The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

Season 7 Episode 6: Polysaturation

September 28th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 3 mins

hierarchy, nonhierarchical, nonmonogamous, polyamory, polysaturation

Laura sits down with Violet Fawkes to discuss polysaturation and how to handle being in more relationships than you have bandwidth for.

Season 7 Episode 5: Mom Rage

September 21st, 2023  |  Season 7  |  38 mins 59 secs

author, book, motherhood, parenthood, polyamory, rage

On today's episode, Laura sits down with Minna Dubin, author of Mom Rage, to discuss motherhood, the force of social expectations and stepping outside of them, the ways non-monogamy can be a positive force of support for family life, and more.

Season 7 Episode 4: Polyamory and D/s

September 14th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 12 mins

d/s, kink, polyamorous, polyamory, relationship network

Laura and Sinclair Sexsmith sit down to discuss polyamory and power exchange

Season 7 Episode 3: Polyamory in Media 2023

September 7th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  45 mins 28 secs

Laura and Abbie of PolyAnarchy discuss polyam representation on various books & tv shows from the past year.

Season 7 Episode 2: Microscripts with Multiamory

September 1st, 2023  |  Season 7  |  41 mins 5 secs

Laura sits down with Jase, Emily, and Dedeker of Multiamory to discuss conflict resolution, microscripts, their pet peeves in relationship advice, and more.

Season 7 Episode 1: PolyWise

August 24th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  46 mins 8 secs

attachment, internal family systems, nonmonogamy, paradigm, polyamory

Laura speaks with Jessica Fern and David Cooley about their new book, PolyWise, paradigm shifts for folks making changes in non monogamous relationships, and restorative rather than punitive views of conflict.

Season 6 Episode 11: Breakups vs De-escalations

April 13th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  54 mins 5 secs

breakups, deescalation, nonhierarchical, nonmonogamy, polyamory

Laura and Leanne Yau sit down to discuss when a breakup is more necessary than a de-escalation or a de-escalation doesn't work in polyam relationships.

Season 6 Episode 10: The Relationship Anarchy Book

April 6th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 2 mins

community care, nonmonogamy, relationship anarchy, self care

Laura sits down with Juan-Carlos Perez-Cortes, author of the book Relationship Anarchy, and Elisabeth Sheff, who wrote the forward to the English-language edition, to discuss some of the principles of relationship anarchy and ways in which it applies to everyday life.

Season 6 Episode 9: Abuse in Polyamory Part 3 Survivorship in Community

March 30th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  47 mins 26 secs

abuse, discourse, polyamorous, polyamory, survivor

Laura sits down with Sydney Rae Chin of Sexy Soup Dumplings to discuss abuse and survivorship in polyamorous community and how that looks in real life, as it were.

Season 6 Episode 8: Abuse in Polyamory Part 2

March 23rd, 2023  |  Season 6  |  43 mins 45 secs

abuse, discourse, polyamorous, polyamory, survivor

Laura speaks with Claire Travers of Poly Pages regarding Abuse in Polyamory, resources for folks who believe they may be in abusive relationships, and the most well known examples of abuse in polyam relationships.

Season 6 Episode 7: Abuse in Polyamory Part 1

March 16th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  47 mins 50 secs

abuse, discourse, polyamorous, polyamory, survivor

Laura sits down with Alicia Bunyan-Sampson, of Polyamorous Black Girl, to discuss abuse in polyamorous relationships and the conversations the polyam community needs to be having around this challenging topic.

Season 6 Episode 6: Swinging and Polyamory

February 16th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  47 mins 30 secs

hierarchy, nonhierarchical, nonmonogamy, polyamory, swinging

Emma and Fin of Normalizing Non-Monogamy join Laura to talk about the differences between the world of swinging and polyamory, and what they can learn from each other.

Season 6 Episode 5: Non-binary Polyamorous Experience

October 6th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 2 mins

gender identity, nonbinary, polyamorous, polyamory, relationships

Laura sits down with Ebony of Marjani Lane to discuss their experiences as a non-binary person in the polyamorous community.

Season 6 Episode 4: Hierarchy and Change

September 22nd, 2022  |  Season 6  |  59 mins 54 secs

hierarchy, nonhierarchical, nonmonogamy, polyamory

Laura and Amy Norton sit down to discuss the ways changes in relationships affect agreements around hierarchy, their nonmonogamous lives, and Facebook polyam groups.

Season 6 Episode 3: Polyamory on TV

August 18th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 14 secs

media representation, polyam, polyamory, relationships, television

Laura and Abbie (polyanarchy) discuss recent TV series portraying polyamory

Season 6 Episode 2: Asking for Wants and Needs

August 11th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  54 mins 5 secs

Laura sits down with Yana Tallon-Hicks to discuss asking for your wants and needs in & around your relationships and the ways being in polyamorous networks can complicate that.