# The Psychological Burden of The Albatross

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Podcast: [The Swiftie and The Scholar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiftie-and-the-scholar-7423818)
Published: 2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swiftieandscholarpod/episodes/The-Psychological-Burden-of-The-Albatross-e3gleq5
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## Resource

We have a much-requested poem for you in this episode! Uncle Jerry and Angela tackle The Albatross from The Tortured Poets Department, but first, Uncle Jerry lets us all know how disappointed he is with us as a class lololol. Oops! Join us as we discuss relationships in the public eye, and the journey of repudiation and redemption the song takes us on. Works Cited: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Samuel Taylor Coleridge Aubrey & Maturin – Jack O’Brian Book of Jonah Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Ode to the West Wind – Percy Bysshe Shelley Wild nights - Wild nights! – Emily Dickinson Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare Antigone – Sophocles Antony and Cleopatra – William Shakespeare The Bad Seed – William March – Aff Link The Bad Seed (1956) Matthew 13 The Hero with a Thousand Faces – Joseph Campbell – Aff Link Richard Traverner Barchester Towers – Anthony Trollope – Aff Link Doggerel L'Albatros – Charles Baudelaire Frame Stories Follow Us: Patreon ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠

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