Taking It Down

We at Taking It Down won't let Covid talk (1:15) or football gab (2:01) stop us from opining on a movie we've never seen, Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings (9:28). From there, we talk about The Discourse surrounding Ted Lasso (13:04). After that, we examine the one episode of Pen15 which featured the girls in animation (25:01) and worked well. There are bits about Mr. Corman from Apple TV+ (31:49) before some dissection of this week's high drama episode of The Challenge (33:29). The final bit is to determine just how funny What We Do In The Shadows is, now in its third season on FXX and Hulu (44:02).

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

It's all here and a little more in this week's Taking It Down! We'll certainly return to all movies, television, and music next week, but we couldn't help but talk about the upcoming football seasons. 

We called in the calvary, and they instead sent TD Wood to help with our football preview special. First, we talk COVID-19 because it won't go away (1:46). Then it's a brief discussion on how the newest from Marvel -- both Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Marvel's What If...? -- haven't gotten much of our interest (2:55). After that, we begin the football talk with all the changes and possible changes in college football (7:17) before we talk about how people really don't like picking games against the spread (24:57). Everyone gives a prediction for all the major college conferences (25:00) before we give some tepid NFL Super Bowl thoughts (56:42).

The gang tries to decipher if Rhode Island is a tennis state to begin (1:07) before discussing the usual COVID-19 segment (2:43). After that, it's a discussion on the latest album from James McMurtry, The Horses and the Hounds (4:26).

After the break, Blaine revokes his fandom of the Dallas Cowboys, which opens the door for other franchises to take their place (15:37). To end the show, they talk about if Reservation Dogs on FX/Hulu is worth the time (18:58).

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After a week away, there are lots of television shows and movies to cover, and we somehow manage to squeeze in more than a few. We first talk about Obama's birthday party (0:58) before discussing COVID-19 once again (2:55). Then it's more into pop culture with two of Apple TV+ shows: Mr. Corman (10:50) and Ted Lasso (19:24).

After the break, Adam and Blaine give some introductory thoughts on the first episode of the new season of The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies (30:19). Blaine happened to catch the buzziest movie of the week, CODA (35:22). Then Natalie joins the gang to talk about the recent Disney+ show Marvel's What If...? (36:50) and the HBO Max movie from the DC Universe The Suicide Squad (44:45).

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Anger about low vaccination rates begins this week's episode of Taking It Down (1:44). Eventually, it's a brief discussion of Billie Eilish and her new release of which we know little (12:17). Then it's a movie we know something about as we talk about whether The Green Knight is a hit or miss (16:10). Somehow, we missed Lollapalooza despite it being free on Hulu this year, but we still are glad for live music (20:17). The group continues a discussion on 100 Foot Wave from HBO, particularly the metaphors in the second episode (24:07).

After the break and a quick announcement of being off next week, it's more talk of the HBO series The White Lotus and its third episode which was all about sex (33:18). What's more? Some talk about where this season of Ted Lasso is likely headed (39:15) as well as a primer on how regulation in the Premier League works (50:51).

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On this week's episode of Taking It Down, the group discusses the real and infuriating possibility of having to bring back the COVID-19 segment (3:23) before Blaine makes the argument that the Olympics should just disappear altogether (10:18). Speaking of disappearing, the conversation shifts to the new HBO documentary Woodstock '99: Peace, Love, and Rage, which should come with a warning (17:25).

After the break, it's a brief reflection of Shadow Kingdom (42:32) before the allure of the HBO limited documentary series 100 Foot Wave (44:04). Lastly, it's a quick talk about the return of the Apple TV+ series that caught the world by storm last year, Ted Lasso (51:42).

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There are plenty of things to talk about this week, but we at Taking It Down managed to narrow it down somewhat. First, we each give some brief thoughts on the upcoming season of The Challenge and how soon it's approaching (1:29)! After some speculation, we discuss the finale of the MCU and Disney+ hit Loki (5:23). But how good was it? We keep things grounded in the Marvel as we go from Loki into the movie Black Widow, which we seemed to like more than other fans (16:57).

After the break, we discuss two shows, one stellar and the other promising: The White Lotus which is now airing on HBO and HBO Max (27:55) and then the new Hulu original from Rick Rubin and Sir Paul McCartney, McCartney 3, 2, 1 (38:26).

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It's a full slate this week! Taking It Down begins with some loose talk about tennis, namely the hours of Wimbledon watched this week (1:27) before sliding into a new streaming service called Metrograph from New York City itself (9:07). It's where Adam watched the documentary The French, which he recounts some here.

After a quick note on the Netflix series Somos. (13:36), the entire crew talk about the specific hilarity of the Netflix show from Tim Robinson I Think You Should Leave, which debuted its second season this week (14:55). They then break down the new Steven Soderbergh film on HBO Max No Sudden Move (22:41).

To wrap, things get as crazy as the penultimate episode of Loki as Natalie joins in and she and Donovan rap about various Lokis and the possible ending (37:12).

If there's a documentary to see this summer, it's Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) from Questlove. The good news is that it's streaming on Hulu. The people at Taking It Down this week make an attempt to express its joy (1:25). After the break, it's an examination of how the new Netflix series Somos. owes a lot to David Simon yet maintains a high level of interest (25:10). Finally, it wouldn't be a summer episode if they didn't at least discuss the newest episode of Loki, titled "The Nexus Event" (38:53).

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This week on Taking It Down: Donovan reports back from his quest to listen to the Grateful Dead truly for the first time (0:48). Then the group is all over the place on the Christopher Nolan film Tenet, which they finally watched this week and is now streaming on HBO Max (13:04). Is that movie worth your time? Lastly, Natalie Morrow joins the gang as they talked about why the third episode of the Disney+ show Loki wasn't just filler (31:43).

Taking It Down comes at you bright and early each Tuesday morning. Subscribe -- or in the case of Apple now, follow -- in your podcast app so that you don't miss an episode. Feel free to email or contact Taking It Down on social media! We would love to hear from you.

You can find all sorts of Alabama Take goods and merch by paying a visit to the Tee Public store for The Alabama Take!

The Alabama Take is happy to bring both the variety of podcasts and website writings with no ads, but we still have some bills to pay. If you'd like to help, you can! Venture to Buy Me A Coffee or visit our Venmo and PayPal to help with donations to keep the site and podcasts going.