Episodes

  • taylor swift's "the life of a showgirl"
    Oct 31 2025

    matty healy's strongest soldier, post-empire novelist t/james reagan, continues his annual tradition of reviewing the new taylor swift album. after five hours of commentary on the tortured poets department era, reagan has returned with five more hours focused on the life of a showgirl.

    starting with a summary of the recent goings on in the swiftieverse, reagan then reviews and provides commentary on all twelve tracks of the life of a showgirl.

    if you enjoyed this podcast, please consider purchasing one of reagan's novels, available on amazon for $3.99 or less: https://www.amazon.com/stores/T-James-Reagan/author/B00GMKD3CY?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1761935651&sr=1-1-catcorr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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    4 hrs and 53 mins
  • post-empire notes on megalopolis
    Oct 18 2024

    t/james reagan explores francis ford coppola's megalopolis.


    three and a half hours of uncut obsession on ambition/ the sacred act of creation/ betting on yourself/ trusting your vision/ future predictions becoming reality/ loyalty as a virtue/ art as exhibitionist therapy/ and hope. if you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying one of reagan's novels, available here-> https://www.amazon.com/stores/T-James-Reagan/author/B00GMKD3CY?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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    3 hrs and 33 mins
  • taylor swift's the tortured poets department: the anthology
    May 12 2024

    t/james reagan's favorite band is the 1975. his favorite female artist is taylor swift. when taylor swift and matty healy dated, t/james reagan finally knew true happiness.

    after fully recapping his intense history with these two artists in the previous episode of the t/james reagan podcast, reagan is back to review every single song on the tortured poets department: the anthology.

    with over 30,000 words of notes, reagan offers his skewed view of taylor swift's latest album.

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    2 hrs and 40 mins
  • taylor swift's the tortured poets department: the prelude
    May 11 2024

    t/james reagan is matty healy's strongest soldier and to prepare you for the tortured poets department, he gives you a chronological history of his obsession with taylor, then he further fixates on her brief relationship with matty.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • damien chazelle's babylon
    Apr 7 2024

    novelist t/james reagan takes us on a descent into damien chazelle's babylon. for nearly three hours, reagan discusses damien's 2022 hollywood epic. we're given a full analysis of the film, as well as the screenplay.

    if you enjoy this episode, please consider buying one of reagan's novels, available on amazon:

    https://www.amazon.com/stores/T-James-Reagan/author/B00GMKD3CY?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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    2 hrs and 42 mins
  • sofia coppola's priscilla
    Jan 13 2024


    novelist t/james reagan spends an hour discussing his impressions of sofia coppola's eighth film 'priscilla.'

    reagan's newest novel, pushing closer, is now available for purchase on amazon.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • bradley cooper's maestro
    Dec 23 2023

    novelist t/james reagan spends an hour discussing his impressions of bradley cooper's second film 'maestro.'

    reagan's newest novel, pushing closer, is now available for purchase on amazon.

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    1 hr
  • post-empire 2 - bret easton ellis' "white"
    Feb 3 2023

    in t/james reagan's follow up to "in the canyons of a fallen empire" reagan reviews bret easton ellis' new essay collection "white" while also discussing "empire waste," and his adaptation of "outrageous mike."

    empire waste, referenced in the essay, can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

    white can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/White-Bret-Eas...

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    33 mins