On this week's episode, Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Noel Smith assures us that the kids are alright.

During her two-year tenure so far, she's spearheaded several programs to get poetry into the hands and hearts of children as well as young adults — including her most recent initiative, the selection of Spokane's first-ever Youth Poet Laureate.

Mery sheds some light on some of those programs and discusses unconventional spaces that have proven good platforms for poetry, such as farmers markets and an upcoming Inland Sessions performance on KSPS.