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Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

298 episodes

An ongoing conversation about wellness from two obsessive friends. Jacqueline Novak and Kate Berlant have been inviting eavesdroppers into their conversations since 2020, and now their award-winning podcast returns. New episodes every Tuesday. Listen ad-free by becoming a premium Hag.

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  1. Company

    · 54 min · Explicit

    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…

  2. It's Christmas Eve

    · 55 min · Explicit

    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…

  3. Hag Xmas Gift Guide

    · 39 min · Explicit

    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…

  4. To Be a Woman, Traveling

    · 51 min · Explicit

    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…

  5. Trip on a Grave

    · 55 min · Explicit

    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.…

  6. Interpellation

    · 56 min · Explicit

    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…

  7. The Fascia’s on You

    · 51 min · Explicit

    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…

  8. Halloween Peabody

    · 1 h 10 min · Explicit

    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…

  9. Wine is Over

    · 1 h 03 min · Explicit

    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…

  10. Internet 2

    · 53 min · Explicit

    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…

  11. Welcome

    · 49 min · Explicit

    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,…

  12. Berlant & Novak - The New Podcast from Poog's Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

    · 1:43 · Trailer

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  13. Goodbye Poog

    · 1 h 07 min

    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…

  14. Those Who Struggle

    · 55 min

    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…

  15. When They Come For You

    · 1 h 09 min

    $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…

  16. Bad Fine

    · 57 min

    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…

  17. A Zero Involved

    · 1 h 04 min

    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…

  18. Skinny Marg

    · 1 h 16 min

    Open bins and thick nails. Is she gonna be screaming all night? Jacqueline’s true thoughts on Improv Everywhere, and the shadow of a blogger. 2 days or 2 years? Elegante. Kate recalls hearing a white rap in total…

  19. Sip the Wind

    · 51 min

    Do you feel off? Jacqueline’s not convinced by the 'truth of dermis.' It was a bad joke, but sweetness was located as the issue. Flapjacks for the table: Lychee, Passion, Espresso. Kate could spot marbleization…

  20. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

    · 1 h 13 min

    A gift for getting through this. LA is for drinking out of jars and getting filler quietly in the night. Kate’s not in Tuscany—she’s not even at a bar. Cry wolfina…blueberries and small curds are the answer. Broth…

  21. Finally, a Medical Issue!

    · 58 min

    Aligned with a doctor, and finding that the truth is apparent. Son baggage and punishment for the fertile. Griffin Dunne? Frank conversations about identity with medical staff… this is a privilege. Pee before you…

  22. Keep Going

    · 1 h 19 min

    Gesture, Jester... we all know the mirror’s flipped, right? The drink of the summer is in Kate’s loser tradwife sippy cup. Jacqueline reflects on the response to ‘plant points’. Has Kate been under-SPF-ing? Huge week…

  23. You’re… Really Pretty

    · 1 h 14 min

    Whatever happened to Born This Way? Beyond notes, and placing the tiara on the coma patient. Orthopaedic shoes on each hand and a retainer stabilizing the ankle. Should you walk the room or stand dead center? A plan to…

  24. How Do I Seem?

    · 1 h 08 min

    A strange state drives Kate to watch the birds and the bees. Rest your coffee inside the ring. Using the language of Others, passing the window and not looking in, and grazing the fly. Regret, reflection and a promise…

  25. Laugh Lines

    · 1 h 22 min

    Reading The Sabbath and watching The Frisco Kid. Why scroll when you could build cathedrals in time? The orange tree gives two negronis and a troubling preference for bad movies is questioned. When blood becomes…

  26. River Flowing Backwards

    · 1 h 12 min

    The inevitability of developing cortisol face and the lawlessness of Zoom support groups. With talk of a rancher’s husband, Kate requires a Buddhism IV drip directly to the arm. With the instinct to avoid…

  27. Two Hogs Sewn Together

    · 52 min

    Beauty and wellness tips from two hogs. Sorry, which hole? Rest assured this is Vaudeville, there was no mirror. You wanna go to Kate’s Cafe? A 'W' so flowery it evokes music. Elizabeth & Sarah & Tracy & Me. The shoes…

  28. Torn Basil

    · 1 h 08 min

    Jacqueline enters in felted mules, stung. A doctor abused Kate by not taking her call. Extreme sport bandaids, flying hydrocolloidals. Acting is real and ADT is a scam. Major. Depressive. Disorder. A pharmacy run-in a…

  29. I Work Nights

    · 50 min

    Finally, a pharmacy with a restaurant! What if Kate was a big-jugged nurse on the night shift, and Jacqueline always ordered directly from the Goop Kitchen app? Dr. Loretta on the doorstep, and it really is much easier…

  30. This is Not My Friend

    · 57 min

    The dream of a communist pharmacist and the control needed to not throw your phone against a wall. Often we must play the role. Driving while engaging the abs and the pride of seeing your daughter on screen. You wanna…

  31. My First Rodeo

    · 57 min

    Pizza, cherry pie, and the urge to take off running once your table is ready. If Jacqueline enjoyed it yesterday, she wants it again today. Kate is trying as hard as she can. A spider’s glance. Superbills and psychic…

  32. The Moon in Your House

    · 55 min

    Sorry, what’s your name? Grinning in a movie theatre bathroom stall, and weeping in the car watching NASA Live. Fascination at the ‘close friends’ of the ultra-famous. Is it Baudrillard or Baudelaire? Applauding…

  33. Evil Poog

    · 59 min

    Presented with a porous board and sepsis for everyone we've ever met. Suffer not one exception. What is it about 4:10pm on a Friday? A return to herbs and bank culture. The unitard is not sweaty, it’s completely…

  34. It's Just a Life

    · 59 min

    A low dose of adderall and the unexamined life… I’m listening! Kate is asked to explain what POOG is, while Jacqueline’s zealousness is often mistaken for sarcasm. The cord is not the problem, but the annuals aren’t…

  35. Stewing Separately

    · 53 min

    Attacking the face with hydrafacials and the velvety sleep that can only come from action thrillers. Jacqueline naps like a soldier and Kate waits for two açai bowls that never come. The wide flavor of banana is…

  36. Reset the Room

    · 1 h 02 min

    Lying in repose and sailing through the air. Preparing for the bleed and the implications of resetting a room. Are oysters just vessels for vinegar? Woman's Stomach Swells, Chris is sent out for Diet Coke. Pump it out,…

  37. Ugly Duckling

    · 59 min

    Strutting down Sunset Boulevard drinking the juice of another store. A cradle on wheels and baskets that don't fit cause confusion. Refusing the culture of weekend vs weekday and watching The Bachelor as sport. Skinny…

  38. Fools and Little Children

    · 54 min

    All dogs are puppies and all cats are kittens. You have to sit with dignity to meditate. The question of the retinol bump and when to judge the day. Who cares if years lie fallow? Kate calls a club a spade, and…

  39. Warm in the Hand

    · 1 h 10 min

    One week you’re gorgeous…the next week? You’re hideous. Waking up to pee and Shark Tank raw to the dome. ADD 2.0 was heard in full on the road. Blinds shut, curtains closed, not even looking at the view. Jacqueline…

  40. These Women and Their Ping Pongs

    · 1 h 02 min

    The body just wants yesterday, again. A stranger's office. Kate became the awareness. Jacqueline remembers the crystal shops. To ask, will that ever be me again? Holding the jade egg. Sensing what aisle to turn down.…

  41. REMIX: The Road to GOYK

    · 1 h 06 min

    Look, folks. Kate’s in the midst of the final week of her sold out KATE run at the Pasadena Playhouse. Jacqueline’s doing rabid press for the Get on Your Knees premiere. So a remix is on offer. The theme is the road to…

  42. POOG LIVE: Pretend You Don’t See Me

    · 58 min

    Is the first thought best? Escrow and group munchausen by proxy. It’s radical, punk and brave to go anywhere alone. Somatic anger at the baby. Maps of restaurants and performing noticing. Kate is not Mariah Carey.…

  43. POOG LIVE: Poet Blouse

    · 1 h 15 min

    I could go all night with you two. Six Feet Under. To see a twin without their twin… the vanity suddenly looked beautiful. Good girl syndrome and defending The Ritz like she built it. Don’t blow my brother! National…

  44. POOG LIVE: Chivalry Games

    · 58 min

    A case of diagonal interlopers. Ma’am, when you’re done on your phone, I’d like to get my coffee. Do not underestimate the stress of anything. AstraZeneca? Again, Kate was happy to pay… and a little tipsy off two…

  45. POOG LIVE: The First Guest

    · 1 h 09 min

    Moments from The Road to Christmas' stops in Philly and Vancouver: Is there a woman in the room? Woah, woah, WOAH! The Blair Witch Project and other found footage. First guest and first sneeze. Pilots are poets. One…

  46. REMIX: The Man with the Bag

    · 53 min

    Merch is live and the hags are on tour with the Road to Christmas. PoogLive.com for tix and gifts! Here’s a holiday medley of charming Christmas chatter from previous years. Everybody's waiting for the man with the…

  47. Go Back to Houston

    · 1 h 09 min

    Soaring Poog! Solid seamless is luxury. Honoring your interests above my own neurodivergence. The spoons were dropped. Those with reverence and glory for flavors. A Hillstone Memory. There’s been an overall lack of…

  48. Jelly Below, Jelly Above

    · 1 h 07 min

    Poog goes on tour next week! The Road to Christmas in Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, San Fran, LA, Philly, DC, NYC. You’ll want to bring a Santa’s sack to haul home your merch. It’s a girl’s trip of course. Hoping for…

  49. It's All Abuse

    · 1 h 17 min

    Merch is currently in production and tour approaches. Password recovery as elder abuse. To die by the hand of your child. When they went after Sagan. ADHD and unfinished threads. A thirty year old who just doesn’t have…

  50. Careful… You’ll Rust

    · 1 h 12 min

    What it means to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Jacqueline has profoundly lowered her caffeine intake and is taking it 2 days at a time. Is water BAD FOR YOU? Caulk and grout, never the two shall meet. Safety on…

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