Takes All Over The Place

Nick and Julie have survived the icy Midwestern Snowpocalypse of 2022 and if you think that means that they’ve crafted more stories, watched more shows and found more tweets than usual - you’d be right! Or at least Julie has, Nick just watched The Lord of the Rings. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Wordle, adventures in the storm, Lord of the Rings, Gilded Age, Pivoting, Pam & Tommy, After Part...

It’s a celebratory mood in the Takes world this week. Sports have become so fun in Cincinnati that even Nick and Julie are talking about them - well, Julie is. Nick’s still watching tennis in Australia. They also get into After Party and The Morning Show on Apple TV+, Gilded Age on HBO Max, Abbott Elementary on Hulu and the top tweets of the week! Show Notes: @1:15 - Hot takes | Sports center - th...

Nick and Julie are singing the praises of HBO Max content (reiterate title statment here) from The Gilded Age to Somebody Somewhere to Sort Of while still basking in the beautiful journey that was Station Eleven (and Game of Thrones…). And because we’re not exclusive (yet) there’s also Single Drunk Female on Hulu, As We See It on Amazon and a hilariously curated twitter by Julie. Let’s go! Show No...

Things are finite yet eternal this week as Yellowjackets has its season finale, Station Eleven wraps up as a series and Julie watches Eternals and bad reality television. Things are brighter on the horizon as we look to Somebody Somewhere, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14, and the ‘Welcome to Our Show’ podcast. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Yoga with Adriene, Yellowjackets final, Djokovic learns con...

We’re baaaack! And slowly but surely the art of podcasting is all coming back to your unabashed hosts *sung like Celine*. Nick and Julie unpack all of the content and controversy of their past few weeks- including Yellowjackets, misplaced anger, Station Eleven, righteous anger, Novak Djokovic and joy! - all to the theme song/incessant earworm that is Gayle’s abcdefu. We missed you, let’s hang out....

It’s our last episode of 2021 and Nick and Julie have wrapped up tons of takes for your holiday listening pleasure. We catch up with the 1st ever champion of the Great Cincinnati Bake Off, issue a couple of life-saving PSAs, discuss our current watches and favorites of TV and film (Yellowjackets, And Just Like That, addictive competition/game shows, Sex Lives of College Girls, Hawkeye), plan some...

The year is coming to a close and there’s so much to discuss! Julie guides us through a series of “real quick” takes on the new gay holiday movies, our girl squads on Yellowjackets and Sex Lives of College Girls, sleep drugs, floor pushups, tweets and more! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes 1 - Floor work, Single All the Way, Vanessa Williams, sleep drugs, The Bitch Who Stole Christmas, Painted with R...

Team Takes is on a roll: Nick is on a fitness journey with wall push-ups and limited ice cream, Julie is leading us in another meditation challenge with the 10% Happier app and Solomon Georgio is teaching us the difference between inside and ‘out loud’ problems. And when health gets exhausting we have the riveting journey of the ladies of Yellowjackets (spoilers for the first 3 episodes), the unre...

Women are at the fore this episode, in every form. Nick and Julie have started watching the Sex Lives of College Girls and Yellowjackets (no spoilers), Nick gets into Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Julie lauds Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes’ breakdown of Rachel Hollis (on the Maintenance Phase Podcast). Also featuring a brief detour into Julie’s history of violent films and some highly relatable Tweets...

It may be getting darker every day, but Nick and Julie are glowing up! Unfortunately, you can’t see it on the podcast, but listen in for Nick’s new workout plan, Julie’s hair journey, and the man they’re trying to impress. Spoiler alert: it’s Chris Evans. Julie watched Snowpiercer and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Nick watched Outlander and they both examined tweets, RuPaul and played...

Julie and Nick need a little help this week as they navigate health care systems and a lack of exciting content. Luckily, there’s Aimee Mann, Dan Harris and the 10% Happier app, and a good crop of tweets Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - hospital adventures, a sliding doors moment?, Big Mouth, Man in the Orange Shirt, SNL and Tweet of the Week! @29:30 - Drag Race UK | Miss Fugly’s Beauty Pageant @46...

Julie’s getting her hacker/gamer life with Free Guy, Nick is still combing through Supernatural for gay stuff, and Smallville, Gilmore Girls and Drag Race are still the ties that bind. Also featuring a spirited debate about low-rise jeans and a twitter-inspired game of movies explained badly. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - What Happened Brittany Murphy?, Free Guy, Home Sweet Home, hackers from th...

Mercury, that shady B, has cast us in her shadow so Julie seeks hope in the family-swapping Home Sweet Home, Nick finds inspiration in the companion-seeking Love on the Spectrum and Solomon Georgio reminds us that we’re never alone - bugs are everywhere! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Home Sweet Home, Project Runway, Queens, Insecure, Love on the Spectrum, Megan McCain book tour, depression whale...

As Walt Whitman explained, humans contain multitudes. Including, or especially, our dearest Nick and Julie. In today’s conversation, Nick would like to show us his horny teenage side (who watches old episodes of Supernatural awaiting the allusion of gay romance) and Julie reveals her penchant for pretty pink things and fear of supermodels. Then, drag queens! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - The MOS...

Nick and Julie work really hard and they definitely deserve dogs, games and all the tv they need - unless it’s squid game which Nick needs to stop watching on repeat. This week Julie pleads for a happy Korean movie or show, Nick makes a futile case for a Buffy watch, and they both examine  the death-defying world of panic attacks. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Squid Game (SPOILERS), seeking...

Another week of “is this apocalyptic?” drama has led our intrepid podcasters to seek refuge in the Squid Game… No, that’s not right. The psychological trauma of watching Squid Game has sent Julie to a dog kennel in pastoral England (in The Dog House) and Nick to a playful, comedic world with vampires (What We Do in the Shadows). And luckily Twitter is holding the whole world together and we’re sti...

Perfectly in sync and with no communication snafus whatsoever, Nick and Julie set off on a jam-packed episode including the unbearable sweetness of Love on the Spectrum, the adolescent joy and pain of sex education and the truly wonderful third season premiere of UK’s Drag Race. Show Notes: @1:30 - Hot takes - BTS, Sex Education S3, The Other Two, 9 Perfect Strangers, Love on the Spectrum, The Sta...

This week we’re checking in with Nick after his multi-day 30th birthday celebration, chatting about the Emmys, appointment television and international Drag Race franchises, and playing a brilliant game that Jimmy Fallon told us about. Show Notes: @1:15 - Hot takes - Celebrating Nick, The Emmys, 9 Perfect Strangers, LulaRich, Michael Vartan, the ear worm of the week and the tweet of the week! @34:...

Julie is looking for levity in all the streaming places and Nick is always ready to talk about tennis - what more do you need? Featuring the end of the US Open, LuLaRich, Pooh personality typing, spectral explorations and the Tweet of the Week! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Winnie the Pooh, rhinestones, US Open, Metal Shop Masters, cults, LuLaRich, Tweets! @ 26:00 - Drag Race Holland | Scandal!...

Julie and Nick are both feeling inspired by the spirit of Fred Rogers this week and they want to help you laugh, guide you through the world of current television and accompany you in your celebration of the Drag Race All Stars 6 Finale! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Life things, 9 Perfect Strangers, the Jane Club, 4 Good Days (SPOILERS), Manifest, the US Open so far and the Tweet of the Week! @...

What’s holding you together these days? For team takes it is, as usual, a large helping of tv and podcasts, a dose of meditation, enough laughter to stop the tears and widely varying amounts of sleep. So what will talk about today? 9 Perfect Strangers, white collar crime, Formula 1 cars and the wisdom of Billie Jean King. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - 9 Perfect Strangers, to sleep or not to slee...

Goblins and grumps and revelations, oh my! This week Nick and Julie continue to spread the gospels of RuPaul, therapy and streaming television. Along with plenty of hilarious tweets and spats to bring some levity to your life. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Julie’s done walking, chain-smoking therapy sessions, The Good Wife, The Chair, noom, The Challenge, Reservation Dogs, and the Tweet of the W...

This week the team relate and relive traumatic field trips then discuss the finale of The White Lotus, where we know Elijah Woods from, and the Drag Race All Stars 6 queens turning into drag tots. Show Notes: @1:15 - Hot takes - The crane husband, Bodies, The White Lotus, Ted Lasso, CODA, Young Royals, Hot Ones and the Tweet of the Week. @ 31:30 - Drag Race Holland, All Stars 6 + Fantasy | Episode...

With so much going on, loose threads are plentiful and coherent thoughts are hard to find. Among the scramble, Nick and Julie vent about Alec Baldwin and Megan McCain, unpack the White Lotus so far, and continue to indulge in Drag Race. And there’s a tweet of the week! Show Notes: @1:15 - Hot takes - Alec Baldwin, cats, The White Lotus, “health,” Val, Face, Reign, Megan McCain’s last day, Tweet of...

We’ve been remiss! Or at least missing from your podcast feed for too long. To make up for it we’ve got a special “live” episode (recorded in person) with a guest star: Julie’s sister Rebecca!! Also featuring Love is Blind Reunion, The White Lotus, Olympic thoughts (as of 8/3), many tweets of the week contenders and a $100,000 Pyramid Sibling Showdown! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes - Antioxidant a...