Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

A technical issue leads to growth. The Thanksgiving walk. Juicers. Unitards. A coffee machine scramble. Pom and pomegranate and tart cherry. Mortality is indisputable. Salt and hydration. The Odyssey and continuing education are considered. . . Edited & mixed by Allie Graham. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-...

It’s time to send the hags your products for holiday gift guide review! Kate’s home alone for Thanksgiving day. Jacqueline’s at her parents house and people are arriving in 55 minutes. Innovations for the Buffet are discussed. Avoiding product contamination. The two pronged anxiety of skin looking great. Jacqueline tries to control Kate’s sneeze. Mother’s skin care picks.  . Edited and mixed...

Christmas is on the horizon. What brands will send gifts to the hags? Jacqueline and Kate discuss hotel room bathtubs and streaming in Canada. Kate is once again done with social media, and JN’s back on the mat. Curate your feed. Welcome to Nespresso, self-esteem and the integrity bank account. Spanx drops a new product. Bowls of Ice. Gua sha's real. So is red light. Near Infrared. Infrared. Death...

Yesterday Kate soared on Matcha while Jacqueline threw her book. When will she learn things are real? A stool test is on the horizon. Tropes we cannot escape. Is matcha the answer again? We find out that “Jackie” takes the cup home. It was glucose the whole time. Kate wants a juicer. Jacqueline has a theory about Jewel and Little Women. Widowers and cryo-bins. Never speak to a woman about her art....

Jacqueline and Kate have both returned from their trips. Pleasure is over, mission statements are coming. Foot dysmorphia. Seat maps and swimming in champagne. An omelet is delivered. Tables were carried overhead. Catamarans with fluffy scrambled eggs. The humble tourist, a real lesson. Rain is a blessing. Zippy. Microbiome. The fool always wins. Rose Inc. Freepeople. MD Solar Sciences. Super...

Kate’s just seen a gorgeous cousin and Jacqueline can’t leave Italy. Ambition is witnessed. Digestifs are praised. An uplifting restaurant moment is shared. The “best onion rings of your life.” An ocean stone for gua sha. Something pineal. Kate makes a fish and tomato promise. Jacqueline pushed True Blood. The hags discuss riding a horse. Spicy Tuna is on the way.  . . . . . This episode was...

Kate and Jacqueline are both back on the athletic greens. Kate has planned a trip. Colds really last. Kate nearly bailed on a socially explosive dinner. The word manifest. It’s not sloth. It’s not gluttony. Kate’s getting something serious installed and Jacqueline’s waiting for a good flight deal to come home. How many archetypes in a day? Holidays near. Getting a facial at the dermatologist? . ....

Kate’s at wedding weekend and wants to bitch about construction noise. Jacqueline has settled into saying ciao and scusa. The remains of going to the ice machine and donning the second mask. Women who once said no to Kate. The crone whore at the wedding. Engage the elders. Kate has a heated exchange at LAX and loves it. The pressure to be enchanted by the child. Marion Parke heels. . . . . . This...

Kate’s micro-meltdown was intimacy and JN shook her body so an Italian tailor could identify her size. Primi, Secondi, and an instagram cleanse. It’s enough. Celebrate Tom Cruise now. How deep is the ocean? The hags die together in space, at peace and sharing a glance. The Prestige and Marley and Me. Jacqueline will vouch for nothing. Kate considers laser again.  . . . . . This episode was edited...

Still an ocean between them, Kate and Jacqueline surmounting internet and audio issues to succeed in bringing forth an episode of Poog. They investigate the topic of the house gift and thank you notes, and they consider the holidays ahead. Mopeds rush by in Jacqueline’s Italian audio ambiance, while Kate ingests construction fumes. The branding path of Benefit, Clinique, and Lauder in years past i...

Jacqueline loves radical healing and ponders making nighttime huge. Kate considers IV therapy and senses she’ll need snorkeling restoration in the winter. To build a spine back piece by piece, it takes hours. Fall asleep you start again. Jacqueline’s jealous of Kate’s vocal steamer. Normal marital hate. Neurons fire and wire and even prune from disuse.  . . . . . This episode was ed...

A technical failure an ocean between them, the hags must converse without conversing. The art of conversation falls apart when rhythm is removed. And still the hags endure. Transparency at all costs. Jacqueline dines and writes in a tiny romantic attic in Rome. Kates hustles to the theater under the scalding New York Sun. Juilliard is grasped. . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C....

Jacqueline will be in Rome this week and is eager for recs. Kate’s loving NYC and wants a facialist suggestion. They reminisce about a time Kate bailed. Kate is stunned by the miracle of food delivery. Staying at a friend’s or an airbnb is a topic they only just begin to discuss. The scroll and the refresh. It’s been weeks.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See...

This week's episode is a remix, a recapitulation, indeed a recontextualization of the Hags' most erudite excursions into film and television.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

10% fat yogurt. Replacing mascara. The hags are stressed and tired and the product suffers. Kate is uninterested in Jacqueline’s arm. Jacqueline retaliates at end of episode with a reveal. Kate’s back on bottled water. Jacqueline is wildly dehydrated. Being told to let the earth carry you and all of that. Two massages, neither quite right. Spider strategies.  . . . . . This episode was edited...

The Hags are on an eight hour time difference from each other LA and Scotland. Indecision descends as Kate chooses her birthday treat at Sephora. Negative visualization and Stoicism are experienced via an app. Listeners may note: Jacqueline references her own metaphor from a previous episode, lake full of fish, and Kate does not recall it. Jacqueline wonders what makes a product purple, Kate finds...

Poog in the AM and dinner in the PM. Does Kate have Prickly heat, darling? Going out to dinner with their gals clothes. Leechee Martini plans. Trying someone else’s drink. Los Angeles. Explosive meals and remembrances. Squash blossoms, patatas bravas. Hanicure. A facialist retires.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Kate reclines as Jacqueline takes Kate through a depressive swirl. John Lithgow’s Churchill, the question of prosthetics and realism in film. Stella Adler. HBD, Kate. The Lychee Martini @ JAR. That which is overhead at the pool. Tearing the curtains, throwing the laptop. Experimenting with not collapsing. JN's Grub Street breakdown. A warm ceramic lantern. The fear of being misunderstood as some b...

Depression’s passing through and Jacqueline discusses it at Kate’s request, nearly endorsing a sponsor to a priceless degree. Identity questions stymie her efforts. Lemon drinks continue, pith and all. Kate removed the seeds. JN brings tyrannical skincare opinions to her old pals. It's time to face the home and for KB to face the basement. Let's pull out all the stops and use all the tools. The ha...

Jacqueline had a back spasm, vasovagal symptoms, and can’t wait to talk about it. Kate is taken with a squirrel and not that interested in muscles. Spirits come alive when a new expression of lemon water is brought to the table. Jacqueline’s favorite moment in District 9 is recounted. Kate will travel with a blender.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See Privacy...

Kate woke up without water. Jacqueline bought brushes at Target. Kate gears up to buy a computer and return a body shimmer. Time and space and weight in books, the internet, and ultimately math. Rose gold plastics. Self-directed hotel workouts. Some boys laugh in the gym. The hags have a mathematical break through.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See omnystudio.com...

The hags consider the angle and proximity of foot to table. Jacqueline is showing two profound signs of depletion. Kate dines alone. The courage to be a dud. Friends as need fulfillment machines. Hellish detours. Jetskis bounce along the East River.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Fury and rage have unraveled the hags and changed them permanently. It feels like an ugly Poog. Comfort topics include: hotels, planes, and restaurants. A fresh longing emerges to remineralize and embrace amino acids. Jacqueline visited the Fleur Noir in Palm Springs, ate Sushi in the wind, and got an IV bag of vitamins. Kate finally visited Two Bunch and found the hot spring pools too hot. Going...

This week the hags bring high octane energy. The Breton top is considered. Pinkberry is reconsidered. Boutique hotels have drawbacks. Kate experienced a psilocybin side effect. Jacqueline had a dark experience with some cookies. Self-consciousness around tone of voices arises.  . . . . . This episode was edited and engineered by C. Tweedie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

The hags return this week, meeting their minds where they’re at and having no misgivings. The symbolism of high-SPF sunscreen, cartoonish inchworms, and self-hating magicians are discussed. The nature of comedy is NOT discussed. Jacqueline fantasizes about knocking on a table, perhaps the only true form of community. Kate becomes an Ilia ambassador live on air. Long foam bendable whatevers. The pr...