblems: Buying 2 of everything on the @taylornation13 store. In case you damage 1. Then wondering why you don't have any money. Cosmopolitan recently came out with a hilarious article about things NOT to say to Taylor Swift fans. We go down the list and add our own in this hilarious main discussion. Announcement- The Swiftcasters are going on vacation this week, so there will be no new episode next week, but we'll be back with a new one the week of July 13th! In the mean time, keep in touch with us on twitter @swiftcast13 or at swiftcast13.com.

Lots of Taylor news to catch up on this week, since our guest Alexander Gold took over last week's episode- if you haven't yet listened to his hilarious interview, go listen now! Taylor got a new kitten (!!!), cooked with Ina Garten and hung out in New York and Rhode Island over the past couple weeks, but most importantly she told us to go out and buy her friend and tourmate Ed Sheeran's new album Multiply! We go track by track through Ed's album and discuss our favorites as well as the songs that we think are either about or inspired by Taylor.  #SwiftieProblems: The fact that song 5 on Taylor's albums is always the saddest and we're about to get album 5. Tweet us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 or contact us through our website at swiftcast13.com to tell us what you thought of this episode!

One of our favorite YouTubers and Twitter accounts, @alexandergold had an AMAZING experience at Ed Sheeran's concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York this past weekend, where he actually got to meet and hang out with Taylor and Ed! He tells us all about it with many hilarious anecdotes. Trust us, you do NOT want to miss this episode. If you want to hear more from Alex, follow him on Twitter at @alexandergold or subscribe to his YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/alexandergoldtube. If you're a fan of Alex tuning into Swiftcast for the first time, we hope you enjoyed our podcast! Tune in weekly for all the latest Taylor Swift news. You can subscribe to us on iTunes to have all the episodes automatically downloaded to your device for free each week! You can also follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 where we provide daily Taylor Swift news and live tweet all of her concerts and events.

CMA Fest in Nashville last week marked the official start of summer! Taylor wasn't there but we talk about the Taylor Swift booth featuring the giant pink pick up truck, some of her outfits, and one of her CMA Awards! She also answered a few fans' questions via video chat. Spoiler alert: her favorite thing to bake is anything pumpkin. Mean was recently named the #24 song on Rolling Stones list of greatest country songs OF ALL TIME (no pun intended). This is a huge honor! LOTS of #SwiftieProblems this week like this one from @All_too_well_X : A thunderstorm pulled me out of a club red dream this morning. Tweet us with your #SwiftieProblems and we'll read them next week! We deliver the weekly fashion update with info from our friend TSwiftStyle.net, and the girls teach Nate what a Fit and Flare dress is! Ashley, Jill and Nate talk about our favorite Swiftie activities to do in the summer, as well as our favorite summer of Taylor! Hint- our favorite era rhymes with "Ed"... Lots of updates from RED

Taylor will be featured in MTV's documentary about Ed Sheeran! It's called "Nine Days and Nights with Ed Sheeran" and airs on June 10th at 11pm ET. The CMT Awards air tonight, Wednesday June 4th at 7pm central time on the CMT channel. Make sure to tune in to see if Taylor takes home any awards! The Asian leg of the RED tour is officially underway! We recap the Shanghai and Tokyo shows including the INSANE welcome Taylor got at the Tokyo airport. We give you the weekly fashion recap of all of Taylor's recent outfits and where you can buy them. Check out TaylorSwiftStyle.net for pictures! @TaylorNation13 recently tweeted an article about the top 10 most underrated Taylor Swift songs. We discuss this list as well as our own top picks. Finally, we announce the winner of our giveaway for the rare Taylor Swift card game! Listen for your name, and if it's you send us an email or a tweet by next Sunday, June 8th to claim your prize. If we don't hear from anybody we will pick another winner and announce it next w

On this week's episode we are joined by a special guest, Megan who runs the popular updating account @TSwiftNZ. She tells us all about what it's like to be a Swiftie in New Zealand, including her experience meeting Taylor for the first time at the RED tour last year! She also answers lots of great questions that you guys sent in on Twitter. We give you the weekly fashion update, highlighting some great clothes that Taylor has worn recently from Modcloth, Anthropologie and more! Have you entered our latest giveaway yet? If you want a chance to win a rare Taylor Swift card game, go to our twitter page @swiftcast13 and click on the link to our brief survey which is at the top of the page. This giveaway is open worldwide and ends on May 31st. Tell us what you thought of this episode of Swiftcast! Leave us a review on iTunes, or email us at theswiftcast13@gmail.com.

Taylor has 4 nominations for the upcoming CMT Awards! Make sure to vote at www.cmt.com. She also has 6 nominations for the World Music Awards, which you can vote for at www.worldmusicawards.com. #SwiftieProblems: Every time I'm in a library I want to dance like Taylor in the Story Of Us music video. We give you the weekly fashion update on all of the clothes Taylor has been spotted wearing this past week and where you can buy them! The Billboard Awards aired last Sunday, May 18th and unfortunately Taylor did not attend. She has two nominations but lost Top Country artist to Luke Bryan and Top Social Artist to Justin Bieber. We discuss why we think this happened, all of the amazing performances we enjoyed on the show, and our predictions for next year's awards! RED Tour Asia is about to start and we'll be covering it on our upcoming episodes so make sure to tune in! Finally, visit us on Twitter at @swiftcast13 and go to the link to enter our latest giveaway. You could win a rare Taylor Swift card g

The Billboard awards are this Sunday, May 18th and Taylor is up for two awards! Make sure to tune in next to week to hear our full recap of the award show. Taylor just received four nominations for the CMT Awards, which will air on June 4th. Make sure you to go www.cmt.com and vote for her! This week, Taylor spent some time in LA to attend the Keds style event at Nordstrom, where she met all of the winners of the Keds Perfect Pairs contest. We talk to one of the lucky winners, Gina, and she tells us all about Taylor's adorable interview (including getting attacked by a bee!) and what it was like to meet her. Our latest giveaway is for a chance to win the rare Taylor Swift CMA Card Game and it's open worldwide through May 31st! For a chance to win, go visit us on Twitter at @swiftcast13 and go to the link to take our brief survey. Love this episode? Please leave us a review and 5 Star rating on iTunes!

Taylor has 4 nominations for the CMT Awards! Make sure you vote at CMT.com. Taylor represented Oscar de la Renta at the Met Gala in NYC this week and she looked absolutely gorgeous as always. We discuss her dresses for the past few years and pick our favorites. Lots of #SwiftieProblems and #SwiftieBucketList items this week. Send us yours and we'll read them on next week's episode! Our fashion segment is back! Thanks @TSwiftStyle for tracking down all of Taylor's recent outfits. For our main discussion, we discuss the article "Things Feminists Hate: Taylor Swift." Many feminists are quick to judge Taylor, but we discuss why their assumptions are often incorrect. Our latest giveaway is open until May 31st! Go to our Twitter page @swiftcast13 for the link to our brief survey which will enter you to win a rare Taylor Swift card game.  We'd love to hear what you thought of this episode! Tweet us @swiftcast13, email us at theswiftcast13@gmail.com, or leave us rating and review on iTunes!

In honor of the 5 year anniversary of the Fearless tour, we reminisce about all of our favorite memories from the Fearless era.  Tell us yours by tweeting us at @swiftcast13 or emailing theswiftcast13@gmail.com. Tons of #SwiftieProblems this week like this one from @queenslaylor13: Trying not to fangirl about Taylor's legs in front of everyone you know!  If you have #SwiftieProblems, tell us and we'll read them on next week's episode. We have a big giveaway announcement- if you'd like a chance to win the extremely rare Taylor Swift CMA Consideration card game, check out our twitter for instructions on how to enter. Good luck!

Taylor has been out and about all over NYC! We discuss her cameo on SNL, the documentary she was filming with Ed Sheeran, and the rumor that she might be on a future episode of Lena Dunham's show, "Girls."  #SwiftieProblems: Wanting to know the name of Taylor's next album so you don't have to call it "Album 5" anymore Taylor dictionary word of the week: Swiftcase- a suitcase filled with only Taylor Swift merchandise! For our main discussion, we talk about Taylor's style in all of her past album eras, and what we think her current look says about her upcoming album. Finally, big giveaway news! We announce the winner of our last giveaway for the Taylor Swift prize pack which ran from March 16th - April 13th. The winner has 7 days to contact us or we will choose a new winner, so if you entered make sure to listen for your name! We'll be announcing another giveaway very soon so stay tuned! Thanks for listening to this episode! Make sure to tell us what you thought by tweeting us @swiftcast13, email

Our friends Tim and Carson from the @IHeardThatWasGd movie podcast are back on the show! We talk all about the first trailer for The Giver, as well as lots of other awesome movies that are coming out this summer! If you love this episode make sure to check out their podcast at http://iheardthatwasgood.libsyn.com/. PS- Tim and Carson are radio DJs for Y101 in Jackson, Mississippi and they just sent us a HUGE box of Taylor merch which we'll be giving away to some lucky listeners! Stay tuned!

Taylor's good friend and  tourmate Ed Sheeran just released his brand new single off his upcoming album! It's called "Sing" and our hosts can't get enough of it! Let us know what you think! The 2014 ACM Awards aired this past Sunday and Taylor took home one of her five nominations for Video Of The Year for the Highway Don't Care video. Congrats to Taylor, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban! Also congrats to Miranda Lambert for Female Vocalist of the Year and George Strait for Entertainer of the Year! We also discuss Taylor's outfit, our other favorite performances including Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes and The Band Perry, and give our opinions on why Taylor didn't perform. Tons of #SwiftieProblems this week. Make sure to follow us on twitter at @swiftcast13 to enter our giveaway which ends April 13th! Finally, TODAY IS SWIFTCAST'S FIRST BIRTHDAY! Look out for a special bonus episode with our friends from the I Heard It Was Good podcast and a new giveaway launching soon to celebrate our anniversary. THANK YOU FOR AN

Unfortunately Taylor did not take home any Kids Choice Awards last night. Favorite Female Singer went to Selena Gomez and Favorite song went to One Direction for Story Of My Life. BUT, there’s still a chance to help Taylor take home an ACM award next weekend! Go to voteacm.com to keep voting for Entertainer of the year! She’s also nominated for:Single Record of the Year: Highway Don't Care

ACM voting is officially open! Make sure to vote for Taylor for Entertainer of the Year! You can also vote for her for the Kids Choice Awards, iHeartRadio Awards, and Radio Disney Awards. Taylor has been out and about in New York City this past week, most notably when she visited the Sloan Kettering children's hospital for 4 and a half hours last weekend. She was also spotted at Sephora and Blick Art Supplies, where we assume she bought the watercolor paints for her beautiful paintings! The first official trailer for The Giver movie is out. Taylor is a brunette in it. Don't blink or you'll miss her! Congratulations to You Belong With Me for passing 300 million view on YouTube! WOW! For our main discussion, we sit down for a special interview with Liz Grammaticas, the artist behind the upcoming "Who's Taylor Swift Anyway?" art show in Brooklyn. She tells us all about what inspired her to start creating paintings of Taylor, and about all the other amazing artists contributing Taylor related things to the ga