The Take
750
Episodes
4.7 / 5
Rating

The Take

by Al Jazeera

Category
Daily News
Frequency
Updated Daily
Language
English
The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines. With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awar...

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Recent Reviews

Sunday review

Fallfap•6/1/2026

No boing sound behind a report about displaced Lebanese would be better. Five stars still!

A Review of "The Take"

(Mario500)•5/25/2026

I had found certain parts of this "The Take" to had been interesting, informative, and enjoyable, and certain other parts of it to had been vulgar (or profane), unnecessary, and detrimental (especially toward certain parts of it I had liked).

Educational

TeachingandTravelling•4/23/2026

Thank you for this podcast! I learn so much, and I only wish I’d started learning from you sooner. The humanity present in these thoughtful conversations is invaluable. ❤️

Essential journalism

lalalalalla•4/17/2026

Thank you for this essential and eye opening coverage I only wish I found you sooner.

Crazy Depth in a short time

Beck Kinerk•4/17/2026

Tired of listening to American commentators who know nothing talk about the Middle East. So happy I found this pod. I would love to hear an episode on why the GCC states decided to show restraint after Iran struck them.