Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

Nightstand Revolution

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The revolution will be nightstand. Kate's long-awaited allergy test comes back and Jacqueline sifts through the confounding results. Mismatched woods ...

More Connected Than Ever

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the first episode since reclamation. Poog is back, this time as an independent podcast. The spirit of sovereignty finds Jacqueline and Kate lev...

Act Outs

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s almost eerie what you can act yourself into. Jacqueline is sourcing Christmas for comfort and Kate is experimenting with corkage fees. An updat...

Berlant & Novak Remix: ADHD Culture

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 do...

Paris Again

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 tim...

Soot Happens

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Berlant & Novak Remix: Call the Front Desk

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Berlant & Novak Remix: When We Were Girls

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mister Cabbage, it’s me. Jacqueline’s honest answer elicits laughter from a school psychologist & an attic tutor rewards Kate with candy. Chi...

Regardless, It’s Bad

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

O'Doul's and Diet Coke

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, s...

Silent, Internal, and Painful

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Glory when someone submits to your recommendation. Jacqueline and Kate revisit the hardest acting challenge: surprise. The Hags’ second ever guest b...

Probably the Ugliest Woman

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Defending Your Frogs

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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. Recko...

Souls and Goals and Roles

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A theme of unconscious irritation suggests the podcast is entering its red period with Idiopathic Rosacea and Iatrogenic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction a...

Wretched Valley Beauty Closet Cleanout

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 smel...

Professional Sleeper

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The hags are back on seasonally appropriate fixations, gifting the eavesdroppers a real ear-load. Springform pans, relinquished and reacquired. Whispe...

Don't Touch the Earth

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

A Toast to Hags at Midnight EST! With Aura Cleanse.

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

LED Meltdown

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the New Year draws close, the veil is thin. Lost in parking structures, falling to pieces in Lowes, an unusual approach to calling on a handyman al...

Adult Children of Christmas

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yuletide is upon us and the hags are patently giddy. Jacqueline self-imposes limits in pursuit of a floor lamp while Kate fixates on a door protector ...

An Xmas Treat: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get cozy for Kate and Jacqueline’s cold (and wintry) reading of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” aka “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Lock ...

Sleep is Surgery

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hags emerge from Thanksgiving, bubbling over with conversations to be had. Kate enjoys the non-hierarchical airline while Jacqueline holds onto th...

The Judgment of a Child

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s top of the mornin’ Poog as the hags encourage eavesdropping at dawn. Jacqueline’s honest answer elicits laughter from a school psychologist...

Introducing: CrimeLess

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, POOG Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, CrimeLess. About the show: What’s the best way to rob a bank? How do you fak...

Pig to Poog Slaughter

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s nearing the holidays as the hags absentmindedly podcast. Jacqueline champions the versatility of the couch while Kate confronts her fear of the...

Stepmom Fall

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s autumn in Los Angeles and this one’s a real eavesdropper’s delight. Pepper-plumped lips and french vanilla at the gas station. A dream of t...

Altitudinous Privacy

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hags are back, lying prone in mild Trendelenburg. Jacqueline tests competing wearable devices at once. Kate forces community at The Grove, where l...

A Moving Banana

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Headache Poog for the hags as the Advil promise rides again. Jacqueline packs density on half-caff while Kate activates her symptom radar. They...

From Jacqueline re: Today's the Last Chance for Lifetime Lock-in

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello folks. Just Jacqueline, I don't know if you can hear the sound of my Chi Vitalizer Pro Swing, um, or the, uh, top, top tap of my, my coffee, uh,...

Morning Nose

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s raining in LA—a snow day—and the hags are back to Morning Poog. Jacqueline channels a football coach while Kate recovers from an animal in ...

The Haunted Car Wash

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Halloween nears and the hags are back in the studio. Jacqueline discusses up lighting, Kate fears for the movie she hasn’t yet seen. Spontaneous ton...

A 4-Minute Phone Call + a Special Lifetime Offer

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A phone call from today to celebrate 1-year anniversary of going indie.  The hags hopped on a zoom on-the-go for a spontaneous minisode with a red ho...

**Water Flows Where Water Goes**

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hags are back in the studio. Kate’s been on symptom watch and Jacqueline's been convex in a red light bed. A jaw pops from the revelation that C...

HARDLY RF LOLOL

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s basically the beauty sandwich. Taking a break from mainlining electrolytes. On second thought, no Mayo Clinic sweatshirt. Ice-ass cold. A Filof...

The Poshmark Murders

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You cannot fill the hole until you drill the hole. It doesn’t have to be unreal to be life-changing. Suckered by the protein algorithm into another ...

Go Buy a Smile

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crank up the tunes during turbulence. The right to narrative continuity. The AmEx lounge—a glimmer in the desert. Two jousters with veiled competiti...

Animatronics Are Back

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pulling one away from the group. The manipulation of the sleep state. A shameful u-turn. Don’t stack hell with a good thing. Dressing made from rind...

He's God Fearin'

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Motion light at ankle height gives way to a paranormal event. Praying for morning, staring at the doorway to the darkness of the woods. Deviant spirit...

Anything Can Lead to Anything

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reaching for archetypal energies. Marinating green beans village-style. Neighborhood bakers. Staring into the eye of the fig—frozen, dried, sweetene...

The Reward is Transcendence

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

***In celebration of the re-release of the Lychee Martini gummies from Rose Delights, we're putting out a never-before-heard episode, recorded at Jar ...

Mansion Cheese

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Doctoring a clock. Every day is an inside joke. What good is a dead HiZoo? Sexless UV hats. Deva Curl’s hand sucking eroticism out of the head. Stur...

Thick with Fairies

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Walking around like a mouthguard cooling into position. Prostrating before nature, bulking the facial muscles, and making money in the rock climbing p...

Never Require Continuity

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Grumpy on a plane, the wheels retract like a stuck garage. Something off at the front desk and scared of an upgrade. The foot de-gloved. Over-ordering...

Let Her Rest

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The only thing worse than a bad show is a good show. The facts are the facts. The king leaves less floor room. Incoming hotel room calls. Ceremonial p...

The Ontology of the Birthday

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Midnight birthday wish and the somber passage into a new day. Ojai as a Spiritual Vortex where an absence of Airbnbs proves relevant to transcendence....

Soy Sisters

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Journal around the neck. Two wet lips on the cheeks. God, Coca-Cola, Titanic, Titan Submersible. Thrown from a desk twice. Two seconds of terror. Mang...

Something Horse-Related

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The glory of a thin book. A wild outsider. The cruelty to our mothers. Cryptic texting. Ironic consumption of dinosaurs. When I need you, you provide ...

You’re Pixelated as Usual

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Careful you don’t get Max’d. Jumping on the ground to achieve a euphoric state. Tap, Tap, Tapping on the bones for strength. The sugar of the crow...

Aspirationally Rude

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conduit burps continuously. Raising the liver. Feet tied at the bottom like a little bow. Lunch is an utter derailment. Hurting the hand while try...

The Copper Inn

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gonzo journalism. One sprig of parsley on every plane meal. Panic clouding the mind. The smell of the subway. Manifesting the illness, manifesting the...

Lie to Me, Baby

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scrolling during sex. The novelty of rice and pasta in a drawer. The four-hour facial. Old writerly Novak reemerges. Tits or gossip for a mere fifty ...

High Stakes Masculine

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is this thing on? Sifting through comments. How to make a dog from white rice. Eyes on the road, for once. Anxiety dissolves into freedom. Fun to buy ...

AI Betrayed Me

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our ancestors stood on rocks. Who wants to be our guinea pig? Forgetting within minutes about owning it.Food as a palliative. Fantasies about mechanic...

A Pat and a Spat

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Button up, button down. The one traveling woman in the world. Is warrior the hardest pose? Submit to waiting. The name is a word. Kate gets on better ...

My Stubborn Spirit

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first cup of coffee is a doorway. Illegal tomato gallery in the fridge. Take the safety rails off the fidget spinner. Abandonment of the future se...

A New God Every Two Years

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hippocampus 'delible after all? When there is no hack, just get it from the beet.  A glorious return policy, shadows on the face, and melting sue...

A Peaceful Genius

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

JN’s back in the states but still living out of her European suitcase. Kate’s new cocktail.  A spiritual vapor, a bruised martini, a lemon tryst,...

As Always Perfect

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Maintenance—it's not for all of us. The shock of girls being so messy. Can a nut milk ever be creamy? Kate's sudden interest in whole milk. The shap...

Merch That Matters

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Both hags are stateside. Jacqueline comes at you from her childhood home. Kate shares her neurologist’s three pieces of parting advice. Something’...

Ask Me Why I Know

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline has made it "home" to her preferred London rental after a harrowing journey through Ireland and Amsterdam*. Kate has left London where she ...

I Work Days

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hags are in Europe. Jacqueline joins from a hotel room in Dublin, sick with a cold, praying to angels. Kate joins from London where in a state of ...

Massive Buccal Overload

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the "States" forgotten, Jacqueline and Kate are both in London, dealing with restaurant "bookings." An animal darts past Jacqueline explaining ...

Precious Cargo

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline gets a fly fisherman’s vest to avoid crossing rooms while Kate diligently prepares for travel. The morning shed trend and how to use an h...

Tryptophan: The Pride of the 90s

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate texts Jacqueline whenever she drinks Celsius because it's that rare. Topical magnesium so special it’s kept in the back of Erewhon. To start a ...

Three Baths A Day

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline overhears two energy healers talking shit about a third. Ego versus essence. Not everyone spends their time in the aisles of self-help. Adm...

Grecian Marble Wet T-Shirt Contest

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The human body can manage all manner of insults and injuries, but complimentary valet should be standard. Shiny versus glowy versus sliding down the h...

A Very Small Big Dipper

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Cheap, Fast, and Good

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 re...

No Precious Outcomes

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Construction paper, doilies, hearts drawn with varying depths of cleavage. Empty restaurants on Wednesday evenings. The Grove at closing time. A life ...

Advil, The Musical

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Agamemnon cries in the margins of The Odyssey. Honored to fear nature, the glacier melts in a time-lapse. Alka-Seltzer’s effervescence. Still waitin...

All Creative Women Are Alone

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 fire...

A Book and a Finger

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 fire...

Saturn: The Fun One

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 fire...

Shadow Desires

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Decision making is violent. You have to murder the other options. Consequences do not inspire us, but passion, urgency, interest, challenge and novelt...

Company

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 throw...

It's Christmas Eve

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline and Kate are remote and eager to make their homes an environment where Christmas can thrive — but how? Clutter abounds. Coffee and chocol...

Hag Xmas Gift Guide

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 bur...

To Be a Woman, Traveling

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 lookin...

Trip on a Grave

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 offi...

Interpellation

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 b...

The Fascia’s on You

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 cu...

Halloween Peabody

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 unatta...

Wine is Over

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Internet 2

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 tie...

Welcome

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The free and public feed of Berlant & Novak is here. Follow, subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends.   🎙️ Rate and Review.  🌟 ...

Goodbye Poog

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR NEW SHOW AT BERLANTNOVAK.SUPERCAST.COM. This is an episode about faith, diaspora, and what ants are for. Jacqueline is mommy, and t...

Those Who Struggle

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 cla...

When They Come For You

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

$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...

Smoothie (RE-RELEASE)

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mirror work. The World Wide Web. Flash frozen blueberries. Fructose. The Holocaust Museum. The Freedom Tower. The fall and rise of Smoothie.See omnyst...

Open Casket (RE-RELEASE)

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Retinol, white strips, and burying our dead in the earth. Jacqueline teaches Kate the Pallbearer Shuffle. Kate tells Jacqueline about the first time s...

Milk Frothers (RE-RELEASE)

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The hags discuss frothers versus steamers and dying among close friends. Jacqueline got a 5 on the French AP exam and has never been to Paris. Kate sp...

A Tower of Profiterole (RE-RELEASE)

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Bad Fine

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Clicking on pictures of motorcycles and haunted highways. Has the definition of extroversion changed? Cancelling and taking stock of the 365 days. Kat...

A Zero Involved

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A masseuse in Kate’s home reminds her of the necessity of addressing the angels and eating pears. New blocks are located, while Jacqueline scramble...

Skinny Marg

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Sip the Wind

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Finally, a Medical Issue!

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aligned with a doctor, and finding that the truth is apparent. Son baggage and punishment for the fertile. Griffin Dunne? Frank conversations about id...

Keep Going

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...