Jack is boasting about his easy, breezy relationship with Avery (Elizabeth Banks), when Nancy Donovan (Julianne Moore) bursts back into his office and life and forces the eternal question: Lee Marvin or Derek Jeter? Liz is hitting up the YMCA dating circuit, and Toofer stands up the affirmative action. Original Air Date: April 22, 2010 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find us at patreon.com/takespod and choose the level (adventure) that works for you. Want more Nick and Julie? Check...
Mar 16, 2022•47 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Liz’s ex-boyfriend Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) is waiting outside her window… to win a Today Show wedding with his new girlfriend Kaitlin. Liz decides to make him pay for her heartbreak in booze-laden salmon - a bold move, but not enough to earn her silver panther status with Jack and Danny. Meanwhile, Pete’s strategy for keeping Jenna and Tracy distracted is facial plaster casts and lots and lots and lots of stories and theories from Kenneth. Original Air Date: March 25, 2010 Love the pod? Join our ...
Mar 09, 2022•39 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Don Geiss, America and Hope Jack struggles to navigate the dual trauma of losing his mentor, Dan Goose, and being bought out by Kabletown until he invents porn for women (featuring Astronaut Mike Dexter). And Liz feels fated to continue dating Wesley Snipes (Michael Sheen) until she resolves not to settle and discovers Astronaut Mike Dexter on a new cable channel. Original Air Date: March 18, 2010 Love the pod? Join our Patreon party! You can find us at patreon.com/takespod and choose the level ...
Feb 23, 2022•52 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Liz is intrigued when she realizes that she added a new contact called ‘future husband’ while under the influence of post-root canal anesthesia - and then disappointed when the universe continues to pair her with the dull and cruel Wesley (Michael Sheen). Jack and Avery (Elizabeth Banks) face their first real test as a couple when GE’s (and Jack’s) future look uncertain and Avery wants the scoop and Tracy goes for the ’T’ in his EGOT, assisted by Jenna and the phone book. Original Air Date: Marc...
Feb 16, 2022•43 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Liz decides to face down cupid by scheduling a root canal for February 14 and renaming it ‘Anna Howard Shaw’ day. Meanwhile, Jack meets a match while appearing on ‘The Hot Box’ with Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks) and Jenna mourns the loss of her stalker (Horatio Sanz). Post-surgery, Liz hallucinates her all-star lineup of exes (Dean Winters, Jason Sudeikis and Jon Hamm) who are put to, as Jon Bon Jovi would say, “a good use of their time and talents.” Original Air Date: February 11, 2010 Love th...
Feb 09, 2022•46 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Jenna’s got drama when her opportunistic mother, Verna, shows up (played by Jan Hooks). Luckily, Jack’s got a presentation and detailed plan of how to handle manipulative mothers. Meanwhile, Liz and Frank become roommates and try to make each other better through shame, competition and night vision spy cams and Kenneth has many stories to tell to an increasingly unwell Pete. Original Air Date: February 4, 2010 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wh...
Feb 02, 2022•39 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast It’s January and everyone’s feeling cranky at TGS, so Liz and Pete decide to bring the show to Florida for the week. However, the plan gets hi-Jacked and everybody has to go to Boston so Jack can continue his accent and espionage-laden pursuit of Nancy Donovan (Julianne Moore). Original Air Date: January 21, 2010 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergpodcast www.take...
Jan 26, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast A black light TGS afterparty reveals a lot: Kenneth’s wooden teeth, Lutz’s bra, and evidence of Danny, the actor/robot, on our favorite head writer. When Jack finds out, he decides Liz’s dalliances may cost him a rare bromance so he sabotages it the only way he knows how - with lies painfully disguised as confessions. Meanwhile, Jenna’s gonna be Madonna and Sue is infantilized in Tracy’s entourage. Original Air Date: January 14, 2010 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes...
Dec 22, 2021•41 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a new year at 30 Rock and everyone is celebrating their start to 2010: Liz’s cousin Randy came out to the family (she outed him), Jack drank and purged toxic wine (and left a drunken message on Julianne Moore’s answering machine), Jenna committed herself (a human woman), to a faux relationship with James Franco, and Tracy believes he conceived his baby girl (details spared). Let the New Years fallout hijinks begin! Original Air Date: January 14, 2010 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out thei...
Dec 15, 2021•49 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Liz and Jack take a big step in their relationship and decide to give each other gifts this holiday season. Jack convinces Liz to commit to thoughtful gift-giving, Liz convinces Jack that they should spend zero dollars, and guest appearances from their high school crushes ensue (Julianne Moore and Larry Wilcox). Meanwhile in the writer’s room the boys are trying to get out of Kenneth’s Secret Santa and Jenna is having a rage stroke - finally! Original Air Date: December 10, 2009 Want more Nick a...
Dec 08, 2021•42 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Liz is ready to host her very own talk show, Dealbreakers, until Jack totally freaks out and ruins everything - but mostly Liz’s hair. As Liz descends into actor madness, Frank has to step up into her head writer spot (which gets weird) and Tracy seeks the council of Whoopi Goldberg in his pursuit of an EGOT and a daughter (they’re related). Original Air Date: December 3, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They...
Dec 01, 2021•46 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Liz gets several unpleasant surprises in this episode - first with the news that her apartment building is being turned into condos and then when she realizes what Frank’s really been putting in those jars in the window (it’s pee). But that’s nothing compared to the devastation Jack faces watching Don Geiss publicly suffer because of his children. Jack and Tracy resolve to get matching vasectomies before Tracy Jr. changes their minds. Original Air Date: November 19, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie...
Nov 24, 2021•47 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast The natural 30 Rock order is undone by the arrival of new cast member Danny (formerly Jack) Baker (Cheyenne Jackson). Liz and Jack go on a romantic date and then launch into a vindictive battle over the Dealbreakers talk show, Tracy and Jenna join forces to solve the problems of others, and Kenneth’s brain almost breaks when Danny refuses his services. It must be Opposite Day. Original Air Date: November 12, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place -...
Nov 17, 2021•39 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast The big day has finally arrived, Liz and Pete have found their new actor - Jayden Michael Tyler (Nick Fondulis) - they just need to employ the Hornberger system to get Jack to believe Jayden is his pick. Jenna crashes the party and calls Tracy to an actor emergency where they scour the streets of New York to turn Liz and Jack’s carefully formulated audition day into a talent show free-for-all. Distinguished auditionees include Brian Williams, Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot), Dot Com, and the silve...
Nov 10, 2021•41 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Liz and Jack continue the quest to find a new cast member, but it turns out Kenneth’s home town of Stone Mountain, Georgia is a more of a dead-end than the “Real America” comedy haven they were hoping to find. Back at 30 Rock, the writers finally see a reason to be Jenna’s friend and Tracy is worried that he may be the next celebrity to die - unless he can kill Betty White or Jimmy Fallon first… Original Air Date: October 29, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie and broader tv and pop culture perspecti...
Nov 03, 2021•46 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Blamo! Liz’s book ‘Dealbreakers’ has hit the shelves and everyone’s pretty mad about it, even Mike, the bookstore employee (played by Jon Glaser). Devon Banks (Will Arnett) is back to hold Jack to account in a fit of congressional oversight and to engage in some gravel-voiced gay-smr. And Kenneth saves a lot of dogs and, of course, it somehow becomes Liz’s problem. Original Air Date: October 22, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you...
Oct 27, 2021•42 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Season 4 and the gang is celebrating with dinner at Season 4: a restaurant where you can eat like “the rest of America.” Cheesy blaster anyone? Jack’s on a mission to bring Tracy, Jenna and Liz back in touch with the heartland by telling them to meet people, go country and find a more relatable actor (respectively). Meanwhile, Kenneth leads a strike to get proof of Jack’s hypocrisy and deceit when Jack takes a very large bonus while cutting the pages’ overtime. Original Air Date: October 15...
Oct 19, 2021•44 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Jack’s new father, Milton Greene (Alan Alda), is excited to meet his son but also sad because he could die at any minute. Jack decides to do whatever he can (short of giving his own kidney) to save him and calls in favors from more music superstars than we can fit in this description to put on the benefit concert of Milton Greene’s life. Meanwhile Tracy goes on an emotional journey back to his high school and Liz Lemon starts to get hers - it’s a dealbreaker, ladies! Original Air Date: May 14, 2...
Oct 06, 2021•52 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Jack decides he needs to learn who is real father is and, to Liz’s delight, he chooses a Mamma Mia situation to lure the unsuspecting candidates to 30 Rock. Meanwhile, Tracy is funding a dojo/community center through Donald - a man who is not his son and Jenna is starting get buzz for the catchphrase “that’s a dealbreaker ladies” and Liz is totally fine with not getting the writing credit. Original Air Date: May 7, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the ...
Sep 29, 2021•46 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Liz and Tracy have a stand-off about fair treatment but quickly realize the grass is not greener, Jack is find himself defending Colleen (Elaine Stritch) and confronting his daddy issues, and Jenna puts several of her issues on display with her new child, the gibbon. Original Air Date: April 30, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergpodcast www.takespod.com...
Sep 22, 2021•42 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Jack is ready to commit to Elisa (Salma Hayek), until he learns the origin story behind the hit song “La Viuda Negra,” Tracy has been committed to Angie for 20 years and needs to find the right gift to acknowledge the milestone, Jenna is committed to getting the cute EMT back to 30 Rock by any means necessary and Liz just wants to eat her night cheese. Original Air Date: April 23, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podca...
Sep 15, 2021•42 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Liz is on S-E-X probation but can’t get into the rhythm of not working, until she meets her neighbor Emily (Elizabeth Marvel) and joins her ladies group/fight club. Meanwhile Jenna’s movie about Janis Joplin, err Jackie Jormp-Jomp, is finally out and she and Jack head to the Kid’s Choice Awards to promote it. Original Air Date: April 16, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takes...
Sep 08, 2021•41 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Times are tough at 30 Rock and Jack endures hard conversations and awkward propositions to deal with mandatory budget cuts. Meanwhile, Liz plays up her Steve Jobs energy and her sexuality to no avail, and Tracy and Jenna band together to become heroes by unmasking Kenneth as a murderer. Original Air Date: April 9, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their pop culture show: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergp...
Sep 01, 2021•39 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Today we're off to space like a misguided, self-absorbed billionaire. Unlike the Bezos/Branson debacle, though, one of today's plots involves a misguided, self-absorbed *millionaire*. A man by the name of Tracy Jordan. In other plot points, Jack attempts to recapture the vomitous excitement of his youth and Liz & Jenna's already tenuous frenemyship is threatened by a recently self-diagnosed self addict. That's right, kids, Dennis Duffy's back in action Original Air Date: March 26, 2009 Want ...
Aug 25, 2021•44 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Walking through life with Dr. Drew (Jon Hamm), Liz gets to experience how the hotter half lives: In a bubble of free drinks, off-menu ordering, and delusion. Rather than stay there with the handsome (but underwhelming) Drew, Liz decides to burst the bubble - it goes great! In other plots, Jack accidentally negotiates Tracy out of a job and threatens his relationship with Kenneth and Jenna seeks attention. Original Air Date: March 19, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: ...
Aug 18, 2021•48 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Liz has new plastic containers and a new beginning…also jury duty. Jack has a microwave that fits in your pocket and can go in the shower…it just needs a name and legal’s approval. Jenna is trying an experimental upper along with the lab rats…that should be fine. And Tracy has enough money to say anything and pay any FCC fine…so no worries there. This could be the best day ever! Or the worst. Original Air Date: March 12, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Ove...
Aug 12, 2021•47 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Without Elisa around, Jack finds himself bonding with Frank, Lutz, Harry and the Hendersons while Liz inappropriately befriends a pregnant teen hoping to snag that baby and Jenna has to do her favorite thing: share. Original Air Date: March 5, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergpodcast www.takespod.com
Aug 02, 2021•53 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast The whole of New York is whipped into a fearful frenzy during Tracy Jordan's chaotic, yet cryptic interview on Larry King. Will the relationships of 30 Rock survive the fallout? Honestly, probably. But, like counting luftballoons, it shan't be easy. Original Air Date: February 26, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergpodcast www.takespod.com...
Jul 21, 2021•41 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Valentine’s Day at 30 Rock and all the traditional romantic staples are in play: well-intentioned ventriloquy, intestinal distress, light sacrilege, and Michael MacDonald. Sort of. Just another normal holiday spent with the goons we most adore. Original airdate: February 12, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also be found on social @takespod and @blergpodcast www.takespod.com...
Jul 14, 2021•49 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s 30 Rock provides the dramatic twists and turns of a telenovela: Jack must confront a gay, Latin version of himself to stay close to Salma Hayek (fair), Liz perpetrates crimes through the mail and otherwise to win the heart of Jon Hamm (also fair) and Tracy spends too much time trying to impress Wall Street date rapists (less fair). Original airdate: February 5, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. The...
Jul 07, 2021•53 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 
