The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

In this examination of various ways religion and spirituality may impact people's practice of polyamory, Laura discusses the topic with guests from several different backgrounds to see how the proces…

In this two-episode examination of various ways religion and spirituality may impact people's practice of polyamory, Laura discusses the topic with guests from several different backgrounds to see ho…

What does it mean to be codependent? Does the pop culture usage and the polyamorous culture usage match, and should we throw the term around? Laura analyzes the way the term gets used in general vs …

Today's episode is a discussion of when saying "no" is healthier for us as people, especially in interpersonal relationships, and why we generally are conditioned to say "yes" anyway.

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"Pear...Fruit...technology...devices!"

There were some live video technical difficulties during this livestreamed episode (in video! too!) so I'm releasing the audio now and fixing the video up afte…

Jealousy is presented as the mind-killer in polyamory a lot of the time, but it's a presentation of all kinds of other emotions and dealing in a practical way with some of those underlying causes is …

"You're nesting- like little birds!"

Laura this week examines labels for relationships (rather than labels for self-identity) and how they reflect our narratives of relationship and self, and what t…

"I don't remember exactly what I was scared of, but I'm pretty sure it was younger, blonder, and prettier than me, at least."

In today's episode, Laura tells the story of two of her earliest non-mo…

"So, you know, I have to watch out for standard bad coping mechanisms like drinking too much and getting under someone to get over someone, AND poly dominoes."

This week, Laura discusses the ways po…

"You know, flowers and... I don't know, what's like a flower? Rose colored glasses?"

As an expansion of last week's podcast, Laura discusses how to apply the ideas of consensual non-monogamy, polyam…

"I feel like you're telling me a true story here-"

Laura and David answer the important questions about application and theory of Relationship Anarchy in this week's episode. So what is Relationship…

"Externally, I haven't changed much - I'm always going to be a possum in goth makeup - but internally I'm very different than just a few years ago and learning these coping skills is a lot of it."

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"I just want to note, after giving so many lectures the past few months and being asked a lot about being a 'good poly person' - there isn't one - the points don't matter."

This week, Laura sits do…

"No, no, no - I really like orgasms. We need to bring those back."

To kick of Season 3 of the podcast, Rachael Rose of [Hedonish](hedonish.com) is here to talk about sex education, event planning, d…

This week, in the last episode of season 2, I talked with Seva about different ways that polyamory can serve as a format to work through personal insecurities. Obviously, this is a subject everyone a…

"I'm definitely not a lawyer, but even if I were, you'd give better legal advice than me" - a line I edited out, but Ken did say. Just so you all know. Even his ego has limits. He's only a fake docto…

"This episode might have different Venn diagram of listeners than my class usually does."

Content warning for allusions to BDSM and sexual interaction, but there is not explicit sexual content in t…

Why We Fight and How We Make Up

"What if your partner made you a bouquet of spoons?"

This week on the Ready for Polyamory Podcast, Laura talks with Orphne Sicarius, an awesome person who keeps thei…

"Isn't that cat toes?"

Today, in the second half of their conversation, our heroes from last week continue on their epic Quest For Answers About Coming Out.

...Wait, wrong genre.

They do have a …

"Did we really need to know this? We knew you were weird."

On today's episode, the first half of a really great roundtable discussion on coming out between my metamour Daniel GreenWolf and a group o…