Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Jane. to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast as the third guest of 2023! Paraj Jain, the writer, producer, and singer behind Jane., was raised between India and the United States to an Indian father and a half-Black mother. The multiracial artist grew up bouncing between homes, unable to see himself reflected in media and unsure where he fits i...

Cody Renee Cameron made her big screen debut playing a corpse in a disturbing necromancy scene with Jena Malone in the cult classic: The Neon Demon, directed by Nicolas Refn. After a series of roles where she ends up murdered, The New York Weekly coined Cody as the “best damn dead girl in Hollywood.” Since then, she has breathed more life into her roles. Recently, she starred in the FX drama Mayan...

The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast kicks off its fourth season! For our season premiere, I welcomed one of my favorite Disney content creators, Deni Sunderly, to the podcast. Deni loves everything Disney, and in 2013, she moved to Central Florida from Maryland. Walt Disney World is her happy place, and she loves sharing it with others on her YouTube channel. She is also the PR Manager for...

Welcome to the final podcast of 2022!We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s start this party. Favorite Podcast Conversations of 2022:Here are my favorite podcast interviews: Howie Mandel Jane Velez Mitchell Cameron Cowperthwaite John Morgan Brad R. Lambert Jon Brennan Mohamed Karim Dr. Cheyenne Bryant Darcy Donovan Beatrice Kimmel Favorite Reality TV Performances:2022 was an incredible year fo...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor, musician, and podcast host Paul Greene to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, Paul was raised on a farm and learned first-hand the importance of faith, hard work, and family. Scouted from college, he started a modeling career when he was 18 years old and immediately became a huge success, having a booked a national Le...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor, singer, producer, and philanthropist Terayle Hill to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Terayle stars as Marquise Howard in the popular TV series: Step Up. Based on the Step Up film franchise, the series follows the students and teachers at Atlanta’s High Water Performing Arts School, one of the city’s most cutthroat performing arts schools. In its thir...

It is a pleasure to welcome actress and cryptocurrency innovator Darcy Donavan to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. As an actress, Darcy worked alongside Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in the game-changing comedy film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and appeared on several television shows, including All My Children, Bones, Entourage, Modern Family, Parks & Recreation, and Six Feet Un...

I launched The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast three years ago. I decided to take the interviews I have conducted on jakes-take.com and bring the readers into the room with my guests. Little did I know when I released my pilot episode with Reality TV commentator Brent Wolgamott that my podcast would have listeners from 100 unique countries. Or that it would welcome alums from several iconi...

It is a pleasure to welcome actress, dancer, and singer Nicole Huff to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Nicole began her career in the entertainment industry at 6 years old. She developed her passion for the arts while training in numerous dance styles such as ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, and lyrical. Nicole Huff is also a classically trained singer, pianist, and violinist. She...

It is a pleasure to welcome producer, songwriter, and recording artist VeeAlwaysHere to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Hailing from Siberia, Russia, VeeAlwaysHere has always had a great passion for music and a heavy influence from American Pop music. The ability to tell a story in its vulnerable and raw way moved him despite the language barrier. As a child, Vee pushed through the la...

It is a pleasure to welcome actress, fight choreographer, and professional stuntwoman Michelle Lee to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born in Long Beach, California, Michelle moved to Taiwan right after birth and spent the first five years of her life with her grandmother, where she became fluent in Chinese. When she returned to the United States and Los Angeles County, Michelle exper...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor and musician Atticus Dean to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Atticus Dean started piano lessons at 6-years-old. As a teen, Atticus was given a chance to play drums, and after getting his first drum kit, he began to play in a rock band in high school. After graduating, he felt pulled back to the keyboard and began co...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Eric Bolton, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. In addition to performing solo, Eric is also the frontman of the rock group Shy Harry. Influenced by Alicia Keys, Damien Rice, John Mayer, and Norah Jones, Classic Rock Magazine described in its December 2021 issue that Eric’s voice has a “sweet spot between Eddie Vedder, Michael Stipe, and t...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor Cameron Cowperthwaite as my guest on this year’s Halloween edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Cameron has appeared on several television series such as Animal Kingdom, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Shameless, Station 19, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. However, Cameron is most recognizable to American Horror Story fans for two of his stints o...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor and dancer Lawrence Kao to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born in Hacienda Heights, California, his parents groomed Lawrence to become a pediatrician. However, when his mother forced him to play musical instruments as a kid, his path toward a future in the arts began. He received a bachelor’s degree in Theater at the University of California at Irvin...

It is a pleasure to welcome award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Carleton Stone to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. The Nova Scotia, Canada native, recently dropped his latest solo and self-produced album, Papercut. Through the sax-blasted Americana with power-pop and 1980s synthesizers, Carleton blurs musical genres to explore several tumultuous years and asks two difficult...

It is a pleasure to welcome Pop-R&B recording artist Jaeden Zoe to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Jaeden is no stranger to entertaining and performing, as the Brooklyn native spent her childhood captivating audiences with her poetry and dancing. She also was a part of the Ingersol Dance Troupe and performed with them on the iconic Apollo Theatre stage, where the group placed first. A...

Lauren Minear is a Nashville-raised singer-songwriter set to release her debut album, Invisible Woman, out October 14. She is steeped in the vulnerability of Nashville soul, the real deal; tender and passionate, yet raw and brutally honest songwriting in the lineage of Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams, and Gillian Welch. Like these women, Lauren wears her heart on her sleeve as she explores the cor...

It is a pleasure to welcome one of my favorite acts from America’s Got Talent (AGT): Season 17, comedian ventriloquist Jack Williams, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Jack is a stand-up comedian ventriloquist that amassed a TikTok following with 1.2 million followers, and his videos received over 29.9 million likes. He has spent years auditioning for the NBC talent competition, but...

It is a pleasure to welcome MIDDLESPOON to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. MIDDLESPOON is the brainchild, passion project and life mission of Alexander Beatz. Working with producers and songwriters Lonely Child, Jinx McGee, and MSTR WTVR, he has crafted a set of “Pop with Purpose.” He described this phrase as thoughtful pop songs that include hip-hop swagger, electronic pop’s shimmer,...

It is a privilege to welcome producer and multi-instrumentalist DJ Lux to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. DJ Lux worked with many of music’s most significant recording artists, including Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Jennifer Lopez. In addition, he joined forces with AJ McLean to form All The Cool Kids (ATCK). In addition, he spent this past summer touring with AJ and the rest of the Backs...

It is a privilege to welcome Cas Weinbren to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Cas is a classical and jazz prodigy keyboardist turned producer and songwriter. With the encouragement of his parents and a local music school. He has scored commercials for McDonalds and Nike Air Jordan. Cas’s music could also be heard for several entertainment networks including Bravo, E! Entertainment, MTV...

It is a pleasure to welcome award-winning singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Crystal Starr to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Crystal is known as “The Girl with the Golden Voice.” She has captivated audiences worldwide through her well-crafted brand. Her colorful visuals, powerful voice, and pop-feel-good aesthetic are thrillingly mesmerizing, and her style has a modern day twist...

For the first time in Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar history, we welcomed another Jake who has a phenomenal take. It is a pleasure to welcome author, musician, and podcast host Jake Fraczek to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Jake was born in Massachusetts but grew up in the Island of Nevis and Saint Kitts, in the West back to Boston for school and spent time there growing up. He grew...

It is a pleasure to welcome actor, producer, and writer Justin Johnson Cortez to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born and raised in Santa Paula, California – just outside of rustic Ojai – Justin still lives in the rural house he grew up in. As a youth, he loved and excelled in everything athletic from skateboarding to football. However, he was not until his mid-20s that Justin began s...