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The Take

The Take

Al Jazeera · Al Jazeera Media Network

844 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Take has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 844 episodes. That works out to roughly 270 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 18 min and 23 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 188 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Al Jazeera Media Network.

Episodes
844
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
21 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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 Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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Brief: Iran's conditions for peace with US, what is in new US weapons shipment for Israel?

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Brief: Israel kills family in Gaza, why did Houthis launch offensive?

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Brief: Iran retaliates after US sinks ships, Israeli minister wants ethnic cleansing in Gaza

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Brief: Israeli pogroms continue in West Bank, more children killed in Gaza

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Brief: No change in Gaza after Kushner meeting, will Israel escalate in Lebanon?

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Brief: Settler siege of Palestinian home continues, Israel kills 11 in Lebanon

Aug 16, 20266 min

Brief: Israel escalates in Lebanon after soldiers killed, mass funeral in Gaza

Aug 9, 20265 min

Brief: As Israel continues striking Gaza, will Hamas disarm?

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Brief: US pauses Iran strikes, Israel continues attacking Gaza

Jul 26, 20265 min

Brief: US strikes Iran for 8th straight night, Iran kills US soldiers in Jordan

Jul 19, 20266 min

Brief: US attacks Iran again, Hamas dissolves government in Gaza

Jul 12, 20265 min

Brief: Iran holds funeral processions for late Ayatollah. Israel-Lebanon ceasefire tested in the south

Jul 5, 20266 min

The path from Gaza to Trump's return

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Mehdi Hasan: disrupting democracy’s decline

Jun 29, 202620 min

Brief: Iran launches retaliatory strikes on US targets. Israel and Lebanon agree on new framework

Jun 28, 20267 min

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Jun 27, 202623 min

How did Colombia's election split a nation in two?

Jun 26, 202619 min

The children Gaza lost

Jun 24, 202627 min
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