Take It To Heart: Recent Episodes
Michael Simmelink
A podcast for hot takes, moralizing preferences, and feeling deeply on the mundane. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support
Not quite his mea culpa, but the sum of Simm's life work is to help you have a better wedding dance. Sabrina Tarchione joins to set some ground rules on what we should expect out of each other after the couple's first dance.
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Sabrina Tarchione makes her pod return to help brides, grooms, and guests everywhere move past the worst interaction in wedding nuptials: the receiving line.
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Brooke Hughes makes her big league debut on the pod as Simm discusses his take that we really should have less DJs hired for weddings, and those resources should be reallocated to hiring MCs.
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Rex jumps back on the pod to join Simm in the first episode of his wedding series. The next few episodes will feature takes specifically on things surrounding weddings.
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Simm jumps off the back of an American hero who went before his city council to help push an agenda for change: Boneless chicken wings don't exist. The Fox joins as an avid saucy nug lover.
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Season two starts off hot with Dana coming in to defend all men who like "girly drinks." He also has his contractually obligated shot at the Iowa Hawkeyes for no good reason. What a tool.
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First time guest Amber DeStigter wants to kill a time-honored tradition of going to sporting events. The final episode of season one!
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Sabrina Tarchione is back on the pod to get evangelized on a trait that simply does not exist. Clear victory for Simm on this one.
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Sabrina Tarchione is back again to provide some education on the most misunderstood coffee drink in the business.
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Cody Hughes locks arms with Simm as they take a stand against the worst appearance at any game night.
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Cody Hughes wants to see Patrick Mahomes score more touchdowns. He convinces Simm of a way to eliminate kicking from the game of football.
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As always, Simm thinks words have meaning. He is joined by Jason Rosema to discuss why it is that we label everything a documentary, and what that means for us as consumers. Shameless promos for "The Last Dance" included.
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Jason Rosema returns to the pod to deliver his take on athletic trainers vs. personal trainers, and Simm does the exact thing Jason is talking about in the freaking episode.
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First-time guest Jason Rosema joins Simm to discuss why it is that we feel the need to believe our region is the only place where weather changes. There's also an incidental hit-and-run on Luke Bryan and the thesis of a defense on talking about the weather in small talk.
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Attention all homeschoolers, Rex Kaemingk has you in his scopes.
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The Fox and Simm would like you to know that they really aren't that impressed with whatever baked goods your mother can make. They're fine, and that's okay.
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Simm panders to new guest and Washington native Rex Kaemingk on what to do with the confusion with having a state and a nation's capital with the same name.
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Lucas Sander is back to offer his help as a professional comedian as he and Simm put sarcasm in its rightful place... behind every other form of humor.
If you want more Lucas, which you do, then check out his comedy show on YouTube, Zander and Sander, which streams on Monday and Friday nights at 7 pm CST. Follow the links below for their social media and content.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq_Wq5e6yKni0FESDF8Ghw
https://twitter.com/ZanderAndSander
https://www.facebook.com/ZanderAndSander/
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Lucas Sander joins the pod to help us make decisions, and points out the benefits of being someone who doesn't say "I don't care."
If you want more Lucas, which you do, then check out his comedy show on YouTube, Zander and Sander, which streams on Monday and Friday nights at 7 pm CST. Follow the links below for their social media and content.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq_Wq5e6yKni0FESDF8Ghw
https://twitter.com/ZanderAndSander
https://www.facebook.com/ZanderAndSander/
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Josh Fischer and Simm think it's time we set up some boundaries on dad jokes.
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Josh Fischer thinks it's okay to undercut half of the TITH podcast library by saying food hot takes are bad hot takes. Simm can only go with him so far on this one...
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John Kaucher gets in a quick pod before returning home to Arizona, and both brags and trashes on his college degree in the process.
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Ashley Stanislav makes her pod debut to hash out why people chose to believe myths like La Croix having taste.
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Kit Fynaardt returns to personally attack Simm, who has often said "he's not good at math."
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Simm welcomes back Kit Fynaardt to discuss the way in which we define ourselves, and how many times it takes doing something for that to be true.
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Make last Friday the last Valentine's Day you ever celebrate and replace it with something better. Simm invites first-timer Josh Fischer on to improve the game of love.
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Cody Hughes appreciates your notes, but he hates the cards you've given him. It's time we move past this silly spectacle.
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Sabrina Tarchione hasn't told someone she's a vegan in five minutes, and would like to take on all-comers from the Midwest about the value of ranch.
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Sabrina Tarchione makes her podcast debut as Simm and her figure out a way to eliminate the irresponsible driving and parking of pick-ups.
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Caylan DeLucia has trouble rubbing the Disney glitter from her eyes to understand Simm's take on the uselessness of amusement parks.
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Micah Rens, son-uv-a-baker, has some thoughts on red velvet cake. Spoiler alert: It's the same thing as...
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Simm is sick of work wear becoming fashion, and has Micah Rens join him to discuss what can be done about this damaging clothing trend.
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Simm and Dana have their pod go a little off the rails, with a hefty dose of STATS! and mini-takes on how bad free throw shooters can look to improve their game.
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Dana comes off the top rope on the man he believes is the most overhyped and overexposed golfer of our generation.
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Simm and Hadyn Lee think it's time we added a step to the pooping process.
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Simm does not want to participate in the worst Christmas tradition of all.
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Sydney Hughes opens her vault of takes to go after formal dances, and why such thing should not exist.
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Simm is sick of the pissing contest and peacocking of his peers. It's time to end this once and for all: stop calling each other "Buddy."
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Daniel Tolsma brings the heat in his inaugural pod with a claim against those of us who don't do spicy food.
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James Warren thinks your favorite streaming service has ruined TV as he and Simm come to agree on a sad state of society.
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Kit Fynaardt goes after the big boys in video game "journalism"
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Simm and Kit Fynaardt have some ideas on how to better define dating relationships.
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Lizzy Johnston is back on to ask why Disney feels the need to remake all of their best stories in "live action."
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Lizzy Johnston feels personally attacked and Simm cannot fathom her worldview when it comes to cardinal directions
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Dana crashes in for an emergency pod to address an error of our society in regards to where we do Thanksgiving.
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Cody Hughes grabs the talking stick as he and Simm take on the fickle nature of sports fandom.
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Simm thinks you should take a person's gym etiquette into consideration when you are deciding to date.
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Hadyn Lee jumps on the pod to criticize the existence of an inferior form of peanut butter.
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Simm goes off on people who have decided to rely on the crutch of a commonly used phrase
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Dana "The Fox" Van Ostrand comes on to convince Simm there are only four food groups, with one major exception.
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Master of the House Michael Simmelink brings on Dana Van Ostrand to present his idea that ketchup is really not all that great...
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The trailer is out now for the highly anticipated release of the Take It To Heart podcast, hosted by Master of the House Michael Simmelink.
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