The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

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.

Season 6 Episode 1: High Standards and Low Expectations

August 4th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  41 mins 55 secs

dating, off-escalator, polyamory, relationship, solopolyamory

Laura chats with Michelle Hy about the solopolyamorous dating experience, avoiding the feeling of stagnation, and what it means to date with what Michelle calls "High Standards and Low Expectations."

Season 5 Episode 10: Polyamory and Parenting (Part 2)

June 9th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 53 secs

kitchen table, parenting, polyamorous, polyamory, relationship

The promised sequel to episode 1 of the season, Laura sits down with the nonmonogamous parents of 4 teens and a toddler to talk about the various concerns of polyam parenting through older stages of childhood.

Season 5 Episode 9: Compersion & Jealousy

June 2nd, 2022  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 11 secs

compersion, jealousy, polyamory

Laura and Dr. Liz Powell talk about how to interpret your jealousy, use it as information to keep yourself moving toward your values even when it's hard, and to see compersion as a non-required but aquirable skill that you can work on if you want to.

Season 5 Episode 8: De-escalations

May 26th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 28 secs

Laura sits down with Roy Graff of Open Relating to talk about de-escalation, why it's a popular mode of relationship change in the nonmonogamous community, and what other ways folks can talk about their relationships changing and ending.

Season 5 Episode 7: Polyamorous Pride

May 19th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  47 mins 33 secs

What's the deal with the Polyamorous flag? is there Discourse about polyam folks at Pride? About the kinksters being there again? Laura and Kristian of PolyamProud discuss all this and more

Season 5 Episode 6: Solo Polyamorous Living

May 12th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  47 mins 55 secs

cohabitation, off-escalator, polyamory, relationship, solopolyamory

Ro Moed sits down with Laura to discuss solo polyamory and the concerns around relationship and living arrangements that are unique to those who practice this style of relating.

Season 5 Episode 5: Mono Plus Polyam Relationships

May 5th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  52 mins

monogamy, nonmonogamy, polyamory, relationship style

Laura sits down with Phi from Polyammering to talk about being a monocorn, the pitfalls and benefits of mono plus polyam relationships and where monog partners of polyam people can turn for support.

Season 5 Episode 4: Polyamory and Kink

April 28th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 7 mins

dom, kink, kitchen table, parallel, polyamory, sub

Laura and AnnieUndone talk about the intersection of kink dynamics and polyam relationships and the ways shifts in these dynamics can affect one another.

Season 5 Episode 3: Change and Balance in your CNM Ecosystem

April 21st, 2022  |  Season 5  |  41 mins 55 secs

hierarchy, nonhierarchical, nonmonogamy, polyamory, relationship anarchy

Laura sits down with Shai and Lea of Leveled Up Love to discuss how changes in relationship structure are common throughout folks' polyamorous journeys and destigmatizing that can be important to helping people find comfortable balance in their relationships.