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Speaker 1: Ryan Seacrest with you. And now some college students can

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Speaker 1: sign up to take a Taylor Swift.

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Speaker 2: Course, right, imagine majoring in Taylor Swift. Well, not really,

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Speaker 2: but you can at least take a course. Michigan State

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Speaker 2: shout out to them because they got a new class

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Speaker 2: called the Taylor Swift Phenomenon and it looks at her

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Speaker 2: influence through economics, politics, history, gender studies, and even environmental issues.

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Speaker 2: It's really interesting because the professor's using Taylor's impact as

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Speaker 2: a way for students to talk about big picture culture topics,

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Speaker 2: everything from gender criticism to belonging. Basically, it's not just

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Speaker 2: about Taylor's songs, where we've seen those pop up here

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Speaker 2: and there, but it's about her presence in pop culture

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Speaker 2: and how you can explain it to the world that

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Speaker 2: we live in now. So, I mean, pop culture is

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Speaker 2: such a big part of our lives and using someone

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Speaker 2: like Taylor who's had massive culture impact makes it relatable,

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Speaker 2: makes it fun. And now I'm looking at LMU and

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Speaker 2: they have the Bad Bundy class. Right, this state has

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Speaker 2: a Harry Styles class. Let's have some of these tailor classes.

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Speaker 1: I think it's great and it's really smart to do this.

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Speaker 1: Through the lens of and create a relatable angle to

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Speaker 1: learn other broader things. You may see this more often.

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Speaker 1: How popular do you think that is?

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Speaker 2: I think it's so popular. Yeah, Like you said, it's

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Speaker 2: sold out as if it were a concert.

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Speaker 1: That's why I keep using the terms sold out. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I wish i'dave away tickets to that class. I cannot.

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