Taking It Down

In today's 98th episode, Donovan and Blaine work sans Adam but begin with some customary college football talk centered around the Iron Bowl (2:19). After that, Blaine gives his spoiler-free review of Marvel's Eternals (13:02) before they both move on into Marvel's newest endeavor: the holiday-ready Disney+ show Hawkeye (15:55). After the break, it's a discussion on the new docu-series The Beatles: Get Back (33:43).

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This week on the Taking It Down podcast, Adam recounts his days as a minister, or at least as an officiant of a wedding or two (1:31). Then it's on to a discussion about the weekend of college football, but things get insane and funny when the weeks-old story of the Texas monkey who had a brief layover in and around the University of Alabama rears its head again (3:38). If you haven't heard that one, don't miss Adam's telling of it.

The weekend was a good one, though, if you like music: we discuss the live music from Oasis and Bruce Springsteen as well as the tease of more from U2 (15:32).

Returning to Adult Swim is the wonderful show Joe Pera Talks With You, which we adore and explain why no one should miss out (27:34). Also returning, Hulu's hilarious take on Catherine the Great of Russia -- simply titled The Great -- is back and just as funny (34:16). We decide that it could be even better than before. All that, and not to mention some excitement on the horizon (44:33)!

Taking It Down is sneaking up on its 100th show. For it, we'll take as many listener questions as possible about TV, movies, music, books, and well beyond! Get those to us in any social media account or simply email [email protected].

We hope all of our listeners visit the online shop and grab a t-shirt, coffee mug, or something else for the upcoming holidays! It's one way to let everyone know you love Taking It Down and The Alabama Take!

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It's a great week on Taking It Down -- that is always the case when special co-host Natalie Morrow joins the podcast! This week, we discuss things that are on the pop culture horizon in television and film, particularly things we may cover in the coming weeks (1:49). There's a bit of a divergence as Blaine rants about pop culture websites (3:19) before coming back around to the list of possibly good shows and movies (5:11). From there, Adam and Natalie assess the movie Spencer, which stars Kristen Stewart and documents a brief time with the late Princess Diana (11:37). Before the break, we all give our thoughts on the newly released Paramount+ season of The Challenge: All Stars: do we need it now (21:37)? We all get back into the Marvel Cinematic -- and television -- Universe by discussing Marvel's What If...? (39:22). Plus, we all finally get around to watching the Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as it made its Disney+ debut over the weekend (43:27). After disregarding it at first, did we like it at all?

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In a rare bonus episode of Taking It Down, the guys continue their recent discussion on the 500 Greatest Songs List from Rolling Stone magazine. They have some thoughts on what seems right and what is definitely wrong with the list. Also included are some Springsteen-based coffeeshop ideas, the original lyrics to "Tutti Frutti," and Megan Thee Stallion's ballot. Give it a listen from the player above or download into your favorite podcast app.

And let us know what you think about the list! Did Rolling Stone even come close to getting it right? Not really, right? Are we stupid, too? Probably!

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It's the weekly pop culture discussion podcast from The Alabama Take, and this week it all begins with COVID booster shots (1:15). Hear some first-hand accounts of what the booster shots were like. The guys then sift through a little bit of college football (3:50) before everyone gives his final assessment of Midnight Mass from Netflix (6:26). And since most of the gang has now conquered Squid Game, they give some resting thoughts on the Korean phenomena (13:38).

In one of the first of two primary segments, it's an in-depth discussion of the first three episodes of Netflix's great drama Maid (16:14). After briefly considering a little bit of new music (34:23), everyone gives his opinion on the most recent update to Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs (36:23). What does the list get right and wrong? We've got opinions.

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Come on in and give a listen to this week's episode of Taking It Down. We start with the lambasting of Jim Harbaugh and Michigan as well as other buffoons (1:10) before we talk about some of the specifics of Episode Six of the Netflix show Squid Game and how it may be great or it may not (6:17). That sets up a final discussion on Midnight Mass, where Blaine concludes that is truly great (12:38). While still in Netflix territory, Adam discusses the new Dutch film on the streaming service The Forgotten Battle, which had Adam enraptured (14:25).

Donovan and Blaine took in the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm all the while asking if it would live up to it grandeur of its previous season, one of the best in the HBO books (17:52).

Then the guys take a shift into music by discussing the excellent new album I Don't Live Here Anymore from the band The War on Drugs (23:38). Then, a popular question off mic becomes a crowd-sourced one: should we dump Facebook? Is Instagram the place to hang (35:15)? Let us know!

Then the final segment has some wide-ranging disagreements on the Apple TV+ documentary from Todd Haynes The Velvet Underground (37:29). Listen in to hear who thinks what about the documentary now airing on the streaming service.

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Taking It Down this week begins with some customary college football talk, especially with all those overtimes (1:53), before moving into even more discussion on the fourth episode from the excellent Netflix show Midnight Mass (6:52). Everyone then gives some recommendations on what's made them afraid in movies, television, books, songs, and even video games (11:34). Listen to help plan your Halloween viewing and listening. It was odd not to be a podcast not talking about HBO's Succession, so we decided how that happened (34:18). Then, Donovan and Adam proclaim their love for Wes Anderson movies as The French Dispatch releases though Blaine feels left out (36:51).

After the break, they celebrate a return of Curb Your Enthusiasm before they break down what worked for Dune (44:49).

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For this week's episode, Taking It Down just has to discuss the college football chaos (0:59). Then the group decides to retire the COVID segment, but for how long (1:49)? The gang determines what to think about the two big trailers from the past week, which show more about the MCU's Eternals and The Beatles: Get Back, yet what do they offer viewers (2:06)?

One of the two big segments of the week involves some analysis of the first episodes of Netflix's new horror show Midnight Mass (7:38). After a cursory check-in with the insane Netflix show Squid Game (33:41), Taking It Down then wraps with the second segment which involves thoughts on the HBO movie The Many Saints of Newark and what it adds to The Sopranos mythos (36:15).

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Taking It Down comes back from an unscheduled pause to first begin where the gang usually does: COVID-19. Just where are we with the virus now (1:10)? After that, it's the weekend antics, which aren't limited to football and a circus (2:16). Adam and Blaine then talk about the majestic new entry in Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series (8:00) before everyone chimes in on the pros and cons of the season finale of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ (14:16). After the break, Blaine finally discovers what the hell Squid Game is on Netflix (35:37) before Donovan breaks down some of the penultimate episode of HBO's remake Scenes From a Marriage (44:42).

It's all here and a little more in this week's Taking It Down! And this time, we promise that we'll be back next Tuesday for all of your pop culture needs.

After a two-week break, the guys from Taking It Down are ready to get back into the saddle of the horse that is television, movies, and music! This week, we start with some of our college football consumption, which is absolutely related to our COVID-19 segment (1:08), before we shift abruptly into some analytical thoughts on Ryan Murphy and his show on FX Impeachment: American Crime Story, a show that explores the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal of yore (6:27). After the break, Adam gives a kind review of The Alabama Take's very on Short Takes (31:05) before Blaine gives his review of the newly rebooted The Wonder Years (38:04). Finally, the group dissects the moving and dilatory Scenes From a Marriage on HBO (47:05). Check it out this week!

It's all here and a little more in this week's Taking It Down! We'll be back next Tuesday for all of your pop culture needs.