Featured poem: The Problem with Early Warnings by Charles Rafferty. Featured topics: live action CGI adaptations, tornadoes, the ethics of joy, the colonization of the mind, quarterly Gap runs, shitting your pants, and a Zohran Mamdani check. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

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