Berlant & Novak
Kate Berlant, Jacqueline Novak
From the hosts of Poog, Jacqueline Novak and Kate Berlant present: Berlant & Novak. New episodes every Tuesday!
Episode 021: "Three Baths A Day"
Jacqueline overhears two energy healers talking shit about a third. Ego versus essence. Not everyone spends their time in the aisles of self-help. Admiring angry. A decorative rug in the bathroom versus an absorbent stone. When ginger chews took a town by storm. Milkshake on a long car ride. Kate needs a burger twice a month. Burning $500 in the woods is an active sacrifice. Is hot sauce humor the lowest form of expression. Jacqueline invents a robe with two buttons. High school Kate goes to The
Mar 11, • 51:31
Episode 020: "Grecian Marble Wet T-Shirt Contest"
The human body can manage all manner of insults and injuries, but complimentary valet should be standard. Shiny versus glowy versus sliding down the hood of a car. Kate gets a hot towel at the barber shop. Jacqueline’s uncapped pen dries out. A Grecian marble wet t-shirt contest. Microdosing alcohol. A curly haircut takes three days to settle, but Kate needs someone to tell her it looks the same. Jacqueline wants to take up 3D printing and continues to yearn for a patent illustrator friend. Retu
Mar 4, • 1:04:23
Episode 019: "A Very Small Big Dipper"
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 today’s lymphatic massage. The ice cream behind the topping, forgotten. A soft arrow. Finding anchors during self-checkout meltdowns. Nostalgia is the big killer. Shallow breaths while watching TV and Toto toilet’s eagerness to receive your piss. A letter’s formation on the page may or may not be relevant. Is that Orion bathing in the big dipper? Dre
Feb 25, • 1:02:50
Episode 018: "Cheap, Fast, and Good"
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 receipts reveal. Four serums, but who was the hero? Jacqueline drafts an auto-reply. Kate sees herself in the face of coin. Beetlejuice on a vision board? For lack of a better word…yeah. Don’t get your neck adjusted. The rise of subtle before and afters. To order out of pocket and have something waiting downstairs. The results of the dermaplaning hav
Feb 18, • 49:29
Episode 017: "No Precious Outcomes"
Construction paper, doilies, hearts drawn with varying depths of cleavage. Empty restaurants on Wednesday evenings. The Grove at closing time. A life in the arts rejects the calendar in favor of Valentine’s dinner on the 15th. The High School self misrepresented. Thespians, athletes, badges, and cut grass. Dating advice cannot save you, but have your fun hunting it down. Boom.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My St
Feb 11, • 58:16
Episode 016: "Advil, The Musical"
Agamemnon cries in the margins of The Odyssey. Honored to fear nature, the glacier melts in a time-lapse. Alka-Seltzer’s effervescence. Still waiting on Koia to send pallets. Would you rather a rickety bridge or a narrow beam across a deep ravine? 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast Produced and Edited by: Annie BernsteinAssistant Producer: Melba SilwanyAudio Engineer: Scott LewisMusic b
Feb 4, • 45:48
Episode 015: "All Creative Women Are Alone"
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 fires? Visit this link.A huge clock in every room changes everything. Virgin as an adjective, not waiting for seed. Reading is the only thing—it’s all that’s left—and it’s sitting there, waiting. Is there any value in a human producing sense? Dreams are more real than reality. A delivery robot named Esau delivers Elmo to a chimp. Jacqueline frees Kate
Jan 28, • 49:31
Episode 014: "A Book and a Finger"
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 fires? Visit this link. Sitting with a friend with a book and a finger. Kate and Jacqueline approach all books with the spirit of divination and discover the new Tarot. Only receive color analyses at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. Eyes crossed toward the third eye, arranging words like furniture. Dropped into a bathtub in 1987—their hands prune—soaking
Jan 21, • 45:27
Episode 013: "Saturn: The Fun One"
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 fires? Visit this link. When Rocket Money fails to flag eight years of Masterclass. A healer suggests quitting caffeine. Maybe it was decaf the whole time? It’s not your hip; it’s your back. Recalling a flannel robe that needn’t be plaid. Little, magical budgets. Mirepoix cooked over a blender's engine. The good ones are called dump recipes. Throwing m
Jan 14, • 41:55
Episode 012: "Shadow Desires"
Decision making is violent. You have to murder the other options. Consequences do not inspire us, but passion, urgency, interest, challenge and novelty do. Jacqueline brings along a novel planner she’s testing and Kate goes rabid for it. To make peace with finite time…again? Marlton romance and the discovery of the Bowery’s history. Some clay figures purged then carried back from the trash. Looking at other people’s journal entries on reddit. Check out the Hag Shop for several referenced items.
Jan 7, • 52:27
Episode 011: "Company"
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 listener company, wouldn’t this be enough.p.s. eager to go to costco with lavaliers 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast Produced and Edited by: Annie BernsteinAs
Jan 6, • 55:35
Episode 010: "It's Christmas Eve"
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 darkness. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast Produced and Edited by: Annie BernsteinAssistant Producer: Melba SilwanyAudio Engineer: Scott LewisMusic by: Naomi M
Jan 6, • 42:56
Episode 009: "Hag Xmas Gift Guide"
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 fast as the hosts can remember things they like.🛍️Shop now. 🎭 HAGS ASSEMBLE! Follow this show now, rate, and review—share your love for Berlant and Novak's podcasting through the years and your excitement for the new show ✨. Help launch the free feed! 🎧 Since all reviews were los
Jan 6, • 38:40
Episode 008: "To Be a Woman, Traveling"
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 international terminal as humanity’s greatest achievement. Everything is potentially interesting and nothing need be quick. Caroline Myss’s Sacred Contracts. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱
Jan 6, • 51:13
Episode 007: "Trip on a Grave”
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. Jacqueline discloses her recurring Christmas nightmare …again. The burden on Lost & Found doesn’t increase daily. Integrate the dead. As an actor genuine shock may look cliche. Entertain with your rug. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop
Jan 6, • 55:21
Episode 006: "Interpellation"
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 WireCutter but Berlant & Novak over both? The hosts will officiate your wedding at a date of their choosing. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop Our Favorites: Shop My Store👕 Official Merch: Merchtable Store📱 Instagram: @poogpodcast Produced and Edited by
Jan 6, • 55:39
Episode 005: "The Fascia’s on You"
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 12 pt error. When cabbage lacks the courtesy to rot and cubbies make no promises, reduce your inventory now. The clock is ticking on Kate’s closet build because the theme of the year is just do it. An ADHD sash appears as Jacqueline offers real solutions for real people. 🎙️ Rate an
Jan 6, • 50:54
Episode 004: "Halloween Peabody"
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 artist ignores. At Zara's place, nary a red tag wags. To soar. To surrender. Having reinvented the box, be fed and satiated. Tears soak through the paywall. Flossed nerves slacken. Kate faces the memory of her first beg. 🎙️ Rate and Review. 🌟 Premium Feed: Subscribe🛍️ Shop
Jan 6, • 1:09:37
Episode 003: "Wine is Over"
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 decline, their shared fascination with the paranormal, the story of the "true Annabelle" doll, and play psychic games: Jacqueline pushes "extreme speed channeling" to amp up their telepathic connection. Kate bemoans the dreaded "horseshoe" imprint left on your thighs from too much time on
Jan 6, • 1:02:35
Episode 002: "Internet 2"
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 part of life. Fountain pens. Delta lounges and Airbnb late night entry - concerns for a couple of entertainers who work the road. To defend one’s home against damning adjectives. The effects of the camera on hags. To become earphone bros or not. Recording with eyes closed. What med
Jan 6, • 53:08
Episode 001: "Welcome"
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, a new world, but it’s the people that make a place home. The excitement of being in person. Staring at each other’s faces, in an elegant void. Yes that was Poog but this is huge. The ego loves to seek but never to find. It was Berlant and Novak the whole time. 🎙️ Rate and Review.&
Jan 6, • 49:11