Poking Around

By Poking Around

Join hosts Hannah Monsour and Zoe Branch as they joke around about poems and poem around about jokes. Both professional poets and amateur comedians, the artists explore the funny and the profound — of... more

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The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

Poking Around episodes:

November 25, 2025 Thanksgiving Special
Featured poem: Success by Bessie Anderson Stanley. Featured topics: living, laughing, loving, succeeding, being grateful, and of course, an egg's benediction.
Poem in the public domain.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 5min
November 18, 2025 Dollar Coin Wish
Featured poem: At the bar, C calls me lonely, like actually" by Loisa Fenichell
Featured topics: childhood friends, spinsters, vending machines, wishing wells, longing, and Apple Pay.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 1min
November 11, 2025 The Papaya
Featured poem: Braintree by Kristina Percy. Featured topics: motherhood, fig wasps, the wisdom of children, brains, fruits, and Hannah's 2020 confusion.
Poem read with permission from the author, part of her new collection, Both True.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 10min
November 04, 2025 Roaches Vote Twice
Featured poem: Cockroach by Jenny Qi. Featured topics: ELECTION DAY!, Las Vegas, language bastardization, pigeon nests, voter fraud, and ice cream lines.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 14min
October 28, 2025 Doggy Dog World
Featured poem: Incunabula, Mother Tongue by Max McDonough. Featured topics: insomnia, idioms, language, mothers, witches, shame, and the way that love is at the center of everything.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

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1h 11min
October 14, 2025 Invasive Species
Featured poem: I Nominate the Linden to Continue Its Service As Tree of Longing & Aromatic Futility by Alina Stefanescu. Featured topics: trees, nationality, invasive species, affairs, shame, romantic tropes, and siblings.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 11min
October 07, 2025 Haunted AMC
Sorry this episode is echoey! Join us in the tunnel chamber of poem creation :)
Featured poem: A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. Featured topics: sand, dreams, the ocean tormenting the shore, swim team, movie theater nostalgia, and being bottomless.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 3min
September 30, 2025 First Timers
Featured poem: The World Has Not Been Cruel to Him Yet by Allison Mei-Li. Featured topics: sweetie pie little boys, gender, camp, and drug experiences with friends.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 6min
September 23, 2025 Compliment Sandwich
Featured poem: The Beautiful World by Noah Rafael Seltzer. Featured topics: New Mexico, Bushwick, birds and following them, theme parks, Irish pubs, Frankenstein, and the extended Noah Rafael Seltzer cinematic universe.
Poem read by and with permission of the author!
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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1h 3min
September 16, 2025 Blissed Off the Glyss
Featured poem: Untitled 1975 — 86 by Jason B. Crawford. Featured topics: bobs, trains, safety, oysters, eczema, ads, and cannibalism.
Poem read with permission from the author. NOTE: In this episode we say that Jason is a trans man, but they actually cross between trans masc and trans femme! Sorry Jason we love you and your poem!! <3
Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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58min

FAQs about Poking Around:

How many episodes does Poking Around have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.