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Take It Personal

Take It Personal

Di: Steph Will and Jamie
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Take It Personal is a weekly podcast where three friends say the quiet part out loud.

Hosted by Stephanie Bartlett, Will Austen, and Jamie Renell and produced by Lindsay Abrams, the show blends hot takes, cultural commentary, and personal truths in a clever, hilarious, and deeply relatable way.

From unfiltered conversations about what’s trending to the personal experiences behind the headlines, Take It Personal invites listeners into the group chat you wish you were in.

The hosts unpack the internet, pop culture, society, and their lives each week.

It’s a little messy. A little meaningful. And always personal.

New episodes every week. Follow us for hot takes and random thoughts @takeitpersonal_podcast on TikTok and YouTube.

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  • Episode 9 | 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' Didn’t Shock Us; It Explained Us
    Jan 15 2026

    This week on Take It Personal, Steph, Will, and Jamie unpack Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning — and what it feels like to watch a documentary when you already know too much.

    Steph comes in with a long memory (and a clipboard), Will is hit with visceral nostalgia and discomfort, and Jamie watches once as a bystander and again as a skeptic. Together, they trace how Bad Boy Records shaped an era — and how power, contracts, charisma, and silence shaped what came next.

    The conversation moves from vanished artists and exploitative deals to damning Miami footage, jury bias, cult-leader dynamics, and the uncomfortable truth that celebrity doesn’t just distort justice — it can become the strategy.

    This isn’t a recap. It’s a systems conversation about abuse, authorship, nostalgia, and what happens when the mythology finally collapses.

    Related reading: Steph explores these themes in greater depth in her Substack essay, “No Way Out, No Way Back, which reflects on growing up during the Bad Boy era and reckoning with what that legacy means today:

    More from us at our new site on https://www.takeitpersonalpodcast.com

    Follow @takeitpersonal_podcast on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

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    45 min
  • Episode 8: | "YouTube"s Position in the Streaming Wars"
    Oct 10 2025

    YouTube is the super-app that has already won the streaming wars. Jamie, Steph, and Wil dig into watch habits, Shorts vs. long-form, creator economies, live sports, policy risks, and why YouTube feels like “groceries” while prestige TV is dessert.

    Segments

    • 00:03:00 YouTube as a media “super app” (UGC + TV + music + rentals + podcasts)
    • 00:10:00 Social detox → intentional YouTube viewing vs. doomscrolling
    • 00:14:00 Modularity: Shorts, 10-min vids, 2-hr essays, and live streams
    • 00:18:00 Are creators the new networks? (Terrell Grice, Hot Ones)
    • 00:25:00 The live-sports moat; “Venue” bundle shoutout
    • 00:27:00 Global scale: India, U.S., Brazil user bases
    • 00:33:00 Money talk: asset-light payouts vs. studio risk; Alien Earth cost example
    • 00:37:00 Policy & platform risk (FTC fines, FCC attention)
    • 00:40:00 Public pressure & corporate modulation (Kimmel/Disney, Target)
    • 00:49:00 Would-you-rather: Gen Z feed for a year vs. never rewatch again
    • 00:51:00 Boycotts & ethical consumption (Nicki Minaj, MJ, R. Kelly feature control)
    • 00:56:00 Beyoncé x Ivanka gala seating kerfuffle (light; meta branding chat)
    • 00:58:45 Wrap + follows: @takeitpersonal_podcast

    Links

    • The Terrell Show — channel home | Coco Jones — comeback vlog | Performances
    • Youglish — youglish.com
    • YouTube Premium / Music overview
    • YouTube TV — NFL Sunday Ticket
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  • Episode 7 | Is ‘Life of a Showgirl’ the Endgame?
    Oct 3 2025

    We’re kicking off our new one-topic deep-dive format with the obligatory (!) Taylor Swift episode. Will argues that much of Taylor’s catalog reads like fictional storytelling rather than diary pages, Steph pushes back (All Too Well hive, rise), and Jamie brings the generational context — from Harry Chapin to how upheaval fuels creative renaissances.

    What we cover

    • The format change (single-topic episodes moving forward)
    • Taylor as a fiction writer: with nods to Dennis Linde’s “Lindeville” world-building
    • Folklore/Evermore, as explicitly fictional case studies, the ‘gym teacher/English teacher’ caption
    • Why the Eras Tour felt like a template for fan reinvention
    • Vegas residency speculation, The Sphere, and business tie-ins with Travis
    • Artist archetypes: Taylor’s approachability vs. Beyoncé’s aspirational mythos
    • Hot takes: a coming music renaissance; and why Cardi B can drop fewer albums and still eat

    Chapter markers

    • 00:00 — Intro: New one-topic format
    • 00:38 — Icebreaker: Predictions that aged poorly
    • 06:35 — Hot take: ‘Diary of a Showgirl’ as last album? + Vegas residency
    • 09:20 — Main thesis: Taylor as a fiction writer
    • 16:13 — Folklore/Evermore as fictional; engagement caption talk
    • 22:15 — Eras Tour = fan reinvention template
    • 31:32 — Vegas, The Sphere & business tie-ins
    • 33:32 — Theater ‘release party’ discussion
    • 45:40 — Jamie’s hot take: creative renaissance incoming
    • 46:19 — Steph’s hot take: Cardi B’s quality cadence
    • 48:41 — Wrap + where to follow

    Folllow Us On

    • TikTok/IG/YouTube: @takeitpersonal_podcast / @takeitpersonal_podcast / youtube.com/@takeitpersonal_podcast
    • Show hub: https://linktr.ee/takeitpersonal_podcast

    Credits

    Hosts: Steph, Will, Jamie | Producer: Lindsay

    Notes

    Opinions are our own. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the artists mentioned.

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    51 min
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