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 95 episodes available.

Poking Around episodes:

May 21, 2025 Future Tripping ft. Allie Lawrence
Featured poem: My Sentimental Afternoon by Leila Chatti. Featured topics: college, dirty talk, subway platform as dating app, balloons, birthdays, and the wonderful season of springtime.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 9min
May 20, 2025 Future Tripping ft. Allie Lawrence
Featured poem: My Sentimental Afternoon by Leila Chatti. Featured topics: balloons, birthday, springtime, the future, dirty talk, exercise, balloons, and subway platforms.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 9min
May 13, 2025 Mary and Joseph Are Running Out of Time (ft. Molly Hackett)
Featured poem: Typewritten Excerpt by Molly Hackett. Featured topics: moths, imperfection, the distance between should and is, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody Christmas Specials, our personal God concepts, and the extremely questionable and upsetting report from on high regarding apparent the age gap between Mary and Jospeh.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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
May 06, 2025 B Health Rating
Featured poem: The Question by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
Featured topics: the path of love, mold, B health ratings, lazy advertising, being hangry, and the age-old human vs creation dichotomy and divide.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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50min
April 29, 2025 Fully Cooked
Featured poem: I am now personally developed by Jordan Shea Page. Featured topics: Karl Marx, to-do lists, acts of becoming, and the haunting unknowability of the man who is your best friend's boyfriend.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 8min
April 22, 2025 Deep in Duff Land
Featured poem: Love Poem by Nick Martino
Featured topics: birthdays, drugs, Disney World, Easter, and a really problematic thing that the Duff Sisters did.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 13min
April 08, 2025 Siblings or Dating?
Featured poem: For arson by Fatema Alzari. Featured topics: little sisters, birthday party outfits, blonde adults, and Mandy Moore.
Poem read with permission from the author.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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57min
April 01, 2025 There Once Was a Poet Named Boppa
Episode re-air in remembrance of Zoe's Boppa, who passed away this year on the first day of spring. <3
Featured poem: Two Limericks by Boppa (aka Zoe's 94-year-old grandfather, aka Tom Branch).
Featured topics: tit for tat, end of life arrangements, typewriters, old lady-isms, and turning 21.
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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49min
March 25, 2025 Cruise O' Clock
Featured poem: City Lake by Chelsea DesAutels. Featured topics: cruise vibes, colonization, lakes, fishing, frogs, geese, mercy, and the way it's better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 7min
March 18, 2025 Fish Fight
Featured poem: Cloudy with a Chance of Chapstick by Lancee Whetman
Featured topics: how mermaids are made, dating apps, pucker fish, subway screens, how to put a chocolate chip inside a raspberry, moomoo, and dolphins.
Poem read with permission from the author.
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 2min

FAQs about Poking Around:

How many episodes does Poking Around have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.