Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar

A Note from Jacob: If you or someone you know are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 988.    It is a pleasure to welcome singer and actress Marla Mase to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   A native New Yorker, Marla was born in Brooklyn and raised in Canarsie. At 18, she moved to Tribeca, where she lived for 32 years, raised her two children, and founded PARTYpoopers/part...

It is a privilege to welcome author Sia-Lanu Estrella to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Sia-Lanu’s journey of leaving behind a high-stress corporate career to embrace holistic healing has informed her unique perspective and empowered her to help thousands worldwide. She is the author of a trio of books called The Rainbow Tablets. The Rainbow Tablets: Journey back to Wholeness focuses...

It is always a pleasure to welcome Gerard Longo back to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Gerard founded the Underground Music Collective (UMC), a Nashville-based educational and multimedia platform designed to give artists the resources they need to build sustainable, values-based creative ecosystems. For more than a decade, UMC has impacted thousands of musicians, creatives, and indus...

A Note from Jacob: If you or someone you know are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 988.    It was an honor to welcome award-winning actress and singer Lenore Zann to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   A ground-breaking artist and political trailblazer, Lenore Zann’s explosive career has spanned the globe with iconic performances and strong political stances. Thanks to h...

It is a privilege to welcome Taskmaster presenters Greg Davies and Alex Horne to a special edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Taskmaster is a BAFTA-winning and International Emmy-nominated comedy entertainment show initially created by Alex Horne. Greg Davies stars as the all-powerful “Taskmaster” who, with the help of his loyal assistant Horne, sets out to test the wiles, w...

Producer’s Note: This conversation took place before TikTok resumed operations in the United States following President-Elect Trump’s decision to delay the ban on the China-based social media app. It is a privilege to welcome entertainment journalist and pop culture commentator Brandon Lance Garnsey to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.    Brandon is a dynamic entertainment reporter cove...

It is a pleasure to welcome author, lifestyle coach, and motivational speaker Kate Gladdin as a guest to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Kate left her corporate career in 2013 to create a Travel Safety Education Program for Australian high schools. The program highlights the devastating consequences of taking risks in foreign countries. The Australian Government and the National Cor...

It is a privilege to welcome actor and fitness trainer Derek Yates to the Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Derek made waves when he joined the iconic Peacock soap opera Days of Our Lives as Kerry, a mysterious and magnetic new character who weaved his way into Leo Stark’s (Greg Rikkart) life. Fans can expect a rollercoaster of romance, intrigue, and plenty of drama on one of television’s...

It is a pleasure to welcome Marcel Katz to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Marcel founded the Art Plug, a vibrant hub where art transcends boundaries and ignites creativity. It is dedicated to fostering a dynamic global community of art enthusiasts, collectors, and creatives. The Art Plug Gallery provides access to works from hundreds of artists, including Salvador Dali, Jean-Michel...

The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast begins its sixth season!!   I am honored to welcome Shawn Edwards, my friend, mentor, and award-winning journalist, as the season's first guest! Shawn is one of the United States’ leading African American film critics. Known for his sharp insight and considerable knowledge of the business side of the movie industry, Edwards has quickly established himsel...

2024 is winding down, and it’s time for Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar’s annual Best of series!   State of the Podcast: But first…let’s do the state of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast! The fifth anniversary season has ended, and what a year! Our downloads were the best since 2021 and crossed the 10,000 and 11,000 lifetime downloads milestones. Listeners were the second best since 2021...

  It is a privilege to welcome Day of the Fight’s Jack Huston and Michael Pitt to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Set in Brooklyn in the 1980s, Day of the Fight follows a once-celebrated middleweight boxer, Mikey Flannigan, AKA “Irish” (Michael Pitt), as he embarks on a day-long redemptive journey as he prepares for his first match since serving time in prison.   “Day of the Fight i...

It is a privilege to welcome back for the fifth time onto The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast – the one and only Drew Angelman.   Drew is the creator and founder of Angelcake Entertainment! Since he last visited the podcast, Drew covered several Challenge spin-offs – The Challenge: World Championship, The Challenge USA: Season Two, and The Challenge All-Stars: Season Four.   He also covere...

It is a pleasure to welcome Alan Locher as a guest on the latest episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Alan began his career as a Page for ABC-TV before joining the Walt Disney Studios in film promotions, leading to his niche in publicity. In Alan’s eight-year tenure at Disney, he worked closely with talent and studio executives on marketing more than 200 films. Following Disne...

Welcome to the Jake's Take's with Jacob Elyachar's Best of 2020 to 2024 series! The first entry in this series is my Top 40 Got Talent Golden Buzzer performances! I picked out 40 acts that received the Golden Buzzer throughout America's Got Talent, Australia's Got Talent, Britain's Got Talent, Canada's Got Talent, France's Got Talent, and Das SuperTalent (Germany's Got Talent) . The selections als...

It is a privilege to welcome Khemuni “Muni” Norodom to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Muni spent his childhood in his home country of Cambodia. Upon graduating from the International School of Phnom Penh, he traveled to Malaysia and Germany to study in their capital cities.  It did not take long before he caught the acting bug.  Following his uncle, King Sihamoni, who worked as a C...

It is a privilege to welcome actor John Hickman to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   John had always been interested in acting, but it wasn’t until he won the opportunity to play a part in True Blood that he realized it was a path for him. His first scene on the HBO series turned into several more, and soon he became a part of Joe Manganiello’s “wolf pack,” which included the opportun...

It is a privilege to welcome SWMRS (Max, Cade, and Cole Becker) to the Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   SWMRS is not just a band—it's a California-born brotherhood fueled by punk energy, catchy hooks, and electrifying performances. Max and Cole Becker kicked off this wild journey as teenagers, and for the past 15 years, they have been building a fiercely loyal, ride-or-die fanbase while...

It is a privilege to welcome Saturday Night Network founder and host Jon Schneider to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   In September 2020, Jon launched the Saturday Night Network (SNN) , offering insight into NBC’s long-running live show  Saturday Night Live (SNL).  SNN  has become a top-charting North American TV Review podcast network that features rotating roundtables starring crit...

Five years ago, I launched a new venture: The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. The podcast welcomed guests from across the entertainment and lifestyle industries.   The guests have ranged from Emmy-winning journalists such as Anne Trujillo, Elex Michaelson, and Michael Mackie and best-selling authors Barbara Jo Jenkins and fit2fat2fit’s Drew Manning to reality TV legends such as Beth Stola...

It is a thrill to welcome alternative pop artist Demi the Daredevil to Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Hailing from El Paso, Texas, Jeff Azar, AKA Demi the Daredevil, went from being the drummer to being a singer after the original lead singer, Jovan Ortiz, suddenly passed away. With this loss and his mental health struggles as a catalyst, Jeff reimagined the band’s identity into an evo...

It is a privilege to welcome Jacob Hollabaugh to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Jacob is known as  The Challenge Historian , and since 2021, he has kept track of MTV’s long-running Reality TV competition, The Challenge. If it’s happening in The Challenge universe, Jacob will be discussing it on his platform, whether it's past, present, or future. Fans can find episode recaps, cast...

It is a privilege to welcome news personality Bill Hurrelbrink to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.   Bill got his start as the Program Director for the Manhattan Broadcasting Company in Manhattan, Kansas from 2002 to 2006 before moving to Kansas City to become the Traffic Producer and Reporter at WDAF-TV FOX 4 News in 2008, where he worked there until 2013.    He left television to wor...

It is a privilege to welcome Emmy award-winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.     Kristi’s films have premiered at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals, have been released in theaters worldwide, and screened on platforms including ABC, CBS, Discovery, ESPN, HBO, Hulu, MAX, Netflix, and PBS.   Her 2016 HBO film Solitary, an unflinching exploration of l...

It is the 325th episode of The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast!   From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank each one of you who have downloaded or streamed this podcast. Your support means the world to me.  And to the incredible guests who have shared their stories, and the publicists and teams who have trusted my brand, I am truly grateful.   I am beyond thrilled to welcome one of my f...