Podcast Episodes

Growth, Balance, and Fish “Scales” (with Sarah Kuiken)

Season 3 Episode 37

Is scale about climbing higher, shedding layers, or finding balance? Nicole sits down with writer and longtime collaborator Sarah Kuiken to explore this multitasking word that spans fish, ladders, pi…

Published on 8 hours ago

Everyday “Magic” (with Sarah Dittmore and Kaitlyn Gulock)

Season 3 Episode 36

What makes something truly magical? The ritual? The mystery? Or simply the act of believing something more is possible? In this episode, Nicole sits down with (Sarah Dittmore and Kaitlyn Gulock), c…

Published on 1 week ago

Don't pay "attention," give it (with Amelia Hruby)

Season 3 Episode 35

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 focus, presence, and the constant pull of the digita…

Published on 3 weeks ago

"Money" is an admonishing goddess (with Katie Scott)

Season 3 Episode 34

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 worshipped Juno Monetta, the goddess whose temple literally minte…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

"Pirate" Energy in a Structured World (with Rachel Ropeik)

Season 3 Episode 33

How did a word rooted in plunder and violence become a symbol of creativity, courage, and rebellion? In this swashbuckling episode, Nicole is joined by educator and strategic mischief-maker Rachel Ro…

Published on 2 months ago

To leap, to quiver, to "dance!" (with Jess Grippo)

Season 3 Episode 32

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 choreography. It’s expression. It’s story. It’s hea…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

"Focus" is a hearth, not a spotlight (with Christina Jones)

Season 31 Episode 3

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! Christina did my most recent brand shoot, and let me …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

This “funnel” has holes — marketing, metaphors, and consent (with Cleoniki Kesidis)

Season 3 Episode 2

In this episode, Nicole welcomes back her very first repeat guest (🥳), Cleoniki Kesidis, copywriter extraordinaire and fellow funnel-skeptic. The two dig into the uncomfortable origins and metaphors …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

From clay tablets to AI: What does it mean “to write?” (with Katie Wolf)

Season 3 Episode 1

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 Wolf joins Nicole to break down the layers of the wo…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trailer: Season 3 (We're getting weirder)

Season 3

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 been told how quiet and shy she was and thought s…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago