# The Inquisitive Human Nature in How Did It End?

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Podcast: [The Swiftie and The Scholar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiftie-and-the-scholar-7423818)
Published: 2026-05-21T11:14:33+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swiftieandscholarpod/episodes/The-Inquisitive-Human-Nature-in-How-Did-It-End-e3jlubo
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Duration seconds: 3160

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FIXED AUDIO! Call all your friends and cousins, we’re finally covering How Did It End? from The Tortured Poets Department. Uncle Jerry finds tons of beautiful poetics and dark humor in this one, and Angela discusses its connections to both The Prophecy and But Daddy I Love Him. If you want to vote for a specific song for June, join us on Patreon to play along! Works Cited: General Reference Pronoun Autofiction as a Doorway Into Truth Conceit – Literary term Come One, Come All – All Time Low Slant Rhyme "Now give three cheers" – HMS Pinafore The Telephone Hour – Bye Bye Birdie The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee – Edgar Allan Poe To -- -- --. Ulalume: A Ballad – Edgar Allan Poe Hyperion – John Keats Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats A Rose for Emily – William Faulkner The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix Follow Us: Patreon ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Threads ⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠ Uncle Jerry’s Instagram

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