Taking It Down

It's a stuffed but fantastic episode this week! Thanks to all who've listened as Taking It Down gets to Episode 100! In this week's podcast, the group begins with a few comments on the Heisman before digging deep into the spectacular new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But then, it's all from the listeners! We answer the recent questi...

For Taking It Down 's 99th (!) episode, Blaine, Adam, And Donovan start with some adamant talk about both the SEC Championship Game and the dissection of the Alabama fanbase (1:25). We also celebrate our winners of the inaugural College Football Pick 'Em (8:48). Should we do the Bowl Pick 'Em? Let us know! Natalie joins the show and helps dissect what's right with the most recent episode of Hawkey...

In today's 98th episode, Donovan and Blaine work sans Adam but begin with some customary college football talk centered around the Iron Bowl (2:19). After that, Blaine gives his spoiler-free review of Marvel's Eternals (13:02) before they both move on into Marvel's newest endeavor: the holiday-ready Disney+ show Hawkeye (15:55). After the break, it's a discussion on the new docu-series The Beatles...

This week on the Taking It Down podcast, Adam recounts his days as a minister, or at least as an officiant of a wedding or two (1:31). Then it's on to a discussion about the weekend of college football, but things get insane and funny when the weeks-old story of the Texas monkey who had a brief layover in and around the University of Alabama rears its head again (3:38). If you haven't heard that o...

It's a great week on Taking It Down -- that is always the case when special co-host Natalie Morrow joins the podcast! This week, we discuss things that are on the pop culture horizon in television and film, particularly things we may cover in the coming weeks (1:49). There's a bit of a divergence as Blaine rants about pop culture websites (3:19) before coming back around to the list of possibly go...

In a rare bonus episode of Taking It Down , the guys continue their recent discussion on the 500 Greatest Songs List from Rolling Stone magazine. They have some thoughts on what seems right and what is definitely wrong with the list. Also included are some Springsteen-based coffeeshop ideas, the original lyrics to "Tutti Frutti," and Megan Thee Stallion's ballot. Give it a listen from the player a...

It's the weekly pop culture discussion podcast from The Alabama Take , and this week it all begins with COVID booster shots (1:15). Hear some first-hand accounts of what the booster shots were like. The guys then sift through a little bit of college football (3:50) before everyone gives his final assessment of Midnight Mass from Netflix (6:26). And since most of the gang has now conquered Squid Ga...

Come on in and give a listen to this week's episode of Taking It Down . We start with the lambasting of Jim Harbaugh and Michigan as well as other buffoons (1:10) before we talk about some of the specifics of Episode Six of the Netflix show Squid Game and how it may be great or it may not (6:17). That sets up a final discussion on Midnight Mass , where Blaine concludes that is truly great (12:38)....

Taking It Down this week begins with some customary college football talk, especially with all those overtimes (1:53), before moving into even more discussion on the fourth episode from the excellent Netflix show Midnight Mass (6:52). Everyone then gives some recommendations on what's made them afraid in movies, television, books, songs, and even video games (11:34). Listen to help plan your Hallo...

For this week's episode, Taking It Down just has to discuss the college football chaos (0:59). Then the group decides to retire the COVID segment, but for how long (1:49)? The gang determines what to think about the two big trailers from the past week, which show more about the MCU's Eternals and The Beatles: Get Back , yet what do they offer viewers (2:06)? One of the two big segments of the week...

Taking It Down comes back from an unscheduled pause to first begin where the gang usually does: COVID-19. Just where are we with the virus now (1:10)? After that, it's the weekend antics, which aren't limited to football and a circus (2:16). Adam and Blaine then talk about the majestic new entry in Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series (8:00) before everyone chimes in on the pros and cons of the season final...

After a two-week break, the guys from Taking It Down are ready to get back into the saddle of the horse that is television, movies, and music! This week, we start with some of our college football consumption, which is absolutely related to our COVID-19 segment (1:08), before we shift abruptly into some analytical thoughts on Ryan Murphy and his show on FX Impeachment: American Crime Story , a sho...

We at Taking It Down won't let Covid talk (1:15) or football gab (2:01) stop us from opining on a movie we've never seen, Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings (9:28). From there, we talk about The Discourse surrounding Ted Lasso (13:04). After that, we examine the one episode of Pen15 which featured the girls in animation (25:01) and worked well. There are bits about Mr. Corman from Apple TV+ (3...

It's all here and a little more in this week's Taking It Down ! We'll certainly return to all movies, television, and music next week, but we couldn't help but talk about the upcoming football seasons.  We called in the calvary, and they instead sent TD Wood to help with our football preview special. First, we talk COVID-19 because it won't go away (1:46). Then it's a brief discussion on how the n...

The gang tries to decipher if Rhode Island is a tennis state to begin (1:07) before discussing the usual COVID-19 segment (2:43). After that, it's a discussion on the latest album from James McMurtry, The Horses and the Hounds (4:26). After the break, Blaine revokes his fandom of the Dallas Cowboys, which opens the door for other franchises to take their place (15:37). To end the show, they talk a...

After a week away, there are lots of television shows and movies to cover, and we somehow manage to squeeze in more than a few. We first talk about Obama's birthday party (0:58) before discussing COVID-19 once again (2:55). Then it's more into pop culture with two of Apple TV+ shows: Mr. Corman (10:50) and Ted Lasso (19:24). After the break, Adam and Blaine give some introductory thoughts on the f...

Anger about low vaccination rates begins this week's episode of Taking It Down (1:44). Eventually, it's a brief discussion of Billie Eilish and her new release of which we know little (12:17). Then it's a movie we know something about as we talk about whether The Green Knight is a hit or miss (16:10). Somehow, we missed Lollapalooza despite it being free on Hulu this year, but we still are glad fo...

On this week's episode of Taking It Down , the group discusses the real and infuriating possibility of having to bring back the COVID-19 segment (3:23) before Blaine makes the argument that the Olympics should just disappear altogether (10:18). Speaking of disappearing, the conversation shifts to the new HBO documentary Woodstock '99: Peace, Love, and Rage , which should come with a warning (17:25...

There are plenty of things to talk about this week, but we at Taking It Down managed to narrow it down somewhat. First, we each give some brief thoughts on the upcoming season of The Challenge and how soon it's approaching (1:29)! After some speculation, we discuss the finale of the MCU and Disney+ hit Loki (5:23). But how good was it? We keep things grounded in the Marvel as we go from Loki into...

It's a full slate this week! Taking It Down begins with some loose talk about tennis, namely the hours of Wimbledon watched this week (1:27) before sliding into a new streaming service called Metrograph from New York City itself (9:07). It's where Adam watched the documentary The French , which he recounts some here. After a quick note on the Netflix series Somos . (13:36), the entire crew talk ab...

If there's a documentary to see this summer, it's Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) from Questlove. The good news is that it's streaming on Hulu. The people at Taking It Down this week make an attempt to express its joy (1:25). After the break, it's an examination of how the new Netflix series Somos. owes a lot to David Simon yet maintains a high level of interest (...

This week on Taking It Down : Donovan reports back from his quest to listen to the Grateful Dead truly for the first time (0:48). Then the group is all over the place on the Christopher Nolan film Tenet , which they finally watched this week and is now streaming on HBO Max (13:04). Is that movie worth your time? Lastly, Natalie Morrow joins the gang as they talked about why the third episode of th...

Taking It Down starts with Adam convincing Donovan to start summer as a Grateful Dead devotee (0:46) before the entire group talks about the news of the upcoming Beatles documentary from Peter Jackson (2:40) and everyone gives their favorite new music, all included in a playlist found by clicking the link to Spotify here (6:08)! Then Natalie joins the crew to discuss the second episode of Loki (27...

In this week's episode of Taking It Down , it's mayhem as Donovan and Blaine disagree on the film The Personal History of David Copperfield , which is now streaming on HBO Max (1:27). Then, wow! They bring in Natalie to help discuss the first episode of the Disney+ series Loki (15:46) as well as the new Netflix show Sweet Tooth (23:41). If you love horrible Owen Wilson impressions as well as dispa...

Everyone is back this week for Taking It Down as we first start out with some ethereal thoughts on Dylan and the Dead (0:49) before transitioning into the Netflix movie Army of the Dead , which begins with a debate on Dave Bautista and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (3:23). After the break, the crew discusses what they're looking forward to in the theaters this summer (30:14). Finally, they wrap up all...