Soot Happens

Poog with Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak

Spirituality, Comedy, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this special recording from the Berlant & Novak vault, Kate suffers chimney sweep-induced TMJ flare. What to do when the line goes dead and the mailbox is full? It’s a dirty job. A jaw dislodged and the practice of refunding, examined. Free soot-foot photos, a corner cobweb, and a rage that shakes. Cleaner Gary didn’t lie: soot is the most difficult thing to get out. Jacqueline’s view on bad reviews is unveiled. The Hags are called to listen, not act… let our community not spread more soot, but instead seek to sweep it.

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0:00.0	Hags, eavesdroppers, free feeders, and premium subscribers. As hinted, change is afoot.
0:07.5	Make sure you're signed up at pukpodcast.com for big updates ahead. This month, we've been working
0:12.9	hard behind the scenes to get everything ready for you. So in the meantime, our trove of special
0:18.3	episodes celebrating the past 15 months of Burlant and Novak continue now please enjoy a never before heard recording from the Burlant and Novak vault soot happens Hello, first of all.
0:40.3	Hi. I want to say we've been doing this podcast for years.
0:44.3	Yeah.
0:45.0	I'm coming in today with the energy I've never had in it.
0:48.2	Yeah.
0:48.7	Which is I want revenge. I'm furious. I've been wronged. I've been abused.
0:58.8	I have been abused by a chimney sweep.
1:08.4	And that's true. And listen, I feel you, by the way, I was, I texted you, I'm nervous breakdown level.
1:11.8	I'm calling upon the listeners. I'm calling upon my community.
1:18.4	I need to bury this business. I want my money back. My jaw has been dislocated due to stress. Not two nights ago. The night of the incident, I woke up the next day by toss and turning
1:25.8	all night from the horrors. My body is off. Chewing is off. My lower teeth are in a different place than they were three days ago. I'm not kidding. So I'll make a note to talk about your chewing. Like chewing. Because I have a lot to say. To be clear, it's not, that hurt. We might want to. I'm so tense that I left to my lunch at home.
1:45.7	Before you... Okay. Before you... We're going to... This is an investigation of your entire personality. Okay, this is going to be huge. Okay. And number two, I'm going to free you. Okay, and I love you. By the way, by the way, by the way, I think there's something past life going on with me in the chimney suite. because when he called me I knew
2:00.4	Well, I know.
2:01.2	We're going to talk about that.
2:01.9	We can please, please, please.
2:03.2	Okay, okay, I knew.
2:01.1	Well, I know.
2:01.8	We're going to talk about that.
2:03.0	We can, please, please, please.
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