Normalizing Non-Monogamy - Personal Stories of Polyamory, Swinging, and Beyond
Episodes
Ep 442 - Andy + Daniel (Bonus)
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating our eight-year podcast anniversary this week by sharing this bonus conversation with Andy and Daniel with everyone! 🥳 Normally, t...
Ep 442 - Andy + Daniel
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We had such a great conversation with Daniel the first time we had him on the podcast that we told him to come back and bring his dad. It took us six ...
Ep 441 - Pandora + Chesed
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as Pandora and Chesed share their explorations in polyamory, dating, kink, play parties and so much more. They've been sex friends since 2023,...
Ep 440 - Anna: Round 2
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been almost exactly four years to the day since we last talked with Anna back on Episode 231 and it’s no surprise that our conversation today...
Ep 439 - Liz
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For a long time Liz felt like she was broken. She kept expecting to have a crush, form a relationship, and then stop having new crushes because she wa...
Ep 438 - Mischa
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us today for this powerful interview with Mischa as he takes us through his journey and evolution of exploring love, dating, relationships...
Ep 437 - Mariana: Round 2
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We first talked with Mariana just over two years ago on Episode 313 and we're excited to have her back today with an update! When we asked if s...
Ep 436 - Nisi + Thor
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nisi and Thor have been married for almost 40 years and have built a beautiful life, family, and partnership together. They “officially” op...
Ep 435 - Candace
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Candace is a queer, polyamorous mom in her mid-forties who’s been exploring non-monogamy consensually for about 15 years and has been togethe...
Ep 434 - Bart
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We love getting to dig deep into the theory and psychology of human relating and relationships with therapists and it’s an extra special treat when ...
Ep 433 - Cyndee + Mitch
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cyndee and Mitch are former pastors who have been together for a very long time and officially opened their marriage in 2022… However, their journey...
Ep 432 - Sarah
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This beautiful interview with Sarah is a powerful reminder that we’re all imperfect humans out here trying to figure out life and who we are in a wo...
Play as Resistance
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined today by Gary Ware from Breakthrough Play and Jase Lindgren from Multiamory for an incredible conversation about how we can use play as a...
Ep 431 - Joel
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joel is in his mid-twenties and has been proudly and openly exploring his pansexuality, non-monogamy, and polyamory for the last few years. During thi...
Ep 430 - Crystal
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Crystal has been exploring non-monogamy for almost a decade and over the years she’s tried just about every flavor from swinging to non-hierarchical...
Ep 429 - James
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James has been exploring non-monogamous relationships for over 17 years and has been a proud member of the kink scene for over 11. His journey has tak...
The Power of Play
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are so excited about this conversation with Gary Ware that is all about the power of play in life and in relationships! Gary is co-hosting our upco...
Ep 428 - Ms. WillowKat
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ms. WillowKat is all about living the one life we get to the fullest and zer zest and passion for life is infectious! We cover a lot of topics in this...
Ep 427 - Natalie: Round 2
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie and her husband have been in an open relationship of some sort for over 25 years and about four years ago her husband’s partner moved in wit...
Ep 426 - Rashid
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rashid is in his early thirties and first learned about non-monogamy in his mid-twenties while in a monogamous partnership that lasted about a decade....
Ep 425 - Marcia
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Marcia’s high school boyfriend left for college they decided to try opening their relationship… However, it was the late nineties in Georgia ...
Ep 424 - Jill
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jill is in her mid-forties and has just come through a really big transition in life after recently ending her longterm partnership ...
Ep 423 - Megan
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan has been exploring various flavors and styles of non-monogamy for most of her adult life and one of the things we love about h...
Ep 422 - Kevin: Round 2
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we first talked to Kevin on Episode 45 he’d been married for over a decade and he was in a handful of new-ish relationships. ...
Ep 421 - Elaine
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Elaine first started dating she fell in love with multiple people pretty much right away and felt so much shame about it that i...
Ep 420 - Jacob + Josh
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob and Josh are both from Puerto Rico and met about 17 years ago while working together on a film project and began dating… Sor...
Ep 419 - Nicole (Modern Anarchy)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole was raised inside conservative and fundamentalist Christianity and can remember feeling her first inklings of her own queerne...
Ep 418 - Matt
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt was first introduced to non-monogamy about 15 years ago when he moved to the San Francisco area and saw how his friends were ex...
Ep 417 - Ashton
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashton grew up in a super conservative and religious home, didn't date in high school, and had her first kiss when she was 18... But...
Big Event Announcement!
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us May 1-3, 2026 in Florida for our biggest in-person event ever! Check out the Relationship Recess webpage and get your ticket here! Check out t...
Ep 416 - Rachel: Round 2
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been about two years since we last talked with Rachel on Episode 307 and a LOT has changed… As always, no need to go back a...
Ep 415 - Ryan
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan first started experiencing a cognitive dissonance with regards to relationships pretty much from the beginning of dating in hig...
Ep 414 - Eileen
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It's funny... I was monogamous for nine years with a man and now I'm a lesbian and I'm polyamorous... So, life can really take you ...
Ep 413 - Nyxie
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nyxie did the serial monogamy approach to relationships from the time they started dating until they were in their early twenties. T...
Ep 412 - Rowan + Aeryn
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rowan and Aeryn's relationship began a bit ambiguously about a decade ago and now they've been married for just over four years. The...
Ep 411 - Sarah: Round 2
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah is back! We last had the pleasure of talking with Sarah back in the beginning of 2022 on Episode 217 and a lot has changed sin...
Ep 410 - Kristen
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen's journey is one of perseverance, resilience, curiosity, and self-discovery. She refers to her thirties as her "waking up pe...
Ep 409 - Sonia + Steven
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sonia is back... Again! Sonia joined us on episodes 193 and 388 with her husband Gabriel and this time she's back with her partner S...
Ep 408 - Carrie + Drew
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie and Drew have been married about 10 years and are high school sweethearts who grew up in pretty religious families with purit...
Ep 407 - Ayala
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ayala first read The Ethical Slut in high school and actually started dating non-monogamously from the beginning of her relationship...
Ep 406 - Courtney + Derek
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney and Derek were both on the show separately over the past two weeks and today we're delighted to bring them on together to t...
Ep 405 - Courtney
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney just turned 50 and has been exploring polyamory and non-monogamy for the last three years or so... However, her story begin...
Ep 404 - Derek
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you were thinking of skipping this one, consider rethinking that... Derek first learned about polyamory from one of the original...
Ep 403 - Marla
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marla has been exploring and practicing non-monogamy for about 20 years after learning about it during their first year of college. ...
Ep 402 - Sarah
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah is an elder Gen Z in her mid to late twenties who feels like she's always been polyamorous but didn't have the words for it. L...
Ep 401 - Cooper
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cooper and his wife are in their forties with three kids and have been married for over 17 years. While they only "officially" opene...
Ep 400 - Dossie
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dossie realized in her early twenties that sexuality was her path and that sexuality and feminism would be hand-in-hand in creating ...
Ep 399 - Danielle
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle and her husband have been married for over thirty years and have been exploring non-monogamy together for more than twenty ...
Ep 398 - Jacob
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob and his spouse have been in some form of an open relationship since they got together over 18 years ago. In fact, their relati...
Ep 397 - Kels (Porn Nerds)
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kels first began experimenting with non-monogamy in her mid-twenties when she and her partner agreed that they could both experiment...
Ep 396 - Johnny
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny started exploring non-monogamy about a decade ago when he and his partner first got together. Their partnership was non-monog...
Ep 395 - Jenna + Wendi: Round 2
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna and Wendi are back! It's been three and a half years since we last talked to these two lovely humans and we're definitely not ...
Ep 394 - Lola (Non-Monogamy Help)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lola has been exploring non-monogamy since about 2009 and like many of us, their motivation has shifted and evolved along the way. I...
Ep 393 - Megan + Brett: Round 2
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan and Brett are back! We last talked to these two just over a year ago on Episode 337 and it's been a busy year! Lots has chang...
Ep 392 - Princess
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Princess is back! She was first on the show with her partner DD back on episode 322 and today she's here to go a bit deeper on her o...
Ep 391 - Celeste
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Celeste describes it, she's had a long and illustrious journey of exploring different relationships and relationship styles as sh...
Ep 390 - Genevieve (I Could Never...)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Genevieve a.k.a. Chill Polyamory makes polyamory education and entertainment on Instagram, TikTok and Patreon. She’s also on YouTu...
Ep 389 - Jet
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jet is a 40 year old mother of two girls who has been married for over 20 years, and up until about two years ago she assumed she wa...
Ep 388 - Sonia + Gabriel: Round 2
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sonia and Gabe were originally on the podcast back on Episode 193 and today we have the honor of having them back to talk about how ...
Ep 387 - Holly
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly grew up in a super religious and closed-minded environment and started rebelling in her late teens after moving out on her own...
Ep 386 - Dani (Another Way)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dani strongly identifies as polyamorous and feels that she was born this way. However, she's only been actively exploring and practi...
Ep 385 - Eka: Round 2
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eka is back! We first talked to her about two and a half years ago on episode 255 when she was just about to have her first child. S...
Ep 384 - Cathy + Steve
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy and Steve are both in their fifties and have been exploring various forms of non-monogamy since they got together about six ye...
Ep 383 - Hilly: Round 2
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilly first joined us on Episode 225 and now she's back to catch us up on all the ways she's been kicking ass over the last three ye...
Ep 382 - James
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is an Australian living in the UK who has been practicing some form of non-monogamy since he met his partner at a kink club in...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 17
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! Today we're answering questions from our virt...
Ep 381 - JoEllen
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
JoEllen woke up one day in 2011 and knew she needed to make some changes in her life. Not long after that she divorced her husband a...
Ep 380 - Ashley + Mark
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley and Mark have such an incredible and inspirational approach to exploring non-monogamy and life in general! They've been toget...
Ep 379 - Marie
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marie joins us today from Denmark! She has been with her husband for more than a decade and about two years into their partnership t...
Ep 378 - Orit: Round 2
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Orit is back! We first talked to Orit back on Episode 309 just as she was starting to go through some major relational shifts and tr...
Ep 377 - Alayna Joy (Sleeping Around)
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in a small, remote, conservative town in Manitoba Alayna didn't even know that women could be gay... It wasn't a thing sh...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 16
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! Today we're answering questions from our virt...
Ep 376 - Molly
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Molly is so full of positive energy and good vibes! This conversation is an absolute delight and also so powerful as Molly shares her...
Ep 375 - Jaye
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today Jaye takes us through pretty much his entire relationship history and it is an exciting and beautiful ride! After years of ser...
Ep 374 - Kiley (The Pineapple Express Podcast)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kiley and her husband jumped into swinging about four years ago and hit the ground running... Or possibly sprinting. After their first trip...
Ep 373 - Lizz + Gabriel
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lizz and Gabriel found one another at an adult rollerskating class a few months after Lizz's husband passed away. Lizz came to their partne...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 15
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! Today we are answering questions from our vir...
Ep 372 - George
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today George takes us on his powerful relationship journey that spans more than thirty years... For the first ten years he was monogamously...
Ep 371 - Irene
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Irene's first "serious" dive into exploring non-monogamy came towards the end of her Master's program when she and a new partner both came ...
Ep 370 - Christy + Rebecca + David + Jason: Round 2
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few weeks we have been bringing you updates from Christy, Rebecca, David, and Jason... They've all been on the podcast multip...
Ep 369 - Christy + Jason
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christy and Jason met on Fetlife a bit over six years ago and have been together ever since. They've both been on previous episodes (Episod...
Ep 368 - Rebecca + David
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca is back! David is back! Rebecca shared her story on Episode 142, David has been on the podcast with his partner Christy on Episodes...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 14
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! Today we are answering questions from our vir...
Ep 367 - Christy + David: Round 2
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"In the half decade since we first spoke... We have moved several times, grown the polycule, and gotten divorced... Oh, and had a baby. Well, me and y...
Ep 366 - HAZL
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HAZL is a passionate and driven 29 year old queer, polyamorous, kinkster, writer, and musician who first learned about non-monogamy when she was 19. S...
Ep 365 - Fox
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our interview with Fox is full of energy and so much love! Fox and her partner eloped after being together for just a few weeks, and then eight years ...
Ep 364 - Multiamory Feed Swap
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're dressing up for Halloween! Instead of our regular weekly interview we're bringing you episode 377 of the Multiamory Podcast "Polyam Be...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 13
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! Today we are join by the Director of Marketin...
Ep 363 - Dave
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his early twenties, Dave never really felt like he wanted the same things that everyone else wanted out of relationships. During that time he was m...
Ep 362 - Eve
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eve takes us all the way back to high school where she first learned about non-monogamy through some friends and even dabbled in a triad for a week or...
Ep 361 - Mike (Detoxicity)
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are so excited about today's beautiful conversation with Mike! He's been questioning socialized norms that didn't feel right for most of his life.....
Ep 360 - Ava + Pinky + Anthony (Three Shades of Grey)
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last three weeks you've heard Ava, Pinky, and Anthony tell their individual stories... Today, we bring them together to hear how three people...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 12
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! This month's incredible questions come from...
Ep 359 - Pinky (Three Shades of Grey)
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pinky lives life with a whole lot of zest and enthusiasm! And, as she describes it, sometimes a bit impatiently. Although, we might argue that her imp...
Ep 358 - Ava (Three Shades of Grey)
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ava identifies as a polyamorous, kinky, swinger... Yet, for most of her life she worked really hard to play by the rules doing what she was "su...
Ep 357 - Anthony (Three Shades of Grey)
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony has always felt like he was a bit different and questioned everything. Even questioning things so much that he was once asked to not return to...
Ep 356 - Andrea
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea grew up in a fairly conservative suburb and first came out in the queer and leather communities around 2000-2001 after joining the circus. For ...
Episode 355 - Jess + Shawn + Cait + Ken | Round 2
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We always love when we get to bring guests back on the show for an update and today is definitely no exception! The last time we talked to these four ...
Ask Us Anything - Episode 11
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meshai and Fin team up together to answer amazing listener questions every fourth Friday of each month! However... This month we have a special gues...
Ep 354 - Bear + Fifi
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we get to hear an incredible New York Love Story like no other! Bear is a Black queer man of trans experience, born, raised and currently residi...