Welcome to B.L.E.R.G! (Buddies Loquaciously Expressing Rudimentary Garbage). On this episode, we join Jack and Liz in the synergistic corporate mumbo-jumbo conference that is Six Sigma’s “Retreat to Move Forward.” Back at 30 Rock, Kenneth gets health conscious and tries to cure Tracy of diabetes and Jenna is arguably too committed to her Janis Joplin character development. Original airdate: January 22, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - where...
Jun 30, 2021•49 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast A nasty virus has overtaken the staff at 30 Rock and Liz has to decide if she’ll stand with the crew against the unjust vaccination policy, or get her shot so she can enjoy beach socks and a vacation lover. Meanwhile, Jack takes Elisa for a night on the town with her charge Mr. Templeton in tow and Tracy and Jenna forget to buy soup for the sick crew. Original airdate: January 15, 2009 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podca...
Jun 16, 2021•43 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Liz is baby crazy and has boundary issues so finds herself fearfully dating Stewart from the UN (Peter Dinklage), Jack - despite his best efforts to remain Señor Macho Solo - falls for his mother's new nurse Elisa (Selma Hayek), and Jenna gets into the character of Janis Joplin to the degree that copyright law will allow. Original airdate: January 8, 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 fou...
Jun 08, 2021•42 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast The holiday season has everyone keyed up: Jack accidentally breaks both of his mother’s hips (the incomparable Elaine Stritch), Liz tries to pacify lonliness and white guilt with the Letters to Santa program, Jenna’s drinking high-proof Christmas Spirit and Pete wants to make sure they get their quadruple overtime. Original airdate: December 11, 2008 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 socia...
Jun 02, 2021•48 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Dreams are dashed and fantasies shattered as Jack finds out Don Geiss will live and rule forever, Liz learns she was a snarky, hated bully in high school, and Tracy and Jenna can’t stop Kenneth from being the funniest guy on the elevator. Featuring Robyn Lively, Janel Moloney, Diane Neal and Steve Witting as Liz’s classmates. Original airdate: December 4, 2008 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their pop culture podcast: Takes All Over the Place - wherever you get your podcasts. They can also b...
Apr 28, 2021•50 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Liz and Jack are all dressed up because Steve Martin is guest starring as Gavin Volure, the successful businessman turned agoraphobic germaphobe (or did he?) and he’s having them to dinner. Also in attendance is the brief but brilliant (and loud) John McEnroe. Meanwhile, Tracy has become convinced that his boys are going to Menendez him and he is able to put the Japanese sex doll himself to good uses. Original airdate: November 20, 2008 Want more Nick and Julie? Check out their other podcast: Ta...
Apr 21, 2021•51 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Liz and Jenna get a surprise visit from their crazy friend Claire (Jennifer Aniston) who briefly tears through 30 Rock, doing some serious damage to Jack’s psyche and arrest record. Meanwhile, Tracy tries to mollify Kenneth’s uniform concerns by reuniting (some of) the cast of Night Court (Markie Post, Harry Anderson and Charlie Robinson). Original airdate: November 13, 2008 www.takespod.com/blerg Want more Nick and Julie? Check out Takes! All Over the Place (@takespod) wherever you get yo...
Apr 14, 2021•42 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Season 3 starts on a sunny note! Jack has returned from DC and is ready to work his way back up the GE ladder and Liz is interviewing for adoption agencies - both ready to take on long-term, exhaustive projects and accomplish them as quickly as possible, maybe 9 years, 15 tops! As the episode progresses, they lose some moral fortitude, but none of the commitment to meeting their goals. Featuring the amazing Megan Mullally as Liz’s adoption agent and Devin Banks and Kathy Geiss (Will Arnett and M...
Apr 07, 2021•48 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the Season 2 finale and all the things are happening! Jack’s in DC with his new boss Cooter Burger (the amazing Matthew Broderick), Liz thinks she’s pregnant with Dennis Duffy’s baby, Kenneth runs the gauntlet to be an NBC page at the Beijing Olympics and Tracy and Frank finally finish their porn video game. Original airdate: May 8, 2008 www.takespod.com Follow us @blergpodcast for new episode alerts Want more takes, recaps and reviews from Nick and Julie? Check out: Takes! All Over t...
Mar 31, 2021•43 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Floyd’s back (Jason Sudeikis) and Liz tries to have a Marcia moment. It would have been flawless except Floyd just won’t leave! In the writers room, “Sandwich Day” has filled everyone’s minds and bellies and, against their better judgment, the writers eat Liz’s sandwich…and then spend the rest of the episode in a drinking contest with the teamsters trying to get her another one. Original airdate: May 1, 2008 Want more pop culture with Nick and Julie? Check out Takes All Over the Place (@takespod...
Mar 24, 2021•46 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Jack finally gets the job he’s been waiting for - at least Don Geiss (Rip Torn) says he does. But a determinedly-not-gay Devon Banks (Will Arnett) and his flower-eating fiancée Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot) show up to thwart his plan. Meanwhile, Jack introduces Liz to the intoxicating GE corporate world and Tracy manifests a porn/video game legacy his children can be proud of. Original airdate: April 24, 2008 Like subscribe and follow us @blergpodcast and @takespod www.takespod.com/blerg&n...
Mar 16, 2021•40 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Liz is surprised by an old flame when Jack tells her Dennis Duffy should be a guest on TGS and by the sodium content of her Sabor de Soledad snacks. Neither is enough to shock her out of eating, so she keeps munching the chips and takes Dennis out to dinner. Meanwhile, Jack is lost without a cool Republican celebrity to take to the McCain dinner and Jenna is the voice of morality. Original airdate: April 17, 2008 Rate, subscribe and follow us @blergpodcast and @takespod www.takespod.com...
Mar 10, 2021•42 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Everyone at 30 Rock is focused on one thing: the finale of MILF Island. Or they would be if someone hadn’t called Jack a moron on Page 6, launching a full investigation with the threat of termination. We’ll find out who did it, and who won MILF Island, but we’ll never find out why Pete wanted a SoyJoy bar that badly. Original airdate: April 10, 2008 Like and subscribe @blergpodcast and @takespod www.takespod.com/blerg
Mar 03, 2021•46 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Alternate title: “11:45 Train to Georgia” As the 2007 writer’s strike brings a hiatus to Season 2 of 30 Rock, our friends are on the move! Kenneth gets caffeinated, launching his manic energy around the studio until he decides to take a midnight train to Georgia. Jack and C.C. (Edie Falco) are spending time in Hockassin, Pennsylvania in an ultimately futile attempt to make their DC/NYC relationship work. And Liz tries to take Jack’s advice and buy real estate, but loses out on the apartment beca...
Feb 24, 2021•39 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the holiday season at 30 Rock and the crew is ready to celebrate Ludachristmas - until Kenneth decides they all need to learn the spirit of season and turns the party into a puppet lesson with Reverend Gary. But the real fun is at dinner with the Lemons where Jack’s mother Colleen is determined to prove that Liz’s loving and supportive family is an easily cracked illusion. Guest starring Buck Henry, Anita Gillette, Andy Richter and the amazing Elaine Stritch. Original airdate: December 13, ...
Feb 17, 2021•49 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Liz’s head is spinning as she tries to manage all the monsters she’s created - and no, she’s not happy. She’s focused on making both Jenna and Tracy feel acknowledged by the world but also has mediate Frank and Toofer’s growing rivalry and attend an awkward dinner with C.C. (Edie Falco) and Jack with Kenneth as her date and board game partner. Luckily, James Carville (the real one) sweeps through in the end to clean up all the messes (and steal from the vending machine?) Original airdate: Decemb...
Feb 10, 2021•46 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Despite trying to live out her meatball sub and reality tv fantasy, Liz finds herself being wooed by a cute and much younger man (Val Emmich). Jack’s very supportive, Liz is not so sure and Jenna and Frank are competitive and jealous. Tracy “volunteers” to help a youth baseball team from Knuckle Beach until Jack decides he and Kenneth have the more appropriately Churchillian chops and kick Tracy off the project. Sometimes you’ve just gotta shut it down. Original airdate: November 29, 2007 Want m...
Feb 03, 2021•47 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Jack accidentally falls for a liberal congresswoman (Edie Falco) who just so happens to be trying destroy him, NBC and Sheinhardt Wig Company and Tracy becomes determined to help Jack pursue his star-crossed love. Meanwhile Kenneth goes to great lengths to earn enough money to buy Jack pants and Liz becomes obsessed with the idea that her neighbor (Fred Armisen) is a terrorist in a classic cringe-worthy plot line. Also featuring Kristen Wiig as Congresswoman Cunningham in a Lifetime movie. Origi...
Jan 27, 2021•42 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is a lesson in friendship, humility, corporate responsibility and the dangers of lying to get out of something you don’t want to do. Jack tries to create a business-friendly environmental mascot but instead empowers a rude, arrogant eco-warrior out to destroy GE (both played by David Schwimmer). Liz doesn’t want to go to Kenneth’s party so she and Tracy accidentally make it his worst/last party ever. And Pete walks all over the boundaries of Liz’s personal space in the interest of k...
Jan 20, 2021•42 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Liz flirts with rebellion after receiving an award from GE for being such a brand-loyal follower; but just a few minutes in the home of her idol Rosemary Howard (Carrie Fisher) sets her back on the straight and narrow. Meanwhile, Tracy finds himself in the cutest dog fight ever and Jenna preps Kenneth for a gruesome “page off” against head page Donny (Paul Scheer). Original airdate: October 25, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg Like the show? We'll accept gratitude in t...
Jan 13, 2021•45 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Jack prepares to be CEO of GE by hiring a private investigator (Steve Buscemi) to dig into his past and accidentally gets caught with his hand in several hundred cookie jars. Kenneth takes on the assignment to keep Jenna fat and Liz teams up with Angie (Sherri Shepherd) to try and keep Tracy in line. Original airdate: October 18, 2007 @blergpodcast on social www.takespod.com/blerg Subscribe, rate, review, thank you!!
Jan 05, 2021•43 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Despite his heart and Devon Banks' best efforts, Jack gets in the game and tried to show himself as a viable successor to Don Geiss as CEO of GE. Tracy and Angie are still estranged and Kenneth does his best to bring them back together and Jenna is really leaning into the popularity from her weight gain. Original airdate: October 11, 2007 www.takespod/blerg @blergpodcast
Dec 22, 2020•46 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Back from a productive summer, Jack and Liz have high hopes that crash quickly. Jack thinks digitally inserting Jerry Seinfeld into every NBC show is a great idea and Liz decides to invest in a $4000 ham napkin- I mean, wedding dress just weeks after she and Floyd have officially called it quits. Tracy and Kenneth strike up an office romance of sorts and Jenna plays with fat jokes that mostly don't land. Original airdate: October 4, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg ...
Dec 06, 2020•40 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Season one leaves on a high note! Tracy manages to escape a miserable situation with Kenneth's cousin Jesse (Sean Hayes), Jack's mother Colleen (Elaine Stritch) makes her first fantastic appearance, and Jack ditches his delicate (and probably gold-digging) fiancé (Emily Mortimer). Original airdate: April 26, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!
Nov 24, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast New York is getting overwhelming - Floyd doesn’t get the promotion he was hoping for, Liz is still very freaked out by Jack and Phoebe’s relationship, and Tracy is being targeted by the Cosby-led Black Crusaders. So where do they flee? To the Cleve, of course! Original airdate: April 19, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg Please subscribe, rate and review!
Nov 18, 2020•36 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Jack’s gloomy post-fireworks demeanor begins to lighten when he takes up with the birdlike and breakable Phoebe from Christie’s (played exquisitely by Emily Mortimer) but not before first falling hard for Liz’s flower guy, now Floydster. Liz keeps Floyd in her bed with Uno and tissue-filled pajamas…which seems to somehow be working…and Tracy tries to make a Thomas Jefferson movie against all odds. Original airdate: April 12, 2007 www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodcast Please like and subscri...
Nov 11, 2020•47 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast In this incendiary episode, Jack faces off against new nemesis Devon Banks (played by Will Arnett), Liz travels a bumpy and ethically dubious path to date flower guy Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) and Tracy gets shocking news about his presidential lineage. Original airdate: April 5, 2007 www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodcast Please rate, review and subscribe!
Nov 04, 2020•42 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Every iteration of the surname Donaghy is brought to life in this family-centric romp. Jack's brother Eddie (known Disney felon played by Nathan Lane) comes to town to "reconnect" with Jack because their dad has recently "died." The truth of Eddie's visit eventually comes to light, but not before the whole Donaghy clan comes to town with whiskey and fisticuffs in tow. Meanwhile, Tracy seeks religion and Liz gets lost in a crazy crush on flower guy. Original airdate: March 8, 2007 www.takes...
Oct 28, 2020•31 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast The Source Awards are the source of a lot of discomfort and convoluted drama, but we’ll get to that in the podcast. The episode also features peak Kenneth sass and peak Kenneth manatee/mento wisdom, Tracy doing a stunning, scone-filled turn as Oprah and handsome and hilarious guest stars: LL Cool J and Wayne Brady. Original airdate: March 1, 2007 *Zoolander may be better without swears and stuff, but we’re not - you’ve been warned.* www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodcast on...
Oct 20, 2020•35 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Jack is eager to play hard ball with Josh over his new contract, but Liz has to get burnt a couple of times before she is really ready to crush her former friend. Meanwhile, Jenna accidentally expresses anti-troop sentiment in a Maxim interview only to make it exponentially worse in her subsequent televised apologies and Kenneth’s harmonious start as a member of Tracy’s entourage quickly takes a turn. Original airdate: February 22, 2007 www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodcast and @takespod on socia...
Oct 13, 2020•39 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast 
