A Peaceful Genius
Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
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, and an evening prayer. Dilution is key after JN spends time with a cookbook. Voicing your greatest fears in the Apple store. Is it really ever the jeans that you’re hoping for? We’re getting the fish. A warm Celsius. The Merrel effect. You should be studied in a medical journal.Deep vein thrombosis. Sticker curious. The three week carry-on.
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| 0:00.0 | Two best friends both alike in dignity. |
| 0:05.4 | Nurturing phantoms and courting the muse. |
| 0:07.7 | The hag divines when something must die. |
| 0:10.0 | Yes, that was poog. |
| 0:11.1 | But this is huge. |
| 0:12.7 | The ego loves to seek, but never to find. |
| 0:15.5 | It was Berlant and Novak the whole time. |
| 0:20.3 | One of these days, I'll have blueberries in my hand, right? My ring will be turned around. One of these days. Yeah. And I'm going to eat that. I'm going to eat that ring. Not in my tooth off. I know it. It's almost happened before. You're going to think it's a blueberry. You're going to think it's a pile of blueberries. I know what you're thinking. Guess we've got a new phone. |
| 0:38.0 | Let me bring out my notes. |
| 0:39.2 | My notes. |
| 0:40.2 | Okay, first of all, hi. |
| 0:43.0 | Okay, first of all. |
| 0:44.0 | Happy Easter. |
| 0:46.1 | Happiest Easter. |
| 0:47.9 | Recording it's on Easter. |
| 0:48.9 | You know, I do have Easter. |
| 0:50.9 | I grew up with Easter, if you can believe it. |
| 0:53.0 | Meaning, baskets. I love the imagery of Easter. Rabbits, eggs, chocolate, spring colors, flowers. I just love it. And my daughter will have an Easter basket. My mom would do great Easter baskets. Just, you know, for fun. Yeah, I love that. A Jew like you, Easter baskets. Yeah. |
| 1:18.5 | Because, you know, my dad grew up, you know, they had Easter and, um, egg hunt was big. |
| 1:20.4 | Little stuff in the egg hunt. |
| 1:23.5 | Finding plastic eggs around. |
| 1:31.8 | I mean, Easter is really a holiday where the modern miracles of plastics, foils. |
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