Berlant & Novak Remix: Call the Front Desk
Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
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. Is that a BJ stain on the performance velvet couch? A tough Ludlow and what to do when the cleaner walks in on you naked. Kate makes a call to the front desk after a disturbing night in Bend, Oregon… He’s God fearin’.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hags, eavesdroppers, free feeders, and premium subscribers. As hinted, change is a foot. |
| 0:09.1 | Make sure you're signed up at Pugpodcast.com for big updates ahead. This month, we're working hard |
| 0:15.1 | behind the scenes to get everything ready. In the meantime, we've got a trove of special episodes |
| 0:20.1 | celebrating the past 15 months of Berlanton Novak. |
| 0:23.6 | Now, please enjoy the celebration episode, Burlant-Novek remix, call the front desk. |
| 0:40.9 | Well, I have a huge question. |
| 0:42.0 | Okay, say it now. |
| 0:43.4 | What is a four-star hotel? |
| 0:44.7 | What is a three-star hotel? |
| 0:45.9 | I think that's-guess what. |
| 0:47.1 | Corrupt and over. |
| 0:51.2 | In my mind, it's like each star is just like it's going to be that much dirtier. |
| 0:52.2 | And that's not what it is. It actually has to do with amenities and it even has to do with location, supposedly. Can you imagine? So, oh, it's four star because it's right next to the museum. And you're like, what? I was not factoring that in. If you could promise me, if there was a standard that had to do with cleanliness, that was its own system. Yeah. What's a symbol for cleanliness? |
| 1:11.7 | Like four brooms. |
| 1:13.0 | It's a four broom hotel, a three broom hotel. |
| 1:16.5 | Yeah, totally. |
| 1:20.7 | Okay, so I'm completely, I can't, hotels that don't have an espresso in the room. |
| 1:25.7 | They don't, it's now, it's just, |
| 1:27.7 | it is, |
| 1:28.4 | it needs to be standard now. |
| 1:30.2 | It's, |
| 1:30.5 | it's, |
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