Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relatio...
Multiamory offers support and advice for modern relationships. Whether you are monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently, we see you and we’re here for you. Multiamory is a proud member of Pleasure Podcasts. For network details, contact cameron@pleasurepodcasts.com.
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382 - Non-Monogamy: What Does the Research Say?...
Welcome to part 1 of our non-monogamy research roundup! Today's episode features some interesting research about non-monogamy: who practices non-monogamy, what studies have found motivates people to pursue it, and how healthy non-monogamous relationships a
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381 - OPEN with William Winters
Today we're interviewing William Winters, who is on the board of directors for OPEN (Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy). William Winters is a seasoned digital campaign strategist for progressive organizations and causes, and a leader in t
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380 - Sex Work and Pleasure in Film (with Direc...
Today we're joined by movie director Sophie Hyde to talk about their new sex-positive and sex-work affirming film, Good Luck, Leo Grande.
Sophie Hyde is an award-winning filmmaker of both narrative and documentary films. She is a founding member of film
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379 - Relationship Science for your Friendships...
We talk a lot about prioritizing not only romantic and sexual relationships, but also friendships. Today's episode is digging into some of the research and techniques about fostering healthy friendships. In turn, these ideas can help you improve romantic r
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378 - The Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monoga...
Today, Lola Phoenix rejoins us to discuss their new book, "The Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monogamy," which was published June 21st, 2022.
Lola Phoenix is an American born writer living in Stockholm, working within digital marketing while trying to find
57 min
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377 - Polyam Beginners, Healthy Boundaries, and...
Today's episode is another Q&A where we answer some more listener questions, including some about beginners in polyamory, setting healthy boundaries, and ethical hierarchy.
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376 - Having a Good Relationship After Leaving ...
Sometimes, we carry over trauma from a bad relationship into a good one, and this can make it difficult to have a fulfilling and happy relationship, even if it's with a good person. This episode discusses how PTSD and past baggage can show up in current re
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375 - Building a Foundation of Trust
Today is all about building and maintaining trust in relationships. We're discussing what it means to trust your partner, the process of establishing that trust, and if trust is breached, what you can do to make sure it is reestablished, and more on today'
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374 - Friends to Lovers and Other Relationship ...
We've done episodes about de-escalating relationships or decoupling them, but this week we're talking about the opposite! We're discussing what it looks like when a relationship becomes more entangled, like going from friends to lovers, from friends with b
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373 - Listener Q&A with Kate Loree
We're back with another Q&A episode! This week we'll be answering some of our patrons' questions with Kate Loree, one of our friends who co-hosts the sex-positive podcast Open Deeply with Sunny Megatron. Kate Loree is also a sex-positive licensed marriage
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372 - Needs, Desires, Boundaries, and More
This week, we're discussing the differences between needs, wants, expectations, boundaries, rules, agreements, and how these terms tend to be often used interchangeably, as well as how these terms affect our communication in relationships.
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371 - Repeating Unhealthy Relationship Patterns...
For the second part of our series on unhealthy relationship patterns, we're discussing some specific considerations when it comes to unhealthy relationship patterns in non-monogamy, as well as some actionable tools you can use to help break the cycle of un
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370 - Repeating Unhealthy Relationship Patterns...
This week we're beginning a two-part discussion about unhealthy relationship patterns and why we sometimes tend to repeat them, sometimes even when we know they're unhealthy. We're going to be exploring why we do this, how it relates to past trauma and att
39 min
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369 - Navigating Multiple Partners in the Same ...
For those of us with multiple partners, sometimes the idea of navigating a social situation including everyone can be stressful or intimidating. This week, we're talking about some ways to minimize this anxiety as a hinge partner in social situations.
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368 - Sex Talk with My Mom Presents: Sex Script...
It's time for another episode featuring one of the other podcasts in the network we're a part of. This week we're featuring Sex Talk with My Mom, where Cam and KarenLee talk about sex and sex scripts with Dr. Ian Kerner, author of So Tell Me About the Last
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367 - FWB, Polyam-to-Mono, and More Listener Qu...
This week's episode is another Q&A style one with questions pulled from our Patreon group about friends with benefits relationships, transitioning from polyamory back to monogamy, and more!
52 min
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366 - Desirability
This week we're covering a tough topic: desirability politics and dating preferences. Analyzing where our preferences come from, especially within the context of sexual and romantic connections, may tell us a lot about society as a whole rather than any in
64 min
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365 - Heartbreak and Recovery
This week's episode is focusing on heartbreak, breakup, and recovery, and sorting through all the advice out there to try to narrow down what is helpful during a breakup and what isn't. We’re also going to look at some research about breakups and heartbrea
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364 - Polyamory and Disability
This week's episode is focusing on disability, specifically what it means to have a disability, dating with disabilities, and addressing ableism both in the polyamorous community and within our individual relationships.
We are joined by one of our researc
60 min
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363 - Q & A with Multiamory
This week we're having a special Q & A session with the hosts of Multiamory to give some personal insight into some of the many questions we get asked. If it's well-received, we'll do another next month!
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362 - Sluts & Scholars Presents: Come As You Ar...
This week we're having a special episode featuring one of our co-podcasters on the Pleasure Podcast network, Nicoletta, who hosts Sluts & Scholars. In this episode, Nicoletta interviews Emily Nagoski, about her book, Come As You Are, and picks her brain ab
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361 - More Than Words by John Howard
Our guest this week is therapist John Howard, who has joined us to talk about his newly published book, More Than Words. John Howard is an internationally recognized therapist, wellness expert, and educator who uses the latest science to help couples have
54 min
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360 - Lawyer Up!
This week we're joined by our lawyer, Melissa Hall, to talk about wills, cohabitation, power of attorney, and more. Melissa has her own law firm where she helps her clientele navigate life's ups and downs. She is committed to being as generalist as a form
60 min
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359 - Porn, Health, and Relationships
Pornography is a hot issue a lot of the time. This week, we're talking about porn, what it is, why people consume it, sex education, porn addiction, porn in relationships, and misinformation about it in our society. We're contradicting some of the mainstre
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358 - Managing Emotions and Expressive Suppression
What is expressive suppression? How can it impact and impair our day to day lives? In this episode, we're discussing expressive suppression, its advantages, disadvantages, the psychology behind it, and how to address expressive suppression when it may be d
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