Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

If you sleep eight hours, there's sixteen hours left with which to work. One cigarette in the front dummy pack and last night’s dessert is known in today’s lymphatic massage. The ice cream behind the topping, forgotten. A soft arrow. Finding anchors during self-checkout meltdowns. Nostalgia is the big killer. Shallow breaths while watching TV and Toto toilet’s eagerness to receive your piss. A let...

The hags are at a crossroads when it comes to brewing tea. To see a three-inch text, be touched by it, then be swept in the current of life. A read receipts reveal. Four serums, but who was the hero? Jacqueline drafts an auto-reply. Kate sees herself in the face of coin. Beetlejuice on a vision board? For lack of a better word…yeah. Don’t get your neck adjusted. The rise of subtle before and after...

Construction paper, doilies, hearts drawn with varying depths of cleavage. Empty restaurants on Wednesday evenings. The Grove at closing time. A life in the arts rejects the calendar in favor of Valentine’s dinner on the 15th. The High School self misrepresented. Thespians, athletes, badges, and cut grass. Dating advice cannot save you, but have your fun hunting it down. Boom. This episode is spon...

Agamemnon cries in the margins of The Odyssey. Honored to fear nature, the glacier melts in a time-lapse. Alka-Seltzer’s effervescence. Still waiting on Koia to send pallets. Would you rather a rickety bridge or a narrow beam across a deep ravine?   🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe 🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store 👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store 📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast  ...

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the devastating fires in Los Angeles began. Looking for a way to directly support those affected by the LA fires? Visit this link . A huge clock in every room changes everything. Virgin as an adjective, not waiting for seed. Reading is the only thing—it’s all that’s left—and it’s sitting there, waiting. Is there any value in a human producing sense? Dreams ar...

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the devastating fires in Los Angeles began. Looking for a way to directly support those affected by the LA fires? Visit this link .  Sitting with a friend with a book and a finger. Kate and Jacqueline approach all books with the spirit of divination and discover the new Tarot. Only receive color analyses at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. Eyes crossed toward t...

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the devastating fires in Los Angeles began. Looking for a way to directly support those affected by the LA fires? Visit this link .  When Rocket Money fails to flag eight years of Masterclass. A healer suggests quitting caffeine. Maybe it was decaf the whole time? It’s not your hip; it’s your back. Recalling a flannel robe that needn’t be plaid. Little, magic...

Decision making is violent. You have to murder the other options. Consequences do not inspire us, but passion, urgency, interest, challenge and novelty do. Jacqueline brings along a novel planner she’s testing and Kate goes rabid for it. To make peace with finite time…again?  Marlton romance and the discovery of the Bowery’s history. Some clay figures purged then carried back from the trash. Looki...

Clucking in the Hen House. It’s New Year’s Eve, a loaded time for many, if you forget there are endless ways to throw away your life without throwing away your life. Exit the the prison of potential. To only keep the listener company, wouldn’t this be enough. p.s. eager to go to costco with lavaliers       🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe 🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store 👕 Offi...

Jacqueline and Kate are remote and eager to make their homes an environment where Christmas can thrive — but how? Clutter abounds. Coffee and chocolate is needed. The joy of the holiday persists, despite its intrinsic darkness.   🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe 🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store 👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store 📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast   If you ever hear an...

The Christmas episode. 🎄 CLICK TO SHOP THE XMAS HAG SHOP ! Yes, it's here. Built during this week's episode, this store is a Santa sack of wonders bursting at the seams. ✨ Hit refresh regularly—items are being added as fast as the hosts can remember things they like. 🛍️ Shop now.  🎭 HAGS ASSEMBLE! Follow this show now, rate, and review—share your love for Berlant and Novak's podcasting through...

A new cobbler and Wifi in the car. Kate makes a friend in the airport lounge. Jacqueline makes a frozen snowman cocktail design. The art of not looking lost in luxury spaces, boarding time as the only time, and the international terminal as humanity’s greatest achievement. Everything is potentially interesting and nothing need be quick. Caroline Myss’s Sacred Contracts.   🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 P...

Experience Christmas through the lens of a woman. Do the unimaginable: trust one’s taste and execute it in the home. The IKEA parking lot is an office. The threat of the wired sconce. Kate rides high on decisiveness. Jacqueline discloses her recurring Christmas nightmare …again. The burden on Lost & Found doesn’t increase daily. Integrate the dead. As an actor genuine shock may look cliche. En...

Don’t you dare clear the plates so soon. There’s an old joke about women and perfume. A lime scooter is briefly embraced, a Carex sun lamp meets blue blockers, a Whoop fitness tracker gets washed. Strategist over WireCutter but Berlant & Novak over both? The hosts will officiate your wedding at a date of their choosing.   🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe 🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: S...

In the fifth episode of the new podcast, a new table groans under the weight of Jacqueline and Kate’s pontifications… Your vegan patty needn’t cut like meat; just make something good. David Fincher must own up to his 12 pt error. When cabbage lacks the courtesy to rot and cubbies make no promises, reduce your inventory now. The clock is ticking on Kate’s closet build because the theme of the year...

It’s the morning after All Hallow’s Eve, and red LED illuminates the path. Costumes constructed to impress a dear friend. A tale of balance unattainable, Jung suggests. The art supply store supplies recommendations the artist ignores. At Zara's place, nary a red tag wags. To soar. To surrender. Having reinvented the box, be fed and satiated. Tears soak through the paywall. Flossed nerves slacken....

Kate and Jacqueline are back in the studio, lost in each other’s live gaze. Jacqueline texted a sweet late-night text professing her love for their "hysterical friendship." The two dive into the wine industry's decline, their shared fascination with the paranormal, the story of the "true Annabelle" doll, and play psychic games: Jacqueline pushes "extreme speed channeling" to amp up their telepathi...

The hosts are in the swing of the new show and perhaps it’s evidenced by discussions of comfort topics: infrared saunas and Adhd and wanting top tier gear on day 2 of a hobby … in order to make beach grilling dreams a part of life. Fountain pens. Delta lounges and Airbnb late night entry - concerns for a couple of entertainers who work the road. To defend one’s home against damning adjectives. The...

The very first episode of Berlant and Novak, one week after Poog’s untimely demise. A feat by all, hosts and hags alike. The kids got in the car in the middle of the night with little to go on but a dream. A new show, a new world, but it’s the people that make a place home. The excitement of being in person. Staring at each other’s faces, in an elegant void. Yes that was Poog but this is huge. The...

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This is an episode about faith, diaspora, and what ants are for. Jacqueline is mommy, and the world is your womb. Revelations in a time of rupture: everything “stimulates collagen”. Kate can’t stop smelling the beeswax candles from her cousin, and Jacqueline is searching for a song to mark the end. Holding up the roof as it caves in and taking ownership. Oh, to lie on the bed in the mid-morning an...

Going full placebo and confronting the parable’s obvious idiot. There is no safe chalice, with literacy and hydration at an all-time low. Softer clay. Why we must sleep, and dreams of cat arms wrapped around. What is the cost of donating one’s life to Instagram? Jacqueline would never brag about reading an article. Every day Kate’s hands don’t touch soil is a waste. In the garden of the mind, a bu...

$25 for a new life, and the need to be nudged. Should we not be driving from dead centre? Tradwife sippy cup fertility mug. The fear of looking like a pile of lymph leads Jacqueline to thrilling appointments with specialists, and then on a designer men’s shoe chase. An IV drip and a B12 shot in the ass—ring me up! Dreams of a backyard sauna…but will Kate draw the line at cold plunge? Blue eyeshado...

Clicking on pictures of motorcycles and haunted highways. Has the definition of extroversion changed? Cancelling and taking stock of the 365 days. Kate is healing through errands due to a meme from 6 years ago. Race for the cure? A bold move for someone who’s diminished emotionally. The retirement of a crutch via spiritual awakening… no pun intended. Sad fountain in the woods! Good Spirits, Courag...

A masseuse in Kate’s home reminds her of the necessity of addressing the angels and eating pears. New blocks are located, while Jacqueline scrambles pancakes. What else does one put in a dishwasher? Phone call avoidance and the myths of protein. The hours you’re asleep still count, but where does it start? A math lesson leaves Kate feeling seen. Mentioned: Dr. Dennis Gross; PlantStrong; Ilia; SURI...