The Take

The upcoming release of the Pam & Tommy miniseries coincides perfectly with the resurgence of interest in Barbie-&-the-Bad-Boy pairings to reexamine the couple’s cultural significance, as well as the most infamous part of their story - the leaked sex tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Feb 202218min

How I Met Your Father understands that today, the totally uncynical rom-com sitcom is a rare, if not extinct, relic – but that struggle to keep believing in love is still real if not far more dire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Feb 202221min

The Matrix is far more than a sci-fi action classic - it's a practical guide to freeing your mind and fulfilling your potential, to becoming "The One" yourself. The Wachowskis ground-breaker - now celebrating its 20th anniversary - shows us how to follow the 7 steps of Neo's journey to Enlightenment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Feb 202226min

While And Just Like That faltered early on, it ultimately got its groove back, and left us with the classic Sex And The City takeaway that it’s the ever-evolving relationship you have with yourself that matters most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Feb 202222min

Pam Beesly is the "normal" one in The Office. Is that actually a good thing? Here's our take and find out how being normal is both the strength and the downfall of our favorite "Girl Next Desk." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Feb 202222min

How I Met Your Mother's Tracy was the perfect love interest viewers spent 9 seasons waiting for... and then the finale undercut the romantic ideals at the show's core and underestimated it's audience by treating the Mother as disposable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Feb 202222min

Is The Little Mermaid actually a story about realizing you’re queer and the world you’ve grown up in can’t accept you as you really are? If it is - it suggests that there's a lot of pain, sacrifice, and compromise ahead of anyone who wishes to come out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Feb 202217min

She's a Smart Girl, and it's never been cooler to be one, to be proud of what you know and what you can achieve. So how has this archetype evolved, and what does it really mean to be a smart girl today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Feb 202217min