About this podcast
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 — often in the same breath. Each episode includes two new poems written on the spot and read based on themes explored in the episode.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 111 episodes
- Pilots, Birds, Gods · 51 minFeatured poem: Meditation of _____ by Nome Emeka Patrick. Featured topics: Babylon, language, gods, confusion, flight, grandfathers, and pilots. Poem read with permission from…
- Ghosts · 51 minFeatured poem: Swallowing Rage by Lisa Conquet. Featured topics: assualt, womanhood, cornell 7, rage, the paranormal, aliens, mind reading, the moon. Poem read with permission…
- The Nature Episode · 56 minFeatured poem: Man or Bear? by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: hiking, camping, almost dying, buses, men, bears, and whales. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme…
- Because · 1 h 1 minFeatured poem: Acrophobia by Elizabeth Torres. Featured topics: heights, motherhood, reaching, falling, skiing, baby Zoe, Hugh L Carey, Hugh Grant, legacy. Poem read with…
- Opposite Day · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 105Featured poem: Newton's First Law of Motion by Kiara Rose. Featured topics: uncles, cousins, beasties, artists, scientists, and wearing your socks on your hands. Poem read with…
- The Club ft Breonn Lyons · 49 minFeatured poem: Weather Boy by Breonn Lyons. Featured topics: clubbing, romance, notes app poetry, girls night out, crossing the street, risking your life. Poem read with…
- Gorgeous Clown Fundamentals · 58 min · Episode 104Featured poem: The Women’s Locker Room 10 AM on Thursdays, Immediately Following Water Aerobics by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: horrifying dreams, nudity, aging, clowns…
- Identifying With Men · 53 minFeatured poem: I Dreamt of Molly and Told Her I Want to be a Poet Too by Mckenna Irwin. Featured topics: souls, dr*gs, heaven, love, p*ss, sh*t, blood, womanhood, the pandemic…
- Desert Based Time · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 24Featured poem: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough. Featured topics: lent, convenience, working at the mall, falling in love, queerness, weddings, and walking on your knees for a…
- Limerence · 51 minFeatured poem: WebMD & chill by Anthony Gioia. Featured topics: infatuation, limerence, crushes, pregnancy, pillows. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by…
- The Hundredth Episode Spectacular · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 100In this special and fabulous episode, we discuss busking secrets, how we met each other, philosophical questions, and other silly dynamics / fantastic lore.
- Fauxracular · 54 minFeatured poem: Wound Is the Orgin of Wonder by Maya C. Popa. Featured topics: old literature, mortality, religion, wonder, menus, language, restaurants. Poem read with permission…
- Who Are These People? · 57 minFeatured poem: I Keep Trying to Leave but the Sex Just Gets Better and Better by Ali Shapiro. Featured topics: breakups, sexy stuff, outgrowing, and the horrifying experience of…
- Geese Truthers ft. Benjamin Hightower · 1 h 1 minFeatured poem: On Seeing the First Line of "Wild Geese" on a Tote Bag in Whole Foods by Matt Donovan. Featured topics: Mary Oliver, religion, God, music, queerness, work ethics…
- Groundhog's Day · 48 min · Season 2Featured poem: Oracle by Joshua Turek. Featured topics: Groundhog’s Day, trucks, parking lots, cities, stars, and the natural world. Poem read with permission from the author…
- As In Once · 49 minFeatured poem: Swallow by Aimee Wai. Featured topics: love, birds, bobble heads, grammar, yearning, eldest daughter, Van Gogh. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme…
- Elle Oh Well · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 13Featured poem: On My History of Kissing Everyone at Parties by Isabelle Correa. Featured topics: goofy shit, cast parties, making out, the moon, bisexuality, gay hands, and…
- Horse Girls · 49 minFeatured poem: Why the Long Face the Bartender Asks? By Matt Donovan Featured topics: horses, jokes, bars, beer flavors, peonies, love, crushes, new york city Poem read with…
- Celebrity Photo Opps · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 11Featured poem: Men’s Beds by Richie Hoffman Featured topics: prostates, rosters, promiscuity, feelings, celebrities, summer, and putting sunscreen on your own back. Poem read…
- Empire State of Mind · 52 minFeatured poem: Figuration by Patrycja Humienik. Featured topics:being tired, immigration, generational gaps, the american dream, self driving cars, conspiracies, capitalism. Poem…
