About Take It Personal
Take It Personal is a weekly podcast and Substack that explores current topics in culture, media, sports, and the internet. We share candid thoughts that reflect what people are really thinking, sometimes politely and sometimes more bluntly—always with humor.
Hosted by Steph Bartlett, Will Austen, and Jamie Renell.
If your group chat had a microphone and a mild obsession with context, it would look like this.
What you’ll find here
We don’t stick to one format because culture doesn’t stick to one mood.
Subscribe and expect a mix of:
Longer reads when the take needs room to breathe
Short posts when the point is simple, and the internet is loud
Illustrations and visuals that make the chaos easier to understand
Hot-take voice notes when something happens, and waiting a week would be irresponsible, so real-time reactions.
Video is the most straightforward way to say it (or the funniest)
Everything lives here in one place, so you can actually find it again later. Revolutionary concept, we know.
What we cover
Pop culture, sports-as-culture, TV/Film, media moments, internet behavior/culture, and the personal stuff that gets stirred up beneath it all.
Sometimes it’s hilarious. Sometimes it’s heavy. Usually, like life, it is both.
Why subscribe
Because your feed is chaotic and your time is valuable.
We’ll deliver the best takes straight to your inbox—so you can stay in the loop without living online.
Start here
— Steph, Will, and Jamie
