The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

Season 2 Episode 2: Hierarchy

January 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  56 mins 20 secs

Dr. Liz Powell and Laura discuss Prescriptive, Descriptive, and Sneaky Hierarchies - as well as a bunch of jokes, sight gags, Dr. Liz's New Year's Project, and how fear and trauma intersect with hierarchy and rules.

Season 2 Begins: Polyamory as a Catch-all for Ethical Non-monogamy

December 26th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 6 secs

media, non-monogamy, polyamory, relationships

"One of those is your boyfriend, one of those is your husband, one is your best friend, and one has been your lover for the last 15 years" - Kimota Tigerlily and Laura discuss different forms of ethical non-monogamy, how polyamory has become a catch-all term for all of them, the ways this is good and bad for polyamorous visibility, and how our guest could have four relationships all called best friend that an outsider describes with that tagline.

Episode 11: Polyamory in the Media

August 22nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 21 secs

media, polyamory, relationships, representation

Laura and Ken Briodagh talk about Polyamory in the Media and whether it's positive representation or not, largely.

Episode 10: Kitchen Table and Parallel Polyamory

August 15th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 26 secs

communication, compersion, jealousy, relationship style

Laura talks with her metamours Daniel and Vanessa about the spectrum of Kitchen Table to Parallel polyamorous relationship and they offer their different perspectives on whether any kind of relationship should be "goals"

Episode 9: Community and Finding Your People

August 8th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  45 mins 37 secs

compersion, jealousy, metamour, non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship

Laura and her friend Talya have a wide-ranging discussion centered around polyamorous community and finding one's "people"

Episode 8: Relationships With Metamours

August 1st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 45 secs

compersion, jealousy, metamour, non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship

Laura and Seva discuss the good, the bad, and the meh, as regards relationships with metamours.

Episode 7: Ambiamory

July 25th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 48 secs

ambiamory, communication, monogamy, non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship

Laura and her friend Olivia discuss Ambiamory, the ability to go between polyamory and monogamy as a matter of choice rather than orientation.

Episode 6: Polyamory- Married and Dating

July 18th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins

non-monogamy, polyamory, quad, relationship, triad

Laura and Corwin take apart representation and entertainment in a reality tv show about polyamory from 2012, Polymory: Married and Dating.

Episode 5: Compersion

July 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 8 secs

compersion, jealousy, non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship

Laura discusses the concept of compersion, happiness at your partner's happiness with their other partners, with two guests.

Episode 4:Jealousy

July 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 57 secs

communication, jealousy, polyamory, relationships

Two conversations regarding jealousy in polyamorous relationships. One with Seva, an educator in the non-monogamy and rope communities, and one with Vanessa/Bella GreenWolf, my metamour of 4 years.

Episode 3: Triads, Why They're Hard, and Why People Want Them Anyway

June 27th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 59 secs

polyamory, relationship structure, triad

Polyamorous triads are an occasionally contentious topic within the community because they're many people's entry point in but often also challenging - and, as people's entry point, much like high school sweethearts, it often doesn't work out, but for a select few it does. Today's guest is one of those select few.

Episode 2: Relationship Agreements

June 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 20 secs

A discussion on how to set polyamorous relationship agreements, and general joking around, with writer & storyteller Ken Briodagh.

Episode 1: Polyamory 101

June 13th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  23 mins 39 secs

polyamory 101

In this episode of the Ready for Polyamory podcast, Laura explains the basics of what polyamory and ethical non-monogamy are and aren't, with a little help from her friends in narrowing definitions.

Episode 0: Episode 0: The Introduction

June 5th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 6 secs

introduction, polyamory

Introduction of format for Ready for Polyamory podcast, discussing ethical non-monogamy and polyamorous relationships as an extension of the blog at www.readyforpolyamory.com. Episode 0 of a 12 episode first season.