Comedy

Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

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.

Latest Episodes:

You’re… Really Pretty Jul 09, 2024

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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 heal Kate’s microbiome…add up the plant points and see who wins! You don’t have to hit someone just because Big Volkswagen told you to. Calling all patent experts and technical drawers, Jacqueline is inventing. Questions about the moon, sun and earth inspire diagrams. It’s all relative and it’s all moving. Is a dried flower rotting in water? Linguistic challenges and typing full sentences into Google. Kate’s colonicist shares book recommendations. Normal person, normal life... and then, something happened. Trapped in a tab somewhere. Paranormal for paranormal’s sake. Dreams of flying above the city and sipping hibiscus under a mosquito net. Why are the ants screaming for the hose?

Mentioned: Flo Dose, NIRA Precision Laser, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (@theguthealthmd), Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, and Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss.

Begging For: PureLift Pro, an instant pot, a technical drawer/patent expert

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How Do I Seem? Jul 02, 2024

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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 to stop disobeying. The issue with anecdotal and getting sloppy with the journal. Are these all projections? Slow Cooker, Instant Cooker, Pressure Cooker… and The Whole Kitchen by Jacqueline Novak. Do you know nothing of barley? Post the bowls. Be wicken.

Brands: WHOOP, Pendulum, NIRA Anti-Aging Precision Laser, Flowdose
Begging For...WHOOP

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Laugh Lines Jun 25, 2024

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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 digital and gardens are raised. Why talk about the form at all? Sweating in the sheets…the WHOOP is consulted. There are robots that are friends, and then there are robots that are therapists. Thank God, Art. It was never about replication—it was always about being asked to stand in front of the color blue. Which containers are suitable for souls? Jacqueline as Politician and Kate as Public Relations. Creator, Realtor, Builder. On Poog, we’re always coming from a God-first place, and sometimes also scratching the neck while talking. To be introduced to jargon… No need to reply now.

Brands mentioned: Marion Park, WHOOP, NIRA Anti-Aging Precision Laser, Eight Sleep, SharkNinja
Begging for: Misfits Market, simplehuman, PureLift Pro (please)

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River Flowing Backwards Jun 18, 2024

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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 everything...a new whole-foods, plant-based lifestyle is embraced. If you’re dying, you’re alive. How to prepare hibiscus tea and acknowledge varying pronunciation. Jacqueline contemplates comedy on canvas and the impact of the Artist’s Posture. Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen is thoroughly reviewed. Having to both boil and cool the potatoes will drive Kate to shatter every glass in the house. When the student is ready, the teacher reappears. Poog is a rumor mill and this is not The Daily. Emergency egg bites and a seat next to a coughing stranger. Kate is confronted with a mysterious object in her hotel room…Jacqueline investigates.

Brands: Our Place, Hurom Juicer, Rip Esselstyn's PLANTSTRONG

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Two Hogs Sewn Together Jun 04, 2024

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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 are wet, but these feet don’t sweat. If there’s a Jacqueline link, the hags need to come through. She was pumped! Awe and concern at seeing both anus and V. There’s something kind of desert-pleasing about it. Eight. Plate. Settings. You think I'd have a Seder and not invite you? Wonder Oven Closure and Kate reacts to hearing 'Jack and Diane' for the first time.

Brands: Tower, FaceGym, Breville Bambino, The Tracy Anderson Method, Capezio, Skinskool
Begging For: Pure Lift, Our Place Slow Cooker & Always Pan

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Torn Basil May 28, 2024

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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 la Magnolia while riding the generic wave, Jacqueline keeps going home med-less. Kate struggled with a VIP wristband and some of the most miserable men she's encountered. 'Darling' as a vessel for aggression. Radical acceptance, a joyless park ranger, and a crane. Biting into a hot strawberry? Three nights of Acquapazza. Welcome to Cook’s Corner.

Brands discussed: Electrolytes: LMNT. SUPERIEUR. SIMPLISAFE. LILY's CHOCOLATE. MZ SKIN.

Big gifts have landed: WONDER OVEN & HUROM JUICER

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I Work Nights May 21, 2024

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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 to bring those boxes through to the back... What’s wrong with having a little fun with yourself? A tooth un-fills and the comfort of this friendship through it all. Jar, but with someone else. A gentle way to start the day may be returning. There will be enough life jackets on the Poog Cruise. The pot is hot—but the stone? It’s 500 degrees. Put her to work, boys! Jacqueline debuts a new voice and explains how to raise a lap cat and hard seer cabbage. Rep yourself before you die!

Earnestly Begging for: Goop Kitchen vouchers, Pure Lift,
Brands Mentioned: Dr. Loretta, Tower, Fenty, Charlotte Tilbury, Biologique Recherche

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This is Not My Friend May 14, 2024

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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 change your life? You’ll have to move every day, sweetie. Laughter that only the price of flowers can provoke & a mood so good you hold doors open too long. Whether stepping onto a stage or into an elevator, the nerves never go away. The relevancy of the headshot is questioned and a new torso is offered. This is literally the President of the United States of America. Where in film is the Aged Man? Rotten seed. Half plastic, half lead...the alien screaming within you. Mixing up algorithmic forces and fondly remembering the men who sold ice cream and smoothies. Hi babies! Staying up all night for your mental health. Hello???? Guys!?

Respectfully Begging For: Whoop, Apparis, Awan
Brands Mentioned: Rebel Ice Cream, Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask

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My First Rodeo Apr 30, 2024

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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 dreams…do you want to operate at ‘peak’, or do you want to just ‘get by’? Tuesday, overlooked. Jacqueline is leaning on the Lyma, and no outside sources were used whatsoever. The soft serve was disappointing and NYAD RULES. Lip gloss dazzles anew. The way tears change the face. What if this is the beginning of insanity?

Brands mentioned: WHOOP, Pat McGrath, Dr. Loretta, FLOYD, Dr. Dennis Gross

Genuinely Begging for: Goop Kitchen, Perfect Amino

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The Moon in Your House Apr 23, 2024

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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 celestial bodies and researching kettles. Toothless and tea-less, we need the real moon again. A scratched pan for which no one is to blame and suspicion over a missing spatula. Kate is neglecting the neck and chopping tiny. Texting the Healer’s wife, Jacqueline’s eyebrows are fully f*cking lifted. It’s called stepping into the reality of your life!

Sincerely Begging For: Goop Kitchen, Graza

Brands Mentioned: Lyma, Great Jones, Caraway

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