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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. Losing the Thread

    · 1 h 12 min

    Jacqueline and Kate daydream about the upcoming Poog Tour (pooglive.com). ADHD 2.0. Wearing a sports bra as a top. We are born to mimic. The Liberace rule threatens the hags. Kate enjoys a romantic decaf cappuccino on…

  2. Six is a Great Number

    · 1 h 00 min

    With tickets on sale at pooglive.com, brands scramble to outfit the hags for their tour. An all-orange halloween party. Discount animatronics in fresh costumes. Not another recipe about how spaghetti squash is pasta.…

  3. Through the Terminal

    · 1 h 15 min

    The Road to Christmas tour is here! Tickets go on sale tomorrow October 25th @ pooglive.com — use early access code ‘HAG’ to get your tickets before the general public. It’s Meal Prep Fall and Jacqueline’s praying to…

  4. Ask Three, Then Me

    · 53 min

    Deck the halls, Halloween will come and go. A chill descends and the Hags are begging for kitchen products. Will pay through the nose to avoid PFAs without ability to articulate the acronym. Gifts sent hagward best be…

  5. Bonks That Kill

    · 1 h 08 min

    Kate is back in the States and her California pride is in full swing. Jacqueline walked into a tree. The hazards of hats. Folding chairs outside the ER. No heavy thinking and no screens. Why must it be a “beautiful…

  6. REMIX: The Hags Talk Restaurants

    · 1 h 13 min

    A compilation episode of the Hags talking restaurants. Cherries rolling on the hardwood, Alice Waters, Restorative Broth, Microgreens in a menu item, and dining alone. The anchor of the torq causing the spill. Black…

  7. REMIX: The Jamaica Break-In

    · 58 min

    This week's episode is a cross episode compilation of Kate's Jamaica Incident with the Boys in Philly. We're the best law firm in the world. 7 beers for the band. Sometimes you have to be the entire reason someone goes…

  8. Am I Fucking Ripped?

    · 1 h 08 min

    London, do you have your tickets for KATE? Poog is on tiktok now (@thisispoog). One slutty pair of heels, one sensible pair of heels and the erotics of the full bottle on the trip. Half a klonopin, straight to heaven.…

  9. God's My Friend

    · 57 min

    Spiritual advice from the business section. Bring your hate and depression to the altar. Packing light: one pair of jeans, one pair of evening pants. Recent house guests may have had some sticky fingers. No more…

  10. POOG: Keep Out

    · 1 h 02 min

    This is a comedy podcast run by a couple of bitches. A mandatory hour a day at the library or you become branded. Kate tried to return air, two open hands, and a frown. Jacqueline reads to Kate but the words aren’t…

  11. Give Me 7 Days

    · 56 min

    Jacqueline studied while Kate moved on. Mood is in disrepair and products were purchased out of pocket. Brows. Dessert and Aperol addiction. London Bridge is Falling Down. Kate finally watched The Deepest Breath.…

  12. Piano-playing Baby

    · 54 min

    Jacqueline's alone and waits for dawn. Kate enacts her cruel curation. A leaf blower to the cobwebs. Getting locked out again. Neighbor chickens and babies. Lectin or Lecithin. Hydration or Moisturization. A run-in…

  13. P Double O G

    · 1 h 01 min

    Kate’s mouth is in tatters and Jacqueline is depleted, but they still find the strength to record. Garment washing protocol and items past their sell by date. Kate’s never heard a little ditty. A horse's nose. Products…

  14. I Am Okay

    · 1 h 09 min

    This week the hags are formally begging for Armra powder, vouchers for sessions at Pause, and cases of Swoon, after weeks of free promotion. Whether or not to talk of one’s diminishment. Ice packs for naps. Kate is…

  15. REMIX: The Hags Talk Travel

    · 59 min

    Vintage delights including reflections on: continental breakfast, a water visit, the perfect seashell, the last liminal space, a bag taken off the belt and an uber catastrophe. Thank you for flying PoogAir. This…

  16. Alienated Majesty

    · 1 h 00 min

    Kate and community. Her social, caffeinated mornings in the neighborhood. The inherently Jewish ability to dazzle a coffee shop. Kate's interested in Prolon, Jacqueline's famously done the Master Cleanse and broke it…

  17. Pull a Hog Hog

    · 1 h 06 min

    Kate’s back from Rome and Jacqueline is fresh off a nap. Screens on the flight. Can we get this man a board? Unbelievably, unexpectedly granted access to a lounge. Best Pret. Double salads and puddings. What does it…

  18. Where's the Thinker?

    · 56 min

    You’re not a fraud if your pathology briefly lifts. Kate has found a pretty good deodorant and Jacqueline replies to a friend’s Bader inquiry. Eye contact with an advertisement. A particular makeup wipe is affirmed.…

  19. The Mushroom Fog Hut

    · 56 min

    When you recommend Poog and it’s a couple of broads sitting in silence. Beyond the smear, the dribble, the dry ice of molecular gastronomy. The bedroom eye and a fundamental misunderstanding of the magic. Electrolyte…

  20. Heavy Hangers

    · 1 h 06 min

    Kate got eaten alive and will die in this town. Days before the taping, JN has and hasn’t let go. A porridge is introduced but no mugs will suffice for dinner. The British in Hollywood. An Oscar special must be done.…

  21. Scratch on the Yacht

    · 57 min

    A glimpse into the Hags’ text thread, sisterhood. Unexpected Poog listeners continue to reveal themselves. Seeing an ad for a product you already have. If it's truly the shadow, you do not see it. Dreams of an owl. 5…

  22. A Solemn Affair

    · 1 h 03 min

    Kate’s been out dancing the night away again and Jacqueline got THE facial. An inexplicable pimple’s origin. Motor Mouth in the Chair, Celsius in the Mouth. Was it… the umbilical all along? The hags don’t claim to be…

  23. The Belly of the Whale

    · 1 h 00 min

    Jacqueline enters vibrating from her bionic thighs. Kate fell asleep reading like Rembrandt. A cat sanctuary, the death of Caesar, historicity and a Hemp Virginia Slim. Modernity robs. A new high end hand cream with a…

  24. Instant Grief

    · 1 h 13 min

    Kate has been working out. Jacqueline’s “wedding” is a euphemism for taping her special. Naked dancing again. Should we fear the plastics of our blenders? The Jackie Special. Going beyond the breaking point. Where is…

  25. Hysterica Globosina

    · 1 h 02 min

    A glass of milk in its many forms. Advocating for your hunger as a guest in someone’s home. Push push box box, what percentage of the hags are already Formula 1 fans? Pain has arrived and left already since the last…

  26. Soaring and Boring

    · 1 h 03 min

    The hags use a new device all throughout the episode. Tennis is part of the program now. A baby elephant eats sugarcane and hides behind a light post. Is a cinema practice worth starting? Jacqueline is in a Poog…

  27. Nothing is Over

    · 58 min

    From Lamaze to Le Mans to Lyma to lemons. The conversation continues from last week on human amusements at the cost of disaster. A massive skinning. A negative in the sunlight. To think of the cold as pain. A visit to…

  28. Piss Only

    · 57 min

    The New Jersey sessions are more than airable. Kate’s in a hotel and hungry. Jacqueline did an ice plunge and took audio. A friend’s enthusiasm for The Bodyguard. The speed of the moon. The rollercoaster stomach drop.…

  29. It’s Okay It Will Decay

    · 1 h 08 min

    A “couple of comedy gals” are back after throwing an episode in the trash. The burned episode will be regularly referenced and it may just be airable, folks. Passive exercise is finally here. Gift us, don’t phone us.…

  30. You in a Backless Red Dress

    · 54 min

    Tartuffe, Boethius, Dante. The purges continue to free up psychic weight. Jacqueline records from her office-turned-Tracy Cave. Kate’s drawers have been dry-lubed and an Ikea dresser is about to hit the street. The…

  31. You Threw It All Away

    · 1 h 10 min

    The hags reckon with the robotic vacuum, the hotel refund, and when a press kit is ignored. What was all their work for? Forget the leaf, consider the hands. To be turned on by one’s home. When a mug is left behind and…

  32. Call the Boys in Philly

    · 1 h 20 min

    Jacqueline records live from the greatest hotel in Austin and maybe anywhere, The Hotel St Cecilia. Kate just returned from a trip in a no-name hotel where the sole responsibility of a hotel was not fulfilled.…

  33. Fucked By My Own Genius

    · 1 h 14 min

    Levitating on coffee there is a lot to say. It’s time to get serious with shadow work. Don’t you dare doubt our ADD as modernity. Sonos blasting Chopin throughout the home. An eight hour audio to take you through the…

  34. A Butterfly Pinned

    · 1 h 02 min

    Jacqueline is quarantined in a Colorado hotel and Kate’s got her right where she wants her. Talking oneself into a nut milk maker and getting feet measured by a professional. To curl the eyelash when a hawk flies in.…

  35. Call the Tribunal

    · 1 h 05 min

    Twins this week, the hags were both in NY. They saw each other in a hotel lobby and had the burger together. Jacqueline did her workout in-studio for the first time. Is hot water on the face an issue? Kate likes to be…

  36. Locking in Sedona

    · 58 min

    If the gifts don’t arrive at both hags’ homes…it’s no longer getting posted. Bottles are falling everywhere. Jacqueline doubts Kate’s Açaí bowl. The Hags envision a better bathroom, the ideal decluttering service, and…

  37. They're Howling

    · 1 h 10 min

    The hags will be together in NYC for four dinners…what restaurateurs will offer to host them in a private room? Jacqueline sources clamshell backpacks for her and Kate. Peanuts and yellow bananas are actively bad for…

  38. Hungry, Naked, Need to Shower: Part 2 (Burgers)

    · 55 min

    Time leaps forward twice in Part Two, so hold on to your tin hats. Jacqueline gets Kate fed and showered, aiding her in a room service burger-ordering quest that leads to a weeklong investigation of (in)consistency in…

  39. Hungry, Naked, Need to Shower: Part 1

    · 58 min

    Fury and meat in the morning. Kate got that IV drip. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Kate justifies her choices. New policy versus a special treat. A few depression showering tips for energy management. How…

  40. The Alleged Ball

    · 55 min · Explicit

    New Years, 2023 and the hags are not banging down the door at Planet Fitness. The Times Square Ball Drop is thoroughly investigated. Shroomami, floga, and finding the self in retail relations. Journaling by hand for a…

  41. Lock in Peppermint Now

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    Kate was the most beautiful she’s ever been two weeks ago. Jacqueline was hospitalized as a child. The fragility of fathers and loaded eye contact with animals are considered. Shame and when Arnie overhears. All…

  42. A Tower of Profiterole

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    The hags went for their big night at Jar. Crying while driving, it’s time for the ashram. To identify the true medicine. To be refined in the fires of suffering. The critic. Ice cold water. Tomatoes in November. Loose…

  43. The Eavesdroppers

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    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…

  44. The Terror of Good Skin

    · 56 min · Explicit

    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…

  45. Onto Which

    · 1 h 05 min · Explicit

    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…

  46. When it Sours

    · 1 h 19 min · Explicit

    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…

  47. First in the Water

    · 1 h 16 min · Explicit

    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.…

  48. The Presence of Horses

    · 1 h 03 min · Explicit

    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…

  49. You go, Girl!

    · 1 h 06 min · Explicit

    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…

  50. Buttering the Shoe

    · 1 h 07 min · Explicit

    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…

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