It's All Poetry
Episodes
The Gravity of Power (with Leila Rao)
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to you Potent Poets, Luring Linguists, and Vigorous Verbivores. In this episode, Nicole sits down with the founder of Cultural Cartograph...
Between Prayer & Practice (with Cody Cook-Parrott)
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Prepping Poets, Line-Running Linguists, and Seasoning Semanticists. In this week’s episode, we welcome back the writer, artist...
A Sad, Pleasure & The Meaning of Nostalgia (with Adrienne Sloan)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Pining Poets, Longing Linguists, and Wistful Word Nerds. In this week’s episode, Nicole sits down with artist-researcher and p...
Radical Takes Root (with Jen Gurecki)
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Progressive Poets, Eccentric Elegists, and Bohemian Balladeers. In this week’s episode on “Radical,” Nicole has a thought-...
Defining 'Jewel' & Handcrafting Joy (with Erika Rose Mark)
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Polished Poets, Exquisite Etymologists, and "Gaudy Gifts who love to gab" and welcome to It's All Poetry. In this E...
Sustain, Maintain, & Entertain: Redefining Sustainability (with Kim Grob)
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Planet-Friendly Poets, Renewable Rhapsodists, and Symbiotic Scribes. In this week’s “energy-efficient” episode, Nicole tal...
Becoming Aware & Defining Conscious (with Verena Borell)
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you Perceiving Poets, Lucid Linguaphiles, and Observing Epeolatrists (that’s a deep cut). In this episode of IAP, Nicole looks inwa...
Defiant Play & Defining Creativity (w/ Michaela Ayers)
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, hello to all you playful poets, language lovers, and verbivores. In the second episode of season four, Nicole is joined by the founder of Nouri...
The Space Between Drafts: Redefining “Edit” (with Emily Doucet)
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, Hello to all you polished poets, reword nerds, and lexomancers. We are back! And in our "first draft" episode of season 4, Nicole is joi...
Tending to your creative life (with Dr. Kate Henry)
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole is joined by Dr. Kate Henry, productivity coach and author of Tend To It, for a thoughtful conversation about gardens, grief, and living with i...
Steady & She Goes (with Amanda Laird)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nicole sits down with the founder of Slow and Steady Studio, Amanda Laird. The two explore steadiness as something alive, wobbly, and...
Visibility & The Radiant Risks of Being Seen (with Britt Broekhaus)
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, somatic astrologer Britt Broekhaus and Nicole peer into why being seen is so often terrifying, how invisibility can feel like a refug...
Grief & Making Space for Something New (with Uma Girish)
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nicole and grief companion Uma Girish unpack grief as a loss of connection, a physical experience, and an invitation to live more mea...
What an "entangled" mess we weave (with M. Brown)
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two-Spirit Shoshone and Hoopa doula, writer, and public health storyteller Madison Murphy Barney joins Nicole to explore entanglement as intimacy, res...
"Productivity" but with boundaries (with Dr. Taylor Allbright)
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the word productive isn’t just about getting things done — but a reflection of centuries of moral judgment, capitalist pressure, and deepl...
“Wealth," money, and meaning (with Rachel Duncan)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Wealth” often sounds like a number. But what if it’s actually a feeling? In this cozy conversation, financial therapist Rachel Duncan shares he...
Growth, Balance, and Fish “Scales” (with Sarah Kuiken)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is scale about climbing higher, shedding layers, or finding balance? Nicole sits down with writer and longtime collaborator Sarah Kuiken to explore th...
Everyday “Magic” (with Sarah Dittmore and Kaitlyn Gulock)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes something truly magical? The ritual? The mystery? Or simply the act of believing something more is possible? In this episode, Nicole sits...
Don't pay "attention," give it (with Amelia Hruby)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if attention isn’t a currency to be spent, but a gift to be given? Feminist creator Amelia Hruby invites us to reimagine the way we relate to f...
"Money" is an admonishing goddess (with Katie Scott)
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if I told you that “money” was once the name of a goddess? That’s right—long before debit cards and two-day shipping, the Romans worshipp...
"Pirate" Energy in a Structured World (with Rachel Ropeik)
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did a word rooted in plunder and violence become a symbol of creativity, courage, and rebellion? In this swashbuckling episode, Nicole is joined b...
To leap, to quiver, to "dance!" (with Jess Grippo)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if dancing again could heal something you thought was unchangeable? In this episode, Jess Grippo joins Nicole to talk about dance as more than ch...
"Focus" is a hearth, not a spotlight (with Christina Jones)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by the incredible Christina Jones—brand photographer, creative coach, and (fun fact) the first guest I’ve ever met in real life...
This “funnel” has holes — marketing, metaphors, and consent (with Cleoniki Kesidis)
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nicole welcomes back her very first repeat guest (🥳), Cleoniki Kesidis, copywriter extraordinaire and fellow funnel-skeptic. The t...
From clay tablets to AI: What does it mean “to write?” (with Katie Wolf)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really mean to write? Is it an act or a process? And can AI truly replicate it? In this episode, writer, editor, and book coach Katie Wol...
Trailer: Season 3 (We're getting weirder)
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, welcome to season three of It's All Poetry.My name is Nicole Cloutier, your host and resident word nerd... and for someone who her whole life has ...
28. What "intuition" looks like (with Lauren Levine)
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered if you even had an intuition? Or if it was buried under years and years of people-pleasing, shoulds, etc? That’s how I felt …...
27. The art and heart of "design" (with Sarah Jutras)
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does “design” truly mean, and how does it shape more than just our screens? Sarah Jutras, founder of Huzzah Studio and creator of the "Freela...
26. Landscapes, prayers, and other ordinary magic (with Cody Cook-Parrott)
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Cody Cook-Parrott joined me to explore the word "landscape," I thought we'd talk about pretty views and garden design. Instead, we discovered poe...
25: "Trust" is a basket of grapes (with Taylor Lecours)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So how is trust like a basket of grapes? Guess you have to listen to find out. :) In this episode, Nicole sits down with Taylor LeCours, a fellow copy...
24: "Intimacy" & power (with Shivani Mehta Bhatia)
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We all have it. We all have problems with it. We all want it. And we all also are really terrified of the ways in which we want it." In this episode,...
23. "Pleasure" = to be approved? (with Sarah Diedrick)
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if the word 'pleasure' has been whispering "approve me" all along? Today, I'm thrilled to dive deep into a word that's more complicated than it ...
22: "Performance" is a collective agreement (with Melinda Beck)
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
These days, "performance" is often used with a negative connotation. We don't want anything we do to look like a performance... we'd much rather be au...
21: It’s not failure… we’re going “fallow” (with Sarah Loertscher)
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with bookkeeper, jewelry designer, and budding mushroom farmer Sarah Loertscher, to explore the poetic (and yet also rathe...
20: "Connection," human design, and friendship (with Kyle Wood)
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes a word surprises me with how spiritual it is. Connection is one of those words. It seems to be a word without time or space. A web just conn...
19: "Authenticity" - from murder to marketing (with Leanne Knight)
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did a word once meaning "murderer" become the holy grail of modern branding? In this episode, Nicole and guest Leanne Knight trace the s...
18: “Decolonization” & the legacy of the plantation in our workplace (with Podge Thomas)
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, I sat down with the amazing Podge Thomas, founder of Small Business Co-Pilot. Our word? “Decolonization,” especially how it ...
17: Your "career" is not a race... or is it? (with Rianne BeCraft)
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of my favorite things about diving deep into words in these episodes is tracing how the history of the word affects the way we use it today. Even ...
16: "Revolution" - how cycles lead to change (with Lisa Jara)
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At first glance, the two definitions of “revolution” might seem to contradict each other: Motion of anything which brings it to the same point o...
15: "Wilderness" - the word, the myth, the construct (with Erin Monahan)
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "It's All Poetry," Nicole and guest Erin Monahan explore the complex and dangerous implications of the word (and cons...
14: The curious history of "hypnosis" (with Laurnie Wilson)
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of when you hear the word “hypnosis?” Is it a on-stage comedy act? Or a deep healing modality? This week, I was so honored to si...
13. "Listening" is a tender act (with Amelia Hruby)
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Nicole Cloutier is thrilled to sit down with Amelia Hruby, a writer, podcaster, and founder of the feminist podcast studio, Softer Sounds. Toge...
12: To "embody," to collect into a whole (with Elle Bower Johnston)
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Embody" is a popular word in the spiritual and online realm -- which makes it a very important word to get to know a bit better. And there ...
11: Reflections (& advice?!) on starting a podcast
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When I started this podcast, I promised myself that I would commit to 8 episodes, and here we are! Episode 11! So I thought I would take a moment to ...
10: Wishing on a genie (a copywriting lesson) 🧞
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a rare solo-episode / mini-copywriting lesson all about learning how to craft your words with the same precision and care of making wishes on...
9: Where does the "self" begin — or end? (with Jenine Camins)
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You are a "self..." right? But what does that mean exactly? And if we don't know the meaning of self, then can we even begin to fathom t...
8: Life is an act of "translation" (with Amy Hallberg)
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Webster’s 1828 dictionary, “translate” is first defined as: “To bear, carry or remove from one place to another.” Isn’t this a fascinat...
7: The language of dreams (with Rachel Strivelli)
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wake up from a dream so vivid you swear it was real? Or have you woken with just one word or image swirling around in your brain that you can’t...
6: Everyone loves to hate on "should" — and other words (with Elise Aabakken)
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Words, like all living things, evolve. Which means they also branch away from each other and sometimes you have to look at a word from multiple angles...
5: Poetry in times of turmoil (with Mazarine Treyz)
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m going to be honest, we go a lot of places in this episode. The throughline? Poetry. Poetry and how we organize our values, poetry and rituals, p...
4: Ethics & Copywriting — aka "The Marketing Ick" (with Cleoniki Kesidis)
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The marketing ick — we all suffer from it from time to time (yes, even a couple of well seasoned copywriters). For Nicole, the ick caused her to act...
3: Everyone's talking about "somatics." Here's exactly what it is and how it can help you heal (with Jesse Rosenblum)
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Somatics” — such a hot word right now. It feels like every other TikTok therapist is talking about it. Which on one hand is great — we love t...
2: "Beauty," marketing, and Helena Rubenstein (with Alicia Maxwell)
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Beauty” … such a loaded word, isn’t it? (I hear it’s even been known to sink a ship or two.) No matter what we think we think about "b...
1: Why a podcast about words?
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Words! The building blocks of our societies, beliefs, the way we view our lives and those we share our lives with. Today, we’re just breaking the ic...
0: It's All Poetry - The Words That Build Our Worlds
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to It's All Poetry, a podcast about words and how we use them. I know, big topic! Ultimately, my goal is for you to fall so deeply in love...