Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar

It is a pleasure to welcome Scott Gardner to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Scott Gardner grew up in Northern California and had been singing and dancing for most of his life. He was a competitive cheerleader and has had a successful career as a professional model, where he lived and worked in Asia, Los Angeles, and New York City. He has been writing his music for the past five years...

It is a pleasure to welcome mentalist Kevin Nicholas to the milestone 180th episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast! Kevin is known as the Modern Mentalist. He dazzles his audiences and leaves them craving for more. When he was 13, Kevin began honing his craft and within two years, he was already an international award-winning magician and, on his way, captivating audiences around t...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter John Morgan, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. John Morgan brings a blue-collar toughness to country music that is pulled straight from the only life he knows. Hailing from Sylva, North Carolina, a part of the Great Smoky Mountain region, John grew up immersed in Bluegrass tradition and toured the festival circuit each summer in a family...

It is an honor and privilege to welcome Reality TV Pioneer and country music recording artist Jon Brennan to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Jon became a household name when he appeared on the second season of MTV’s game-changing Reality TV show: The Real World. From June 26 to November 1993, audiences watched Jon and his fellow housemates interact as they lived at a house in Venice B...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Finlay Morton to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Finlay taught himself to play his older brother’s Epiphone guitar at 10. His influences vary from blues musician Sonny Terry and Scottish folk act The Corries to classic rockers Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. At 18, he packed up his guitar and moved to...

It is a privilege to welcome singer-songwriter Sidney Riley to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Hailing from Washington, D.C., singer-songwriter Sidney Riley has been involved with the arts since he first learned to play the piano at 9. He discovered his deep passion for singing when he became a cast member of the famous British children's television series: Children's Choice. While he...

It is a pleasure to welcome actress and entrepreneur Anna Marie Dobbins to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast for our milestone 175th episode. Born in Alabama, Anna Marie started her dance career at three and began competitive dancing at eight. Being in the spotlight, she found a love for entertaining. She decided to explore acting and modeling, where she eventually landed a role in the 2...

It is a pleasure to welcome United Kingdom-based film director and producer Ginevra Gentili to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Ginevra is a British-Italian film director who has a cinematography and photography background. She has been directing films since her early twenties and runs North Harley Films, an independent production company. The team specializes in producing content that...

It is a pleasure to welcome author Paul R. Friedman to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Paul spent over two decades creating content for CBS Television. He started as an On-Air Promotion writer and producer in the marketing department. Paul R. Friedman worked for both CBS’s news and entertainment divisions In New York City and Los Angeles. Most recently, Paul served as the Vice Preside...

It is a privilege to welcome award-winning journalist and UnChained TV founder and managing editor Jane Velez-Mitchell, to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. After graduating from New York University, Jane began her career reporting stints in Fort Myers, Florida, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia. She moved on as a news anchor and reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York, w...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Beau Nair, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born to a pair of dope smugglers in a seedy motel along Highway 66, Beau Nair was an outlaw on the run from an early age. He lives a nomadic lifestyle that saw him travel throughout the Southern States of America throughout his childhood. At a young age, Beau discovered legendary country singer...

It is a pleasure to welcome comedian Eric Neumann as the guest for the milestone 170th episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Eric is one of the fastest rising stand-up comedians in the United States. This past February, he made his late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Vulture ranked his late night appearance the “Second best moment of late night TV that wee...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Willie Stratton, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Willie picked up the guitar at 12 years old and started songwriting soon after. Then, he developed a brief obsession with the banjo and released his first album in 2011. Willie’s record gained him an east coast audience and secured him a spot in the Gordie Sampson Songcamp a year later. I...

It is a pleasure to welcome recording artist Don Knock to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Known as the International Don Dadda, Don is bringing his "Yaad vibes with a world sound." Don has created a brand called the Fourth Coming. Under the Fourth Coming, Don released several web series, including CyFour, showcasing hip-hop's new faces in various freestyle raps. Boogie V, Bryan the Li...

It is a pleasure to welcome music producer DJ Burn One as a guest for The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Over the last dozen years, DJ Burn One has cemented a reputation as one of the modern South's most influential and innovative musicians. Known for producing trunk-rattling and deeply funky hip-hop, DJ Burn One began releasing mixtapes as a high school student, leading to the first par...

It is a privilege to welcome producer, talent manager, and international speaker Brad R. Lambert to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Following his graduation from North Carolina State University, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native returned home to follow his passion for his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers and worked in the sports industry for nearly a decade. He worked with som...

Author's Note: This podcast was recorded before news broke that Britney Spears had a miscarriage. Jake's Take is sending prayers and light to Ms. Spears and her fiancé, Sam Asghari. The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast is celebrating its 165th episode! Thank you to everyone who has listened and watched our conversations. I also wanted to thank the fantastic guests who have taken time out of...

As Mental Health Awareness Month concludes, it is a privilege to welcome Dr. Cheyenne Bryant to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Dr. Cheyenne Bryant’s mission is to spread her message and expertise on leading a healthier, happier, balanced, and more fulfilling life. For years, she has shared her wisdom, awareness, mastery, and insight through her private practice, book, lectures, works...

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Annabel Gutherz to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Annabel grew up in a family that encouraged exploring the arts, she always has been in tune with her creative spirit. As a teen, she composed original music and lyrics as a vehicle to work through adolescence’s growing pains. Recently, Anabel graduated from t...

It is a pleasure to welcome Alexa Rose Carlin to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Alexa uses her infectious energy and courageous spirit to empower women to turn their obstacles into opportunities and pursue their dreams. She started her company, Women Empower X (WEX), to help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses and brands through WEX’s cutting edge courses, events, and WEX Press...

It is a privilege to welcome director Todd Wolfe to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Todd directs the film We Need to Talk. The film focuses on Scott, a self-observed online video game influencer. Scott can speak with millions of fans each day, but he cannot (or will not) communicate with his loved ones. He is unaware of this problem. However, when his girlfriend Aly tells him: “we nee...

For the first time ever, Jake’s Take is welcoming some of its favorite acts from Canada’s Got Talent (CGT). It is a true honor and privilege to welcome singer Jeanick Fournier to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Jeanick, a Chicoutimi, Quebec resident, auditioned for Canada’s Got Talent with Celine Dion’s “I Surrender.” As someone who has covered the Got Talent franchise for a decade, h...

There are no words to describe how excited and thrilled to welcome back one of my all-time favorite guests and mentors, Josh Skinner, for The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast’s milestone 160th episode. The Streamy Award-winning producer hosts The Jonah and the Whale Podcast. Now in its fourth season, Josh takes listeners on a journey and explores the unbelievable experiences, or “Underwater...

For the first time ever, Jake’s Take is welcoming some of its favorite acts from Canada’s Got Talent (CGT). Singer Karelia Costales is the latest performer to visit The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Reality TV superfans might recognize Karelia from her time on the Spanish version of The Voice – La Voz US. In 2020, She performed “Que Suenen” that caught the attention of all four coaches...

For the first time ever, Jake’s Take is welcoming some of its favorite acts from Canada’s Got Talent (CGT). The latest act to visit The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast is dance crew GRVMNT. They are a hip-hop dance crew made from Vancouver, Canada. At a very young age, the dancers trained at Fresh Groove Productions Studios and grew up together under their coaches, Cezar Tantoco and Mark D...