Taking It Down is, of course, here for you this Tuesday for another insightful episode! We've got a lot on our minds to begin, including the Omicron variant of COVID-19 (2:16), Bowl Season, and YouTube TV (3:51). Before we get into the episode proper, though, we address some comments from last week and offer some thanks (8:37). Then our group have final thoughts on the finale of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies (10:31). From there, we dive into the MCU once again to talk about some spoiler-...
Dec 21, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 101
It's a stuffed but fantastic episode this week! Thanks to all who've listened as Taking It Down gets to Episode 100! In this week's podcast, the group begins with a few comments on the Heisman before digging deep into the spectacular new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But then, it's all from the listeners! We answer the recent questions garnered from you all this past week, and we have a lot of fun doing it! Join us for this episod...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 100
For Taking It Down 's 99th (!) episode, Blaine, Adam, And Donovan start with some adamant talk about both the SEC Championship Game and the dissection of the Alabama fanbase (1:25). We also celebrate our winners of the inaugural College Football Pick 'Em (8:48). Should we do the Bowl Pick 'Em? Let us know! Natalie joins the show and helps dissect what's right with the most recent episode of Hawkeye from Disney+ and what's wrong with it (13:22). She also offers up her worries about the upcoming m...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 99
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). Taking It Down is sneaking up on its 100th show. For the 100th episode, we'll ta...
Nov 30, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 98
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 discu...
Nov 23, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 97
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 Kris...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 96
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 ...
Nov 12, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 95
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 pri...
Nov 09, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 94
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 Fo...
Nov 02, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 93
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 w...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 92
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). Aft...
Oct 19, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 91
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 G...
Oct 12, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 90
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...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 89
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 b...
Sep 07, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 88
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...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 87
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). Subscribe to Taking It Down , which i...
Aug 24, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 86
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 t...
Aug 16, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 85
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 m...
Aug 03, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 84
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 l...
Jul 27, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 83
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 di...
Jul 20, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 82
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 deb...
Jul 13, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 81
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 ...
Jul 06, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 80
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 Tu...
Jun 29, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Taking It Down starts with Adam convincing Donovan to start summer as a Grateful Dead devotee (0:46) before the entire group talks about the news of the upcoming Beatles documentary from Peter Jackson (2:40) and everyone gives their favorite new music, all included in a playlist found by clicking the link to Spotify here (6:08)! Then Natalie joins the crew to discuss the second episode of Loki (27:19)....
Jun 22, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 78
In this week's episode of Taking It Down , it's mayhem as Donovan and Blaine disagree on the film The Personal History of David Copperfield , which is now streaming on HBO Max (1:27). Then, wow! They bring in Natalie to help discuss the first episode of the Disney+ series Loki (15:46) as well as the new Netflix show Sweet Tooth (23:41). If you love horrible Owen Wilson impressions as well as disparagements about kids who act too much like adults, you're in a lot of luck this week! Taking It Down...
Jun 15, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Everyone is back this week for Taking It Down as we first start out with some ethereal thoughts on Dylan and the Dead (0:49) before transitioning into the Netflix movie Army of the Dead , which begins with a debate on Dave Bautista and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (3:23). After the break, the crew discusses what they're looking forward to in the theaters this summer (30:14). Finally, they wrap up all of their thoughts on the Mare of Easttown finale from HBO (40:22). Taking It Down releases every Tu...
Jun 08, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 76
It's an odd week as Blaine trudges it alone. He discusses the end of the COVID-19 segment (1:24) before he gives his takes on the new Hulu movie Plan B , which is directed by Natalie Morales and stars newcomers Kuhoo Verma and Victoria Moroles (1:57). After the break, Blaine talks about mental health (6:29). Taking It Down releases every Tuesday morning. Subscribe in your podcast app so that you don't miss an episode. Feel free to email or contact Taking It Down on social media!...
Jun 01, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 75
As Taking It Down begins this week, the guys give the final COVID-19 segment -- hopefully -- with some first-hand accounting of playing live music after a year off (1:46). How did it go? Does it feel safe? Then it's a discussion of the Amazon Prime show The Underground Railroad and how the important, but hard, series displays the incredible work of the master Barry Jenkins (11:38). After the break, it's a brief set of predictions on The Challenge: All Stars before talk on the shocking fifth epis...
May 25, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Taking It Down comes at you just in time for the CDC's announcement that vaccinated people can gather. What does that mean for us? Well, one of the crew hits the road, which opens the door for frequent guest host Natalie Morrow to sit in an empty chair (1:03)? Where is Adam? Natalie, Blaine, and Donovan talk some like music and, of all things, the Poke Salat Festival (1:27). Then it's a lot of praise and analysis on the fourth episode of the HBO phenom, Mare of Easttown , titled "Poor Sisyphus" ...
May 18, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Taking It Down is back this week with only Adam and Blaine manning the ship. They first talk about putting their vaccines to the test (1:00), with Adam giving concerts for elementary schools (1:51)! That's an experience recounted that no one wants to miss! Then the guys catch up a little on The Challenge: All Stars , specifically two stars of the show that Blaine questions (8:27). Before the break, the guys give the listeners a head's up on the Peacock streaming show Girls5eva , which is another...
May 11, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 72
