Podcasts about taking it down

The guys from Taking It Down are here to break down plenty in news and pop culture in a packed episode that you need to guide you through the coming week. In their check-in with Covid-19, there is more news than ever for whatever reason (2:04). All three of the guys love a Borat movie, so they expressed the excitement usually heard only from six-year-old kids for candy bars for the upcoming Borat announcement (4:11). Blaine and Donovan then start to connect some dots on the new fourth season of Fargo (9:16). After that, it's murder and some more murder over on the Netflix movie The Devil All the Time (23:38). After all the grime, the guys took a break to talk about the beautiful weather (23:38) and even laid out their favorite songs for the autumn (49:52) before Adam and Blaine breakdown the lucid, tense, and suspenseful HBO drama The Third Day (58:48). And don't forget about the upcoming book club on October 27th where we'll converse about the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! It's our first book club episode!

Here you go! You asked, and Taking It Down answered! Before getting into listeners' crazy and varied questions, Blaine, Adam, and Donovan discuss the Velcro Pygmies in the time of Covid (1:42), the return of some real college football (5:11), the latest--and possible masterpiece--from Fleet Foxes (10:01), and then listener questions (13:04). After the break, we discuss why Lovecraft Country won't ever be as good as it was in the first episode (57:30). Have more questions or thoughts? Email us here or find us on social media to send in any ideas. You won't want to forget about the upcoming book club on October 27th where we'll converse about the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! It's our first book club episode!

You won't want to miss this episode as the guys do a breakdown of some of the happenings in the new Charlie Kaufman movie I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, which is on Netflix (11:52). You can listen to that segment without spoilers until the 16:16 mark in the podcast. They also discuss the 2019 film Blow The Man Down, which is on Amazon Prime (39:49). The spoilers for Blow The Man Down don't begin until the 41:03 mark. The guys also talk about some important announcements related to the show and the website (0:23), the football hijinks in the world of Covid (4:09), the trailer for The Mandalorian and why they don't care too much (6:54), the more promising season of Fargo (9:41), and a shoutout to a new listener (39:26). Jump in and have fun! Don't forget about the upcoming book club episode on October 27th where we'll have read the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. And don't miss out! Coming soon is the first question-and-answer episode of Taking It Down where you, the avid listener, can email or submit online your pop culture (or beyond) questions to the crew; they'll answer, and you'll get a shout out. Email us here or find us on social media to send in any ideas.

Get those pop culture questions all set and send them in! The guys from Taking It Down will answer any and all! Mail them to TheAlabamaTake@gmail.com or by hitting us on social media: Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. We at Taking It Down will compile them, answer them, and give you a shout in the September 29th episode of the podcast (2:05). For today's Taking It Down, you'll find everything on the up and up other than Blaine and Adam having not done their homework! The gentlemen do offer a little respite: the new Taking It Down book club! For the month of October, everyone who wants can join Blaine, Adam, and Donovan in parsing the newly released The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, set to be a gothic horror encounter. Count us in (2:33). The culmination of their reading will be on the episode on Tuesday, October 27th and just in time for Halloween. The gents then try to put their finger on this covid crisis to no avail (6:19) before shifting into a segment all about new music of the week. They talk about Bruce Springsteen's newest, "A Letter For You" and why it's a dud (8:54), a conversation on how Wilco is doing it wrong when it comes to the reissue of Summerteeth (18:17), and how Tom Petty did it right with the upcoming and long-awaited Wildflowers reissue (24:46). But it's not just reissues. The Flaming Lips have a few album. Will it be as as good as The Soft Bulletin (28:11)? After the break the guys discuss the meaningless of the year's college football slates so far (34:08) before they get into the meat of the show, which is the Dune trailer (42:38). There's no way it's not at least phenomenal. We shall see. If you'd like to help the show and the website, please visit BuyMeACoffee.com/TheAlabamaTake. This will help keep the site and the site's various podcasts up and running! It's like Patreon, but more fun because you can pretend we're having a coffee as you listen to us or read the site. 

First and foremost, make sure to get your pop culture questions in to us by dropping us a line with as many questions as you wish for us to answer about pop culture. You can do so on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or email. We'll compile them, answer them, and give you a shout in an episode of the podcast in the coming weeks! For today's Taking It Down, Donovan recounts his weekend of boating in Texas for a particular parade (1:12) before all three guys chime in on covid (2:03). Adam updates everyone on rumors and news from the casting of The Challenge (2:57), so if you're spoiler adverse, skip that section to news about the movie Tenet and how drive-in movies are the new thing all over again (10:47).  Donovan gives a deep dive into the story, warts and all, of author H.P. Lovecraft (15:55) before they discuss the 2019 Nic Cage movie Color Out of Space, which is based on a Lovecraft short story (26:58).  After the break, the guys give their thoughts on the third and fourth episodes of the HBO show Lovecraft Country (42:50) and wrap the podcast with some spooky tales from a real Chicago bar (1:01:20). 

Taking It Down is back this week! Blaine, Adam, and Donovan are back from a week off to discuss the sadness of Chadwick Boseman's passing (1:59). Then they shift gears into the Covid-19 problems at the University of Alabama (8:54) and try to determine if that's a signifier of what's to come.  The guys talk about what Covid-19 means for football and if they even care this season (17:46) before they give a quick thanks to a specific listener (23:30).  Now that I May Destroy You has ended, Adam and Blaine converse on where it was perfect and where it was not so great (24:34).  After the break, everyone chimes in on the new HBO series Lovecraft Country: is it bad, good, or great (37:58)?

It's this week's episode of Taking It Down, the pop culture podcast from the gang at The Alabama Take! On today's episode, it's an exciting one! Blaine and Adam are joined by frequent guest Donovan Reinwald. In the first half of the podcast, it's more and more about that rascally covid (3:02). They get into a kind review left for the podcast from a gracious user (7:18) before they begin a deep dive into Bob Dylan's new masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways (14:26).  During the break, the guys point out that you can now support the podcast financially by visiting BuyMeACoffee.com/TheAlabamaTake which will help keep the site and various podcasts up and running! And don't forget that we have t-shirts and face masks in the Shop section of the website until Friday, August 7th so hurry! In the back half of the podcast, the guys talk about the amazing Netflix docu-series Last Chance U and how it shines a light on so many socio-economic problems in American life without getting preachy (1:01:51). It's about a lot more than just junior college football. 

This is a fine episode! Taking It Down is back this week to ponder the most important question of our time: what is COVID doing? (1:41) Joining Adam and Blaine to discuss that and more is frequent guest Donovan Reinwald. They get together to talk about the new streaming platform Peacock (5:12) and the possible demise of Quibi (7:22).  From there, Adam gives his final thoughts on this season of The Challenge (11:43) before they all move into the Hulu movie Palm Springs (15:10). After the break, Blaine asks if Last Chance U will be remotely the same this year (35:40) before the gang breaks down the season of Perry Mason thus far (38:25) and why the critics may be wrong about this one.

We're treating the halfway point of 2020 as a time to debate what's been great and what's been bad. Joining Adam and Blaine on the Taking It Down podcast this week is frequent guest and contributor Donovan Reinwald. They list their favorites of the year in pop culture (1:18) and then get hot about the worst of the year in pop culture (32:54).  Included are discussions of music, television, podcasts, movies, including Devs, What We Do In The Shadows, Bonny Light Horseman, Destroyer, Better Call Saul, Normal People, The Great, Hunters, HBO Max, and much more!

Taking It Down returns this week with thoughts and reflections on the recent protests and the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole. After the break, Blaine and Adam discuss the entirety of the deeply affecting HBO show I Know This Much Is True, which stars Mark Ruffalo playing the dual roles of twin brothers (30:50). Our episode mentions a link from New York magazine on different places that you can visit to learn from and, more importantly, help during this incredible time of change for the good. That link can be found here and we encourage you to visit, read, and give if you can. 

Taking It Down is one day later than usual, but no less show for you! Adam and Blaine are back to talk about the previous week's episode of the The Challenge and mourn the loss of a great competitor from this season (2:12). They briefly talk some news, including the infamous Snyder Cut version of Justice League (14:04) as well as the upcoming HBO show Perry Mason (18:20). Then they do a deep dive into the first two episodes of the powerful, new drama I Know This Much Is True (19:16).  After the break, it's a lighter fare with Hulu's excellent new show The Great, which stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult (35:54).  Give it a listen, rate it, review it, and share it!

On this week's episode of Taking It Down, Blaine and Adam check in on the Morrow Movie Marathon and this week it's Tolkien that's on deck (5:29). Then they talk deeply about the middle episodes of Hulu's Normal People (12:06) as well as ESPN's seventh and eight episodes of the documentary series The Last Dance (44:54) and MTV's The Challenge (1:04:18). 

In this week's Taking It Down, Adam and Blaine start with general news about being indoors and what that's led to them doing. Then they discuss the recent news about Star Wars and Disney+ (6:28) before diving into their regular check-in with the Morrow Movie Marathon (9:38).  Then the guys discuss the griping finale of the HBO show The Plot Against America (16:28) as well as the most recent episodes of the ESPN documentary series The Last Dance about the Chicago Bulls (40:27). 

It's jam packed for Taking It Down this week! Adam and Blaine check back in with the Morrow Movie Marathon to start (3:10) and then discuss how to make a record from home, which includes a sneak preview of a new Della Ray tune (14:50). After that, the guys stay in music mode and discuss the new Fiona Apple album Fetch the Bolt Cutters (24:53).  Everyone in America seems to have watched The Last Dance about the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, and Adam and Blaine are no different (30:25). To wind down the show, they give their analysis on the new HBO show Run (42:33), the finale to the Hulu show Devs (52:14), the final episode of the Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This (1:05:12), and the most recent episode of MTV's The Challenge, which had huge consequences (1:11:26). 

In Episode Twenty-Two of Taking It Down, Blaine and Adam discuss a plethora of topics, starting with the new streaming service Quibi and why the hell it exists (3:14). They shift from that into something that's more likely worth your time: live and free music events online during the quarantine (6:11). The guys give a quick update on the Morrow Movie Marathon, and it's a sad one (12:30). Then it's an in-depth breakdown of HBO's boiling The Plot Against America and Episode Three (13:40). Before the break, they discuss why they'll be talking about the Netflix show Unorthodox next week (23:38).  After the break, Blaine and Adam talk about the long-lasting MTV show The Challenge and its first episode of the thirty-fifth season (31:20)! Lastly, it's all about the FX/Hulu Devs Episode Six and where the show may be going in its final stretch (47:54). 

Taking It Down is back in its usual Tuesday slot for you and all your entertainment digesting needs! For Episode Twenty-One, Blaine checks in with co-host Adam Morrow on the Morrow Movie Marathon and how that's proceeded during the coronavirus self-quarantine (3:18). Then they talk extensively about the surprise release from Bob Dylan, the epic song "Murder Most Foul" (8:04). After the break, it's t.v. time: they talk about HBO's The Plot Against America (22:56), the Netflix phenom Tiger King (39:30), the future of the podcast (41:52), and FX on Hulu's Dave (43:24).

Taking It Down is back this week to break down some television.   For Episode Eighteen, hosts Blaine Duncan and Adam Morrow talk general television to begin (1:14), which leads them to an insightful talk about the documentary series McMillion$ (11:06) -- including a shout-out to their friend Frank Columbo! --  and more on The Outsider as it starts to unravel all of its mysteries (20:34).  For the second half of the podcast, they give their insight to Amazon Prime's show Hunters, the adventure about a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who track and punish Nazis in 1977 America (31:41). 

Taking It Down is back with some thoughts and opinions from host Blaine Duncan and co-host Adam Morrow! First up, it's how The Outsider is proceeding on HBO (1:26). Then they do a deep dive into the world of David Lynch, specifically the new Netflix movie titled What Did Jack Do? (13:50).  After the break, Blaine is joined by Kelly Duncan and first-time guest Jaimee Hannah converge for a discussion about the new Netflix docu-series Cheer (34.10). 

Here's a hot one! We've got some things going on in this episode of Taking It Down. First off, Adam Morrow lets listeners in on the glory of Pluto TV (1:40) before he and Blaine wrap up a brief, spoiler-free discussion on the Netflix show Messiah (4:54). After that, they do a deep dive into the first two episodes of the new HBO thriller The Outsider which is currently airing (7:39). Keep in mind that the talk will spoil those first two episodes of The Outsider. After the break, Blaine sits down with Donovan Reinwald and they talk about the Sam Mendes film 1917 (33:40) that's currently in theaters. At the end of their discussions, they give some cursory thoughts on the Best Picture nominations for this year's Academy Awards (55:06).

We've got a big episode this time around with all sorts of topics big and small! Episode Fourteen of Taking It Down is here! Adam Morrow joins in for a talk about some quick thoughts on the Golden Globes and the results of the first of the big award shows (2:02) and then they take a deeper dive into the first four episodes of the new Netflix show Messiah (8:37). After the break, Blaine is joined by Donovan Reinwald; they talk about the new movies Little Women (39:06) and Uncut Gems (48:20). You may wish to note that the section of today's podcast on the Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems barely treads into spoiler territory, but it may spoil just enough that you may want to wait until you see the film before listening. Give us a shout and let us know what you think about Messiah, Little Women, or Uncut Gems!

Taking It Down is back for Episode Thirteen. Co-host Adam Morrow and host Blaine Duncan talk about the best music (3:06) and books (41:33) of the entire decade. In the second half, they break down their thoughts on the finale of the HBO series Watchmen (55:46). There will be spoilers for Watchmen, so if you're not caught up on the final episode, we advise that you view it before listening.

Don't miss this one! Taking It Down comes at you with a packed, insightful Episode Eleven. Not only do we have a new logo, but we have love in our hearts for the decade that's almost over and thoughts in our heads about the new Disney+ show The Mandalorian. In this podcast, host Blaine Duncan sits down with co-host Adam Morrow to sift through the best, most effective, and monumental shows of the decade (01:45). What would we say is the best of the last ten years in this changing and abundant world of television? Then after the break, Blaine is joined by the infamous Razz to break down what the hell is going on in the first three episodes of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus as well as give some overall impressions of the new streaming service (42:00).