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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How many episodes does Poking Around have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.

Poking Around episodes:

July 23, 2024 The 28 Club (ft. Joel Haver)
Featured poem: Love Poem for an Apocalypse by Dave Lucas. Featured guest: Joel Haver — your favorite prolific YouTuber and pasta-making friend. Featured topics: child skulls, Nicole Kidman for president, proof that anyone can make a film (& podcast? & poem?), the sacred nature of the women's bathroom line, graffiti, and the iPhone 10 mini.
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
July 16, 2024 Dear Diary (Pt. 2)
Featured poem: How to Live by Todd Dillard.
Featured topics: Zoe's diaries, the art of hoarding via collage, caged birds, boys clubs, and the wisdom of allergies.
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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58min
July 09, 2024 There Once Was a Poet Named Boppa
Featured poem: Two Limericks by Boppa (aka Zoe's 93-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
July 02, 2024 Dear Diary (Pt. 1)
Featured poem: Suggested Donation by Heather Christle.
Featured topics: middle school diaries, human belongings, the impossibility of flight, high school reunions, and the hit TV series Lost (2004).
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
June 25, 2024 Megaphone Guys
Featured poem: This Poem Wants to Be a Lesbian Country Song So Bad by Erica Gillingham
Featured topics: The Biggest Cutie Pie in New York, the American flag, country stuff, doomsday, and Carefree Zoe.
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
June 18, 2024 Kinsey 1.5
Featured poem: Serendipity by Jeannine Hall Gailey. Featured topics: the Kinsey Scale, the female gaze, five dollar bills, the general concept of a glass ceiling, and dragons.
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
Cool place to donate this pride month: forthegworls.com
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55min
June 11, 2024 States of Emergency
Featured poem: Meditations in an Emergency by Cameron Awkward-Rich. Featured topics: blushing, the Titanic, the state of the world, our breaking hearts, bows and arrows, and mean girls.
Poem read with permission of the author's agent.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠
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55min
June 04, 2024 Inventions: We've Gone Too Far
Featured Poem: Dear Future Me (#12) by Lena Moses-Schmitt. Featured Topics: How to be a poet, 3D printing, the mind vs the body, and no-touch sinks.
Poem published in Tupelo Quarterly + read with permission of 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
May 28, 2024 I've Just Been to a Marvelous Party
Featured poem: Short Distance Friendship Lyndsay Rush
Featured topics: Dance Dance Revolution, a speakeasy dollar store, stuffed animal tea parties, and our friend Emma.
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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58min
May 21, 2024 The Zippo Begets
Featured poem: The Day Mary Oliver Died by James A. Pearson. Featured topics: the vibe of wishes, how to be immortal, dude friendship, em dashes.
Send us your poems inspired by our topics! [email protected]
Poem read with permission from the author.
New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠
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57min

FAQs about Poking Around:

How many episodes does Poking Around have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.