Blerg! A 30 Rock Podcast

Patti LuPone busts back onto the scene as Frank’s mother, Silvia, who is pissed but mostly thrilled that Frankie and Liz are in love. Unfortunately, Frank’s girlfriend Lynn (Susan Sarandon) is under the desk and the truth will come out, putting Liz in the middle (of a mouse pile). Meanwhile, Jack teaches Kenneth paranoia and gets a visit from Stanley Tucci and Jenna and Tracy solve the mystery of...

It’s Leap Day and everyone but Liz is in the holiday spirit. Liz and Jenna end up in a slut off, Tracy tries to find a Leap Day miracle at Benihana, Kenneth has to show Jack the true meaning of the holiday, and in the background Jim Carrey and Andie MacDowell play out the Hollywood version of the holiday. Original Air Date: February 23, 2012 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find us at...

Jack feels called to political/vigilante duty after being mugged and Liz feels called away from a life of upright citizenship after receiving indecent and infectious treatment on the subway Only one can prevail as the two battle for the soul and future of NYC. Meanwhile, Jenna and Paul try normaling and Tracy helps Jack with his political campaign and agoraphobia. Original Air Date: February 16, 2...

606+607 | Hey, Baby, What’s Wrong It’s a big one! This double episode opens with the Criss (James Marsden) serenading Liz and closes with Hazel Wassername (Kristen Schaal) going full single white female. And in the meantime, Jack and Avery’s mother, Diana (Mary Steenburgen), fight their feelings, Jenna prepares to sing live through the yips with some coaching from Pete, and Tracy and Frank give Lu...

Liz finds herself in a Jack off as she and Jack renegotiate her contract using the Donaghy Method, Kenneth is hurt because no one noticed his absence and ditches the TGS crew for Suze Orman, and Tracy and Jenna perform as robots at a Bar Mitzvah and learn valuable life lessons. Original Air Date: February 2, 2012 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find us at patreon.com/takespod and cho...

Jenna has gotten too famous and she and Liz have a falling out. But in their pursuit of friends more like themselves, they realize variety really is the spice of life. Meanwhile Tracy really wants presents so he, Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) is sad, and Jack fired the pages and then made an oopsie daisy. Original Air Date: January 26, 2012 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find us at patre...

Jack’s meddling and official disapproval have caused some complications in the Criss/Liz relationship. Meanwhile Jenneth and Kelsey Grammer execute their plan to move a passed-out Pete, Tracy and Denise Richards get Liz to issue a normal apology to the idiot community, and Jack helps Devin Banks (Will Arnett) get his gaybies into private school. Original Air Date: January 26, 2012 Love the pod? Jo...

We finally get to meet Criss Chros (James Marsden) and he’s an adorable master of both craft hot dogs and M&M studded pancakes who Jack firmly disapproves of. Meanwhile, Jenna and Kenneth’s light bulb high jinks turn into a rescue mission for Pete that requires the assistance of their old pal Kelsey Grammar and Tracy starts and idiot protest.  Original Air Date: January 19, 2012 Love the...

Jenna’s found a new level of cruelty and fame as a judge of America’s Kids Got Singing , alongside John McEnroe and D’Fwan (Tituss Burgess). Liz is uncharacteristically happy after the break and it is freaking Tracy and Jack out. Meanwhile, no one’s worried about Kenneth’s declarations of the end of the times. Original Air Date: January 12, 2012 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find u...

As the TGS team winds down season 5, Jack is in a pretty bad place with the loss of Avery and seeks the comfort of Kenneth, the writers are stuck in the writer’s room in a never-ending video game, and Liz just wants to get away to spend the summer with shapeless clothes and Ina Garten in the Hamptons. Nothing goes to plan - Jenna and Paul can’t be "normal enough" to get wool, Tracy joins Liz in th...

Jack accidentally wishes for Avery to stay away more and now she’s a North Korean hostage who’s been married to Kim Jong-un. Liz decides to clean up her other apartment (aka Tracy’s hideout) but quickly get distracted by a single plastic bag in a tree and Tracy can’t accept that his entourage found something funny while he was gone. Original Air Date: April 28, 2011 Love the pod? Join our Patreon...

Everyone made it to episode 100! Almost. Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) wants to cut TGS short because of how bad it is without Tracy Jordan and he shows no sign of returning as long as his prestigious reputation remains intact. For added fun, a gas leak in 30 Rock triggers flashbacks, hallucinations and bad decisions. Guest stars galore, including Micheal Keaton, Tom Hanks, Dean Winters and Rachel Drat...

Liz and Kenneth can’t stand Tracy’s absence any longer and their hunt finally finds a successful conclusion. With the continued lack of a regular tv show, Jenna does a horror movie in Connecticut, Pete arm wrestles Rob Riggle and Jack brings in Phil Rosenthal (of Everybody Loves Raymond fame) to clean up Take My Hand. Original Air Date: April 14, 2011 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can...

With Tracy still hiding out in fake Africa, TGS is put on a forced hiatus and the whole cast and crew looks to their plan Bs. Which is when Liz realizes she doesn’t have one. Jack would love to help, but isn’t doing well at his own job and has to call in gay nemesis Devon Banks (Will Arnett) to help save his new network: TWINKS. Original Air Date: March 24, 2011 Love the pod? Join our Patreon part...

We take a break from our typical 30 Rock format and dive straight into Angie’s (Sherri Shepherd) world in an episode of Queen of Jordan. She brings drama, colorful characters and catchphrases galore (ham!). Meanwhile, Frank’s middle school romance with a teacher comes back when Lynn Onkman (Susan Sarandon) gets out of prison. Original Air Date: March 17, 2011 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party!...

TGS gets (not wrongly) accused of being misogynistic after a series of episodes with Jenna portraying powerful women who are thwarted by their periods. So Liz decides to bring in another writer - Abby Flynn (Cristin Milioti) a comedian who is using her sexuality and baby talk even more blatantly than Jenna. Meanwhile, Jack goes toe-to-toe with a 14-year-old girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) for the future...

After her breakup with Carol, Liz has decided to lean full spinster, down to the chip clip turned hair accessory. The entire TGS gang decides to go above and beyond to help Liz have a rebound with a man who turns out to be a Martha Stewart recommended sex worker (Eion Bailey) - it’s a good thing? Meanwhile, Jack is finding that fatherhood is bad for his negotiating skills…or is it? Original Air Da...

Jack and Liz’s relationships come to a head as their similarities show themselves for the double-edged sword that they are. Jack and Avery head towards the Canadian border in a mobile meth lab (driven by John Cho) before Jack finally quits in deference to Avery and baby’s health. Meanwhile, Liz and Carol (Matt Damon) have an increasingly tense showdown on a parked airplane leading to their relatio...

Avery is continuing to hide her pregnancy from her coworkers at 8 months, so when she and Liz run into fellow reporter Carmen Chao (Vanessa Minnillo) Liz goes all-in on her cover that she’s actually the pregnant one. Meanwhile, Jack struggles to adjust to Kabletown’s collaborative culture and Jenna and Tracy fight over a sweatshirt. Original Air Date: February 3, 2011 Love the pod? Join our Patreo...

GE’s gone and the gang at 30 Rock works for Kabletown now. Jack decides to rise to the challenge and create the most successful reality tv program possible - a celebrity benefit for disaster relief (disaster TBD) featuring Robert De Niro. Meanwhile Tracy and Liz get into it to the tune of “Uptown Girl” in order to avoid their drama being aired on Angie’s new reality show. Original Air Date: Januar...

There’s a mixup on a French Caribbean island and Liz winds up leaving Jack and Avery’s wedding as Mrs. Donaghy - chaos and many anguish squeals from Jonathan ensue. Jenna and Danny slip very quickly into the dynamic of a dysfunctional marriage and Tracy’s wife Angie (Sherri Shepherd) would like to give entertainment a try to ensure their family’s fortune - welcome to the Queen of Jordan. Also feat...

Problematic communication abounds at 30 Rock this week: Liz tries to use Kenneth as her therapist, subsequently breaking both him and then Jack, Jenna and Paul seem to want different things in their relationship, despite looking so similar, and Tracy’s “son” Donald can’t seem to come up with a business name that isn’t already taken. Original Air Date: December 2, 2010 Love the pod? Join our Patreo...

Liz accidentally wins the TGS crew lottery and becomes the coolest girl in school when she uses the cash to buy them beer and ice cream. Jack’s past comes back to haunt him when his voice winds up on pronunciation websites and GE’s new microwaves. To cope he and Pete bond in true college fashion - with beer, acoustic guitar and ponchos. Original Air Date: November 18, 2010 Love the pod? Join our P...

Liz’s new jeans force her to choose between her moral compass and how good her butt looks, Jack’s merger fears lead him to back an increasingly insane and racist Steve Austin (John Slattery) as a pro-business congressional candidate, and Jenna’s jealousy almost ruins Tracy’s chances at a Golden Globe - but Hard to Watch is just too good. Original Air Date: November 11, 2010 Love the pod? Join our...

After months of being charmed by the adorable weirdness of it, a hormonal Avery (Elizabeth Banks) decides she’s not okay with how close Liz and Jack are (and that Liz has a say in the baby’s name) so she insists Jack draw professional boundaries and seek a different mentee. Meanwhile, Liz is floundering watching her father (Buck Henry) come to town to flirt behind her mother’s back and she doesn’t...