Sex, politics, pop culture, and all things ridiculous. One show. Two women. Endless possibilities.
We started take it to 2 four years ago. It was a simple idea. The two of us ( @agbaba and @ekpickle) talking about anything and everything as if no one were listening. Originally we thought we would try and capture the magic that was us talking complete nonsense on set. Yes, we really are that delusional!
Take it to 2 comes from ‘walkie talkie’ speak meaning to switch over to channel 2. When on a set, channel 1 is the main channel. It’s the place where everyone goes to listen to directions from the directors and production team and where the main actions of set are announced. If someone tells you to take it to 2, it means your conversation is not necessary for everyone else to hear. What that really means is that if you are told to go to 2, everyone slyly switches over to hear what private conversation is going on.
I’ve heard people get yelled at on channel 2, I’ve heard people get fired… I’ve even heard people discuss their feelings about each other on this ‘private’ channel. The idea for the show was to give the listening audience the sense that they were joining in on a conversation that maybe they weren’t supposed to be hearing. Almost like a eavsedropper’s personal fantasy.
The show has taken many twists and turns as we’ve recorded. If you listen to the first handful of shows, you hear us constantly interrupting each other, you can hear our nerves get the better of us and you can even hear a few stories that perhaps we should have kept to ourselves. But as we got used to being in front of the mics and we started listening to other podcasts those foibles started to disappear.
Our goals for the show have transitioned some, but the main idea is still there. To have a show where the listening audience feels like they are tuning in on two people having a private conversation about pop culture, politics, family, sex, life, etc. Basically anything you can imagine. We feel that as long as we are making each other laugh we are on the right track.
We were lucky enough to be featured on iTunes as a new comedic show to watch (well listen) and have been included on a few lists of shows to download. We are constantly working on the format of the show to try and make it have some sense – since we, clearly, do not! Our audience has remained fairly consistent and thankfully has continued to grow.
For us, the show has been a way to flex our creative muscles. Our day job is to make other’s creative dreams come true, it seemed a waste for us to not work on our own. At this point we are working on finding a way to have a consistent schedule for our shows and a way for us to record remotely. After that we are hoping to create a proper opening for the show – maybe a theme song, maybe a clip of a previous show? Who knows, but the point is we are still a work in progress.
