Taking It Down

No Natalie this week as she's off working for the joy of the holiday season (3:58). Blaine and Adam are itching to talk about Bono's autobiographical writing Surrender as well as U2 as a whole (4:36). Somehow, we can't avoid Avatar talk (20:51), which leads into not one but two stories about Dances With Wolves (22:36)! Come for the Avatar bashing, stay for the Dances With Wolves childhood tales! F...

The whole gang of Taking It Down is back to talk about the latest from legendary rock group Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers with their recent release of Live at the Fillmore , a twenty-night stand recorded perfectly (2:30). After the discussion, what's with the hoopla around the new Netflix series Wednesday , an extension in the classic story of The Addams Family (10:31)? After a break, Blaine and D...

It's only Blaine and Donovan this week, and they sort through where everyone else is as well as the sincere intricacies of why Taking It Down didn't return for a weekly format until five weeks later (2:00). If you have mental health issues, do what you can do to ensure that you're okay. Speaking of mental health, we also talk about Twitter and its possible demise and its possible replacements if t...

After a two-week hiatus due to vacationing, resting, and traveling, Taking It Down , the pop culture podcast from The Alabama Take network, is back to first briefly discuss Halloween and Halloween songs (3:43). Then it's an equally brief and broad talk about the new Taylor Swift album (5:02). It's important that we discuss our disdain for the botched She-Hulk ending, which was good with merely one...

Welcome back, Taking It Downers! This week, it's some brief banter about sports, namely college football (2:47) before some heady and serious discussions begin centered around the film Blonde , which was recently released on Netflix (6:27). Keeping with the Netflix motif, the hosts briefly discuss what watching Dahmer says about us as a culture (21:23). After a break, it's a quick check-in with th...

It's autumn music from listeners' suggestions (2:24). House of the Dragon and its stellar "We Light The Way" fifth episode (13:24). We don't talk She-Hulk and it is easy not to do (30:21). There is a plethora of television shows now, and we can't decide what could be next (31:12). We do talk about the premiere of Andor and its three episodes (33:41). There's enough for everyone to come eat at the...

On Taking It Down this Tuesday, we start with a check-in on the FX/Hulu series Welcome to Wrexham (4:03) before revealing how Twitter can get it done after some college football (8:02). Then it's talk on large swaths of entertainment news: corrections about our episode; the return of The Handmaid's Tale and why it's hard to care; the b.s. online about The Little Mermaid ; and a gauge on our intere...

Episode 131 of Taking It Down certainly starts hectic with plenty of talk about the news from Disney on both Star Wars and the M.C.U. and some college football banter (2:53) before things settle in and everyone chimes in on what made the most recent episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law more enjoyable than some other installments of the show (9:20). Then everyone discusses what Welcome to Wrexham g...

This week, we waste no time by starting with general, non-spoiler thoughts on the huge, expensive Amazon Prime show The Rings of Power : the ratings from this group are very high (3:14). There are a few connections made for the lack of Listener of the Week, Dilly Bars, and a shoutout to this week's College Football Pick 'Em winner, and luckily that's all tied into a short segment (11:53). But afte...

In Taking It Down this week, the gang starts with an ending of Listener of the Week (3:07) before moving into the first episode of the recording-breaking HBO show House of the Dragon (4:14). Although a week behind, Taking It Down can't help but talk about it. After the break, thoughts on the second episode of the Disney+ show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and whether the optimism for the series contin...

Taking It Down this week begins with some tales centered on school (1:28) before explaining what exactly happened with Listener of the Week (4:19). The gang then dissect why the Hulu movie Prey deserves better than it's "good B-movie" description (5:42). Natalie is blown away and then solves TikTok (31:00) before the entire group discusses reasons to be optimistic about the new Disney+ entry She-H...

Taking It Down returns this week and as always starts by awarding the Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week as a thank you to a listener for their input (2:48). Then it's some short discussion on how much time we'll give to the upcoming HBO show House of the Dragon (3:52), Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power (6:57), and Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (8:17). Next, Adam talks about watching Sou...

Blaine, Adam, and Donovan award the Listener of the Week, who takes the team into being international (2:30)! Then the group has very specific ideas on how to cast Wolverine in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adventures -- and it doesn't involve Taron Egerton (3:54). Natalie joins the crew and the four hosts discuss the recent piece by head writer Patrick Akers which posits that Adam Sandle...

Blaine, Adam, and Donovan award the Listener of the Week, who wins this week for a very special reason (2:05). Donovan recounts his time as a Chick-fil-A manager (4:48). That leads to a deep examination of the FX/Hulu series The Bear , which will contain spoilers for the show as the group talks about its music, themes, and foodie culture (8:26). After a short update about the site, there is talk o...

In this week's episode of Taking It Down , we discuss the entirety of Stranger Things 4 and how it's better than the previous season (4:01). Then after a break, we talk about the The Challenge: All Stars most recent season now that it's wrapped and why it was fine (30:05). Donovan catches up on some movies and discusses the summer flavor of Top Gun: Maverick (37:12). Adam believes in The Bear on F...

Taking It Down begins as is custom with the Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week (2:28) who is sure to receive her prize! Then, it's a house divided on the finale of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (6:18) and the gang likes and doesn't like Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (17:46). A quick note: Taking It Down will be off next Tuesday but will return on July 12. Have a safe summer and...

For this week's Taking It Down , the gang gives out the Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week award (5:01) after some random beginning musings. From there, it's why Barry may be one of the most American shows on TV now (5:53). After the break, Adam helps the rest of the group like the penultimate episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi more (33:12) and Natalie chastises Blaine for his vague thoughts on this we...

It's a packed episode as Taking It Down starts with the customary Listener of the Week (3:37) before moving into a spoiler-free talk on what critics get right and wrong about the new Jurassic World: Dominion (5:01). From there, the crew spoil the ending of the current set of episodes from Stranger Things 4 as they contemplate what could come from the series in July (13:54). After a news update, th...

Taking It Down kicks off in high gear with Listener of the Week (2:44) then some quick and spoiler-free thoughts on why everyone loves Top Gun: Maverick (4:31). From there, the gang dissects if episodes three and four of Stranger Things 4 improve upon the first two (7:45). After some news during the break, everyone is all in on the new Wilco album Cruel Country , but why (23:47)? The group also ta...

In the show this week, Taking It Down doles out the weekly Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week (2:54) before concluding thoughts on the second season of Russian Doll from Netflix (3:47). In a longer segment, Adam and Blaine discuss the first two episodes of the return to Hawkins with Netflix's Stranger Things 4 (9:31). After a break, it's brief discussion of The Challenge: All Stars (29:21) bef...

Taking It Down starts this episode with the Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week (4:31), which leads to a discussion of both The Orion, Huntsville's new amphitheater, and Alabama's spot in current culture (4:57). From there, it's a question of what, exactly is happening in North Alabama and does anyone really know (7:43)? There is so much television, that the guys briefly mention some that they'...

We start this week with another Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week, and this time, it's someone with a big announcement (1:42). Then the guys talk trailers, particularly two: House of the Dragon (2:10) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (6:21). One of the two has the guys feeling more excited than the other. Natalie then joins the cast as they lay out how they all feel about Moon Knight and why the finale dis...

It's a top notch, high quality, fantastic and fun episode of Taking It Down this week, and as is the custom, the gang begins with the Listener of the Week (2:10). Make sure to let us know you're a listener so that you can win the big prize! From there, everyone complains at the news coverage concerning Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: why, oh why (2:39)?! Adam finally wraps up Severance and has a few...

Natalie joins the group this week, and thank goodness: she explains why she never watched Better Call Saul (2:27), why she deserves the Done Up Real Good Listener of the Week award (3:22), and how we're wrong for not talking about both Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings franchises (4:22). She also lends her distinct viewpoints on the fourth episode of Moon Knight (8:07) and she elaborates on h...

In this week's episode of Taking It Down , we start in a usual spot with a new Listener of the Week (3:38)! Congrats, surprise listener! While Donovan can't help himself with the USFL and there's plenty to be said (4:22), Blaine wonders aloud about the upcoming final season of Better Call Saul (10:10). From there, Blaine breaks down -- without spoiling a thing -- those first two episodes of the qu...