Go to http://factormeals.com/thetake50 and use code thetake50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off your next month. Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to 2019's Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular mad clown and Lady Gaga as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel, has surprised viewers, but… not for great reasons. It’s all led to audiences having a lot of questions. Like, why is this a musical (and why did they try to hide that fact?!) And, who is this even for? Let’s take a deeper look to uncover the answers to these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first 500 people to use our link https://skl.sh/thetake10241 will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare premium! From Twin Peaks to Heathers to Teen Witch to Beetlejuice's Lydia Deetz to The Craft to Buffy and beyond, we're taking a look at the scary teen girl and... *why* she became so scary. There are certain characters who are iconic villains and monsters, but one scary figure in pop culture doesn’t outwardly appear so terrifying at all. She’s vengeful and ruthless, cold and cunning. She has the tactical prowess of a political mastermind and the calculating mind of a killer – and she does it all from behind a sweet, innocent facade. The teenage girl is at the heart of so many shows – and she’s only getting scarier. So when did Hollywood turn her so terrifying – and what’s driving the shift? In this three-part series, we’re going to take you on a trip into the history of the terrifying teen girl onscreen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to https://casino.draftkings.com and sign up with code THETAKE - new players can get $100 in casino credits with just a $1 wager. Emily in Paris was brought to life by the same creative mind that brought us Sex and the City – and while the shows share a few general similarities, one of the biggest is that their central characters are… kind of annoying. But while Carrie Bradshaw became a beloved character despite (or, perhaps, even because of) her flaws, Emily Cooper hasn’t managed to work her way into audiences’ hearts in quite the same way… but why? What is it that sets Carrie apart from Emily? Let’s take a deeper look at that, plus analyze how the creative team has been trying to fix Emily in more recent seasons and how that is (and isn’t) working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Fallon is the latest seemingly-nice media figure to be outed as a terrible boss. So what allegedly went down, and why does it seem like so many dream media jobs are actually nightmares? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parks and Recreation is celebrated as a relentlessly optimistic, kindness-centered show, but that’s not how it treats one of its main characters: poor Jerry Gergich. Here’s our take on why the persecution of Jerry is one thing that hasn’t aged so well about Parks and Recreation, and if it secretly revealed a flaw in the show’s attitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't miss our new on what makes a Greta Gerwig movie a Greta Gerwig movie, why many people connect so deeply with her characters, & fandom's surprising impact on her career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbie has struck the hearts of movie goers, and women in particular, worldwide. But why? What do the film’s themes say about being a real, "ordinary" woman? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sopranos’ Adriana La Cerva was beautiful, smart and an early 2000s fashion icon - but above all else, she's remembered for her tragic story. So what is it about her that we love – and that in turn, makes her the perfect tragic character? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Pixar’s Elemental premiered, it was branded a total flop. But then, somehow, everything seemed to turn around... So what’s the truth about Elemental – is it a boring misfire or a heartwarming success? (& What even went wrong to begin with?!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bear delivers a masterful Season 2, and if you look (and listen) closer, a big part of what makes it work so well has to do with what we’re hearing. Here's our take on the skillful way the show uses this technique of overlapping dialogue (and noise in general) and how it serves the narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of the qualities that made Phoebe Buffay the best Friend would have also made her a great mom - so maybe her shift to wanting to be a soccer mom in the later seasons wasn't really so surprising after all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mabel Mora is the glue that holds the OMITB podcast together, and Selena Gomez does the same for the show itself! Here’s our Take on Mabel, how Selena brought her to life, and the way they’re more alike than you might have realized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Diana was one of the most well known people of the 20th century, but there's still an air of mystery around her life. So today we're taking a deep dive into her story to get a better understand of the People's Princess! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://rocketmoney.com/thetake to cancel your unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money! Industry is full of irreverent, power-hungry characters attempting to claw their way to the top of a London investment bank – and none is more engaging or divisive than Harper Stern. But her struggles – both internally and at work – stem from real, deeper issues. So what’s really going on with Harper? And is investing so much of herself into this world, at the expense of everything else, really worth the risk? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s our take on And Just Like That’s season two finale, what worked and what missed the mark, and that Samantha Jones cameo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suits has become the surprise hit of the summer, so we're taking a deep dive into one of the characters that make the show so bingeable: Rachel Zane! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Oher's recent revelation that the family he thought had adopted him actually placed him under a conservatorship has ignited a number of important conversations. Here's our rundown of the case & how it fits into the larger conversations about guardianships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SATC reboot And Just Like That has been struggling to replicate Samantha Jones' special spark. So here are the characters that come the closest to filling her stilettos and the one that might actually have a chance at bringing the sparkle back to the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Rihanna the ultimate example of the changing face of modern motherhood? She can surprisingly teach us a lot about what it means to create your own path as a working mom today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite recent wins for women in high-profile court cases, the new Netflix Depp v. Heard trial Netflix documentary makes it clear that society hasn’t totally moved on from treating the case as one-sided tabloid fodder. Here’s our take on the aftermath of the media circus, the myth of the “perfect” victim, and how more recent cases are paving a way forward for victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're taking a look at cultural icon Mickey Mouse's weird & fascinating history, his lasting legacy, & the truth about his rumored entry into the public domain & retirement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wizard of Oz's Dorothy and her friends journeying to the Land of Oz has been adapted into countless sequels, spinoffs, stage musicals, animated specials, and tv series. So what is it about this story that continues to capture the public imagnation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning has made over $500 million at the box office... and yet is still considered a major *underperformer*. So what went wrong? And what does this film getting outpaced by Barbenheimer mean for Hollywood going forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She’s beautiful, charming, and sweet as pie… or, at least, that’s what she wants you to think. Whether she’s a Queen Bee we love to hate, a comedic obstacle, or a full on villain, there’s just something about her that keeps movies and shows coming back to the trope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://factormeals.com/thetake50 and use code thetake50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month. Everyone loves a good comeback! From Josh Hartnett's to Jennifer Coolidge to Brendan Frasier to Winona Ryder and beyond, we love to watch beloved actors get a second chance in the spotlight. For stars, one of the biggest worries is hitting the height of stardom and then… fading away. While this might mean the end of some celebs careers, others are lucky enough to get the chance to stage a major comeback – and sometimes those comebacks are even better than their original runs. So what’s the secret behind comebacks that work versus those that don’t, and why do we love a good comeback story so much? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends is a cultural icon, but even its most ardent fans can agree that along with all of the great moments, the show has also had some duds... but did it ever truly Jump the Shark? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And Just Like That has been a disappointment to Sex and the City fans since the beginning, but as it nears a second finale… is the show finally starting to get its magic back?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In all of the discourse about the difference between generations, people have kind of let out the effect of 'online generations' - that is, the era in which you became a regular user of the internet. Today we're taking a quick look at how *when* we hopped online also had a huge part in shaping us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Graduate didn’t invent the quarter-life crisis, but it might have been the first movie to really dramatize it. It also laid the groundwork for some of our favorite more recent quarterlife crisis films! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbie had so many great easter eggs and references, both in the film itself *and* the press tour before hand! So today we're taking a look at all of the best Barbie references. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bromance movies exploded in the early 2000s, and then kind of disappeared for a while... Today we're looking at the evolution of male friendships onscreen, and why it’s so valuable for men to feel secure in their bromances! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amnesia is often used as a plot device on screen, but memory loss in real life often looks quite different from what we see in movies & shows. So what are the real thematic reasons filmmakers keep returning to their Hollywood vision of amnesia? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's the true scoop on the live-action Snow White casting debacle. Plus, how can Hollywood toe the tumultuous cultural line without overcorrecting in either direction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbie is the Blockbuster of the summer, and everyone's loving it! But the creative team did run into one obstacle when trying to make the movie of their dreams - so what *really* caused the problem, & how did they do their best to overcome it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Nolan’s three-hour epic Oppenheimer has managed to turn what would normally just be cinema-lover Oscar-bait into a huge summer blockbuster. But how much of the film is actually true, and what did that ending really mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to https://casino.draftkings.com and sign up with code THETAKE - new players can get $100 in casino credits with just a $1 wager. Millennials are finally starting to hit middle age (hard to believe, but it's true!) but are taking things in a new direction that *doesn't* mean giving up their youth. From Brat Summer to changing social trends, let's take a look at how millennials are looking back to find a way to move forward! After decades of being decried as immature, overgrown children, millennials are finally hitting middle age. But instead of the stable mid-adulthood we’ve become accustomed to seeing in previous generations, millennials seem to be taking things in a rather different direction, embracing a second wave of young adulthood while also trying to figure out how to navigate the total instability of their lives and the world around them. This could be easy to write off as yet another refusal to grow up and be “real adults” – but the truth is that there’s a lot more going on under the surface, and it’s not all bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayne Mansfield might be best known as Hollywood’s attempt at a Marilyn Monroe replacement, who also met a tragic end – but there’s a lot more to her story! So here are some interesting things you might not have known about Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have we really made it to a place where women are free to wear whatever they want, whenever they want? Don't miss our take on the history of fashion shaming, the strides women have made to escape it, and how we’re finally starting to see the light on the other side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've already covered everything that went wrong with The Idol, so today we're diving into what the show could have been (and how it could maybe turn things around in the 2nd season...) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season one of And Just Like That proved to be… pretty lackluster. And now it seems that even the second season won’t be able to recapture the magic of the original series. So why has the reboot been so unable to reproduce what we all loved so much about the original show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stranger Things has been immensely popular ever since its debut, its themes have especially resonated with queer audiences. Today we're taking a look at all of the underlying queer elements at play within the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George O’Malley often complained about being a maligned underdog, but… was the world really out to get him, or was it mostly all in his head? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reality TV practically runs on controversy, and as “scripted” as reality TV can be, it still illuminates something about human nature... Don't miss our new video on reality TV’s biggest controversies, & what they can teach us about both reality TV as a whole & the world beyond the cameras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Wexler quickly became a fan favorite on Better Call Saul. So, who is Kim, and what makes her so intriguing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Modern hyperfemininity isn't just a fad, it's a movement. It aims to be a more nuanced & intentional brand of Girl Power that celebrates traditionally feminine characteristics as strengths, while being more inclusive and forward thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American movie culture and rating systems are pretty squeamish about sex onscreen – so why do we readily accept graphic violence? Don't miss our take on the sex and violence paradox, and what it says about our culture that we hold one to a higher account than the other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://zocdoc.com/thetake to find and book a top-rated doctor today. Gossip Girl’s Blair Waldorf is an iconic queen of mean and the Upper East Side. In her quest for power and control, she definitely made a lot of mistakes, but she actually got a lot more right than she gets credit for – both in her understanding of how her world really works and in the ways she had to learn to grow as a person. So let’s take a look back at Blair’s outlook on life and relationships, how she changed (or didn’t…,) and the most important lessons she can teach us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Idol was initially hyped up as a scandalous, dark, and erotic new must-see from director Sam Levinson and musician The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) but it turned out to mostly just be… a boring mess. So what went wrong? (And did anything go right?) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her youthful charm and naivete, the ingénue is a long-time Hollywood staple… but in recent years, she seems to be disappearing. So is this trope really on the way out because it no longer works in the modern day, or is it just changing with the times? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are viral content houses a new type of cult? Today we're looking at the dark truths behind the internet’s most viral content houses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices