By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a privilege to welcome Reality TV OG Syrus Yarbrough as a guest on the Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast’s 230th milestone episode! Syrus made his Reality TV debut on MTV’s The Real World: Boston. Four years after the show finished, he had his first experience on the long-running competition series The Challenge. He won the […]
JT’s New Music Reviews: Week of June 9, 2023
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to the latest edition of Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews! We got a lot of music to unpack, so let’s start this party! Sweet Western Sound by Tanya Tucker Country music legend Tanya Tucker released her twenty-sixth solo studio album. Produced by Brandi Carlile (who joined the singer on “Breakfast […]
AGT: Season 18 Auditions Enters Week 2
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com America’s Got Talent (AGT) began its eighteenth season in an historic way. For the first time in show history, the audience had the chance to award the Golden Buzzer to a deserving act! They awarded it to the South African choir Mzansi Youth Choir, who transformed the beloved Nightbirde’s “It’s Ok” into […]
Jake’s Take Podcast: Micah LaCerte
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com For the first time in nine years (and making his Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast debut), I am so happy to welcome back to my platform – Micah LaCerte! Micah is the co-owner of the online personal training program Hitch Fit, the Hitch Fit transformation gym, with his wife, Diana Chaloux LaCerte. […]
‘AGT: Season 18’ Premieres
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is the most wonderful time of the year! America’s Got Talent (AGT) kicked off its eighteenth season on NBC! Thousands of fans packed into the Pasadena Civic Center auditorium to see if hundreds of acts could impress judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Heidi Klum. If the acts were successful […]
Jake’s Take Podcast: Fengzhao Lucas Xu
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome photographer Fengzhao Lucas Xu to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Fengzhao will debut in the United States with his innovative photographer exhibit from July 15 to July 29, 2023, at 1350 Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California. Experimenting with multiple approaches, techniques, software, […]
JT’s New Music Reviews: Week of May 26, 2023
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to the latest edition of Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews! We got a lot of music to unpack, so let’s start this party! Glory Days by Chapel Hart One year ago, Chapel Hart made history on America’s Got Talent (AGT) by being the first country music group to receive a Golden […]
Jake’s Take Podcast: Kara Alloway
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a privilege to welcome TV personality, writer, and producer Kara Alloway to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast! After graduating from Canada’s McGill University, Kara was hired by Conde Nast’s ALLURE Magazine in Los Angeles. Under the tutelage of ALLURE founder Linda Wells, she worked as an assistant West Coast Editor. Kara […]
The WINNER of ‘Masked Singer 9’ Is…
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The Masked Singer: Season Nine revealed its champion tonight! After weeks of entertainment icons being unmasked (Dick van Dyke, Grandmaster Flash, and Howie Mandel) and shocking eliminations (Justice for Holly Robinson Peete, Michael Bolton, and Pentatonix!), we are two to the last undercover celebrity performers. The Macaw and Medusa faced off for […]













