Adding to the Birthday File - You Pick Me Up, I’ll Go Anywhere
Do you believe in jinx? Anger on the walk, a toilet in the shot, and the insanity of The Birthday. Jacqueline is constantly outrunning the future, while Kate is put at ease by planning it. Witnessing the spider make a big catch — did you know they can leave the web? Screaming at the man in the Zoom background and screaming the c-word out of the cab. Jacqueline wants to try living on New York time in LA, while Kate locates a believable impression of the Birthday girl. The supremacy of...
READ POST27 Hours Later - Sleep Attacks, Dream Logic, & the Humiliation of REM
REMIX: The Unconscious Hours In this week’s remix, the hags were bitching about sleep. Jacqueline’s up at 6am and Kate is sleeping through Morning Poog. Napping and pushing up against the wall. The storied sleep attacks of the ad agency era and the dream of a specialist telling you you’re special. Salma Hayek and the ‘wrong side’ of the bed. The time Jacqueline sleep talked at Kate. Going lucid and the dream of astral projection. LISTEN TO THE EP This Week in Hag Shop Bitching About Sleep...
READ POSTThe Law Offices of Berlant & Novak: Moths, Misconduct, & Matters of Hospitality
REMIX: The Law Offices ofBerlant & Novak Pt. 1 Emails were drafted, calls were made, and a law office was opened. This week the hags bring you a remix chock full of some of their favorite moments featuring grievances, injustices, and scams. You pay for the lock… a nut should never have entered the home… I’ll see you in court. Welcome to the Law Offices of Berlant and Novak. LISTEN TO THE EP This Week in Hag Shop What Kate Berlant & Jacqueline NovakCan’t Live Without We recently sat down with...
READ POSTEverything Is Seasonal, Even the Self: Fruit, Fatigue, & Fresh Starts
A Zero Involved This week the hags are away and we're bringing youa favorite from the Poog archive: A Zero Involved.A masseuse in Kate’s home reminds her of the necessity of addressing the angels and eating pears. New blocks are located, while Jacqueline scrambles pancakes. What else does one put in a dishwasher? Phone call avoidance and the myths of protein. The hours you’re asleep still count, but where does it start? A math lesson leaves Kate feeling seen. INSURMOUNTABLE ADMIN • 1K •...
READ POSTThere's Always a Way: Beaches of Toronto, Storage Units, & Portable Broth
Are you aware that your site is down? Jacqueline calls in from her Toronto tour stop and the meds are running out, while Kate is podcasting from the neighborhood fishbowl. Eating in front of the TV, coffee tables and cold cream. The hags map out a year in Spain... but has it been Canada the whole time? Always a buyer, never a seller. Jacqueline explains how to wash underwear in a Nespresso machine. The saga of gel manicures and Storage Wars. Kate decants for a dirty day and takes a long walk...
READ POSTUncharmable, Unremarkable, and Entirely Too Early for Nectarines
The Myth of the Heckler The nectarines were not ripe, nor were the figs sweet. Recent weeks have seen the hags confronted with uncharmable doctors and unruly hecklers. Jacqueline recounts stories from her day job at the FBI and Kate’s full-body scan results are in. Illness, the corner restaurant, and a double date to The Odyssey. Sometimes the doctor agrees with your diagnosis. NECTARINE SALAD • RASH • UNCHARMABLE LISTEN TO THE EP This Week in Hag Shop PRENUVO | Comprehensive Whole Body MRI -...
READ POSTSpecial Prep, Headache Poog, and the Miracle of Surviving the Scrub
The Habit covers everything but the face. Jacqueline reflects on the self-authority lockdowns produced, while Kate revisits the birthplace of Poog. A honey and milk scrub conjures fears of dissection. Awards for ghost kitchens through the lens of fertility and zits in a line. Jacqueline shares the results of a skin check. Placebo works, folks! Drawing the blinds and doing incantations over tofu — don’t bring fixation into someone else’s energy field. Memories of the Russian banya, marbled...
READ POSTWorking Nights: Bald-Faced Lies, Shared Plates, and Other Acts of Survival
REMIX: Kate's Lies "I work nights." This week on Poog, we're bringing you our favorite moments when Kate just...made things up. Whether to avoid a friend, defuse a fight, or to just have some fun — Kate's getting creative with the truth and Jacqueline's analyzing why she can't get enough of it. LISTEN TO THE EP This Week in Hag Shop Hag Shop this week comes to you straight fromJune's bonus episode: Consumed With Release. FLEWD - Magnesium Bath Soak LOOP EARPLUGS | Experience 2 Plus Earplugs...
READ POSTPausing for Blueberries and Tofu Strategies - Season Five is called Hotel
Entering the stage in character. This week, hags are dropped in as Kate walks and Jacqueline cooks. Both hotel rudeness and home deliveries abound. Tofu strategies and the origins of Dimes Square. Jacqueline pinpoints the tough thing about all products and services, though foot nor shoe should sticky laminate meet. Kate spots husband-wife hags and five-broom rankings are doled out to some, while others are riding til the rails come off. There’s no interest in the rooftop roast or the...
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