Berlant & Novak

What am I bringing back out of the trash? Jacqueline frees Kate from ADHD paralysis, as countless hacks are shared. A hamper in every room! Running down the clock and days spent in parking lots. A leaning tower of pants and folding within reason. Revisiting Kate’s ‘bad phone’ — or ‘correspondence’ — system. DIY desk-making has always been huge for Jacqueline. Chugging water with a hand up in the air: morning module! 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

This week, we’re taking free feeders behind the paywall, and over to Paris. Jacqueline and Kate found themselves in the city of love at the same time, last spring… and it was incredible. This episode was heard first by our Premium Subscribers, as part of the monthly bonus recordings Kate and Jacqueline record for them. If you want to get monthly bonus episodes along with other perks, head over to http://berlantnovak.supercast.com to become a subscriber. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

In this special recording from the Berlant & Novak vault, Kate suffers chimney sweep-induced TMJ flare. What to do when the line goes dead and the mailbox is full? It’s a dirty job. A jaw dislodged and the practice of refunding, examined. Free soot-foot photos, a corner cobweb, and a rage that shakes. Cleaner Gary didn’t lie: soot is the most difficult thing to get out. Jacqueline’s view on bad reviews is unveiled. The Hags are called to listen, not act… let our community not spread more soot, but instead seek to sweep it. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Is it a three or four-broom hotel? Memories of Kate’s first Ritz and the dread of lobby coffee. Hags are always welcome at Jacqueline's Copper Inn. Is that a BJ stain on the performance velvet couch? A tough Ludlow and what to do when the cleaner walks in on you naked. Kate makes a call to the front desk after a disturbing night in Bend, Oregon… He’s God fearin’. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Mister Cabbage, it’s me. Jacqueline’s honest answer elicits laughter from a school psychologist & an attic tutor rewards Kate with candy. Childhood photos and the formative experience of shopping with a peer. Student council and film club. Framing a child? When Jacqueline was a candle maker and Kate went to The Price Is Right. The 13-year-old period fear that still lingers, and the life phases reviewed. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Let’s start with the goal, right? Eclipse season looms large, as Kate and Jacqueline meet eyes under the studio lights. A search for meaning around some light symptoms inspires a Novak analysis. Caroline Myss graces Hag ears as Jacqueline bemoans Kate not submitting to this recommendation earlier. The ego wants to call even when there is no question. Male healers are remembered for their unorthodox tools and middling results. When the phone dies, birds are singing. Amid the reckoning of generic Wellbutrin, a new ADD method is born. Deviated septum nose job culture and a boyfriend in medical school — act now or die! 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

It’s never personal, except for when it is. In studio this week, where Jacqueline’s headache is quelled with Kate’s purse pills. At hag homes, small rooms get big beds. Kate’s ass is on a pillow and her legs are against the wall. Hags must beware a tight neck. When the barista harbors a personal grudge and top hats stay hidden. Complementary schismogenesis means the martini tastes better if it was made just for you? Read a book, earn a book. Edited and mixed by Allie Graham Music by Naomi McPherson 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Glory when someone submits to your recommendation. Jacqueline and Kate revisit the hardest acting challenge: surprise. The Hags’ second ever guest breaks in unexpectedly much like a tiger into a church, and childhood memories of vomit re-examined. Jacqueline was cabinet maker before she was ever a standup comedian. And Uncle Fester meant more than you know to Kate. Sometimes the art is too good and other times civic rage drives one to use big words poorly. In other news, Kate is starting pre-med and Jacqueline’s becoming a trial lawyer. It's always and therefore never too late. Edited and mixed by Allie GrahamMusic by Naomi McPherson 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Kate and Jacqueline analyze what made a man on Twitter say such a nasty thing. The hags reflect on the indecency of Pop Crave and the courage it takes to feel ugly next to beautiful women. Jacqueline recounts interactions with trolls and Kate considers starting a Serial-esque podcast to get closure. Some of these men have dogs — daughters, even. Ultimately, this is the abstraction of violence — but the Hags wonder whether Daniel was just fulfilling his sacred contract to Kate. The walking brain is different and if you post about Tom Cruise he will see it. Edited and mixed by Allie GrahamMusic by Naomi McPherson 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Standing by with joy in their hearts, a mosquito enters the frame. At the beach, Jacqueline and Kate expanded their fields before a setting sun. Reckoning with pendulums, the hags consider the one-song party, the subjectivity formation of teen shopping, and the dangerous effects of music. A cat in the home means new patent possibilities from Jacqueline. Condoms for your ear, analog visors, and sun hats. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

A theme of unconscious irritation suggests the podcast is entering its red period with Idiopathic Rosacea and Iatrogenic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction as the new hosts. Kate texts her doctor throughout the episode. Jacqueline’s secret merchandizing history reveals she’d rather be in Quadrant 2. One must live with some altitudinous awareness. Mel Brooks, Teresa of Avila, Caroline Myss, and Diana Vreeland. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Kate had a disgusting chicory latte, her back bumper is fucked, and she is in a horrible mood. Jacqueline, buoyed by the bounty of her tech gears smells a classic episode brewing. A live product inventory unfolds and Kate’s mood lends itself to merciless clutter purging. None of us should take her mood personally. Repurposing old iphones, a turtle conservatory, and a highly scented serum that’s 100% full. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

The hags are back on seasonally appropriate fixations, gifting the eavesdroppers a real ear-load. Springform pans, relinquished and reacquired. Whisperings of a tart, darting and diagonaling in the market. A mother wakes in the night to witness a cake’s density. The cornerstone is the cornerstone. Cord inventory, face-first casting, a shoe garage. What is it to monger? 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

At the dawn of the new year, Christmas needs unpacking. Jacqueline's voice breaks in elf mode and Kate secures a coveted table. Armed with two pens and a watercolor set, ritual pulls them in. Boo the Cat announces himself and the tiger breaks in, starving for a moment. A storage unit gets unlocked as liquid code unfolds. A rare sighting of a bride at ease. Never so far from Paris as the moment she lands. Please don’t assume that no response means no thank you. Soft-playing gifts as gags, never moving the book, and faking a phone call. A childhood friend's dog resurfaces while reading—this life or previous? 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.

Jacqueline Novak and Kate Berlant celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a heartfelt toast to their hag listeners. A somatic release, an aura cleanse, and a margarita. Wish all hags a Happy New Year on instagram and tag @poogpodcast. What a year it was. Thank you for being hags. It's just the beginning! 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast If you ever hear an ad during the show that you suspect shouldn't be there - please immediately let the Berlant & Novak ads team know at [email protected] there are strict blocks on certain ad categories in the show's automated ads system, **sometimes advertisers find ways to circumvent these restrictions**. They might categorize their ads differently or use unclear descriptions that don't immediately flag the show's set filters.The ads team greatly appreciates you flagging these ads so they can identify advertisers who are gaming the system.