Elegant Minor Deviations

We won't be caught tanking. A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss Taylor's work-themed birthday; we commemorate the End of Eras; no one ate cake on the Netflix Christmas games, but a LOT of people watched basketball; do any NFL games this week matter?; and chess wardrobe drama.   Links:   Taylor Swift Surprised With Eras-Themed Party to Celebrate End of Tour (Billboard) Everything happens so much (Twitter) The best NFL QB gifts given to offensive linemen in 2024, ranked (USA Today) The Most Watched NFL Regular Season Games Ever (Front Office Sports) How the NFL (and Netflix) Stole Christmas From the NBA (Front Office Sports) How Magnus Carlsen's jeans sparked a chess controversy (The Athletic) Scamfluencers: Chess Cheater (Wondery)