The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

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.

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."