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Happy New Year From The Takeaway!
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
The year ahead is full of promise and pitfalls, and The Takeaway is there to make sense of it every step of the way.
What’s in store this year for the U.S. economy? Will unemployment fall back down to pre-recession levels? Will we see a soaring stock market and stabilized ...
The Great Chicken Wing Hunt
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Matt Reynolds left his life as an American expat in Slovakia to return to his native western New York in search of the perfect Buffalo wing. He and Dan debate the "perfect wing."
Director Ryan Coogler on "Fruitvale Station"
Friday, December 27, 2013
It was almost four years ago that Oscar Grant was killed in Oakland, California. Grant was a young, black man, shot in the back by a white BART police officer, just hours after midnig...
Movie Date: Best Documentaries of 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen round up some the best documentaries of the year. From the front lines of late-term abortion clinics to the unsung backup singers,...
Movie Date: 'Wolf of Wall Street,' 'Walter Mitty,' 'Invisible Woman,' and Much More!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen review seven of the big movies being released on Christmas Day 2013. The films touch on everyone's favorite holiday topics, includ...
New Movie Releases: 'Walter Mitty,' 'Grudge Match,' 'Wolf of Wall Street,' '47 Ronin'
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Tomorrow is Christmas, the last and biggest movie release date of the year. Movie Date co-hosts Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer give their thoughts on some of the big ones: "The Secr...
The Life of a Holiday Hitmaker
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
What's it like to write a hit holiday song? Randy Brooks has some idea. Nearly 35 years ago, he wrote “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer,” a holiday song which has sold an estimated ...
Movie Date: 'Her,' 'Anchorman 2,' 'American Hustle'
Friday, December 20, 2013
This week's Movie Date podcast has Rafer wishing he knew how to do the hustle and Kristen questioning whether computers will eventually try to have sex with us all. On the chopping bl...
Movie Date: 'American Hustle,' 'Anchorman 2,' 'Her'
Friday, December 20, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen look at what could some of the last big movies of the year. They start with two big releases: The star-studded "American Hustle" a...
Actor Ralph Fiennes Explores the Hidden Life of Dickens in "The Invisible Woman"
Friday, December 20, 2013
In his heyday, Charles Dickens was a literary and political rock star who attracted crowds everywhere he went. But behind closed doors, the writer and family man actually harbored a s...
Sporkful Live at Guactacular: Guacamole Composition & Consumption
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Dan talks to Lee Frank of Nachos NY, L.V. Anderson of Slate, and Chris Salgado of Chris's Awesome Guacamole about guac composition and consumption.
Movie Date: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,' 'Saving Mister Banks,' Golden Globe Nods
Friday, December 13, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen look back on their own magical childhood memories as they review the making-of-"Mary Poppins" movie, "Saving Mister Banks" and the...
New Movie Releases: 'Saving Mister Banks' and 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'
Friday, December 13, 2013
We’re well into December, which means that the Oscar contenders are taking over the theaters. Our Movie Date team is here to talk about two of those contenders today: The second insta...
Movie Date: Best On-Screen Bands
Monday, December 09, 2013
Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman of The Takeaway's Movie Date podcast pick some of their favorite bands that only exist on screen.
Movie Date: 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' 'Out of the Furnace,' 'Sound of Music Live'
Friday, December 06, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen look at the intersections of music and film in three new releases: "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Out of the Furnace," and "Sound of Musi...
Can 'The Sound of Music' Remake Succeed?
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Tonight, a new version of “The Sound of Music,” starring Carrie Underwood, will be performed live on NBC. But early buzz about the special has been anything but kind. Can this remake ...
Holiday Window Displays Get Touches of Technology
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
All this week, we’re looking at the ways that technology is changing our holidays and our traditions. As we look at the digital migration of the holidays, we wanted to see how the ret...
Is Technology Killing the Magic of the Holidays?
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
It’s no secret that technology is changing the way we live, but what does that mean when it comes to our experience of the holiday season? Some may say that digital technology is taki...
Falafel Philosophy: The Shape, Consumption, and Meaning of Falafel
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Katie Quinn of Now This News joins Dan to discuss falafel sandwichization, the problems with the pita, ideal accompaniments, and whether the ball really is the best shape.
Josh Gad on Playing a Snowman in 'Frozen'
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
In Disney's new animated feature, "Frozen," Broadway and film star Josh Gad plays the funny, lovable snowman Olaf. His mission: to help two sisters named Elsa and Anna, voiced by Idin...
