In this episode, we sit down with Zoe and Hannah, who are writers, artists, and the creative duo behind Poking Around Podcast. You might recognize them as the two with typewriters in Central Park, writing custom poems for strangers on the spot. That’s actually how we met them, and we couldn’t wait to dive deeper into their world.

We talk about what it’s like to write poems for others in real time, the wildest prompts they’ve received, how they became writers, and what it feels like to create something deeply personal and then hand it off, never to see it again. We also get into a thoughtful discussion about AI in the creative space and what it means for artists today.

This conversation left us feeling inspired and grateful for human creativity. We hope you love it as much as we did.

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