Normalizing Non-Monogamy - Personal Stories of Polyamory, Swinging, and Beyond

Ep 264 - Mel + Rah + Tom | Round 2

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  In case you haven't listened to Episode 145... Here's the super short version, but you'll want to go back and get all the amazing deta...

Ep 263 - Elizabeth

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation is incredibly powerful in so many ways! Elizabeth is in her early thirties and has been exploring ethical non-monogamy for over ...

FF 2.10 - Making Love Organic w/ Good Clean Love Founder Wendy Strgar

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy Strgar is an author and an award-winning social entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Good Clean Love, a pioneer in the organic personal car...

Ep 262 - Rainey + Paco

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Rainey and Paco is incredible. We laugh, we cry, we laugh some more... Don't skip this one.   These two have been to...

Ep 261 - Taylor

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor has been exploring polyamory, swinging, and all kinds of non-monogamy for over a decade at this point. She was married for 25 years, monogam...

Ep 260 - Poly+Amor=Us (Elisa + Mike)

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Elisa and Mike have been together about seven years and polyamorous for about four of them. Two years into their relationship, Elisa had an affair ...

Ep 259 - Arielle

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you are looking for a beautiful journey of what it can look like when you live intentionally and seek out your authentic self... Look no further...

Ep 258 - Taylor + Andrew

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor and Andrew... Wow, we love this conversation. They have been together for 13 years, married for 9, and have only been exploring ethical non-mo...

Ep 257 - Gabrielle | Round 2

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gabrielle is back! It's been just over 100 episodes since we talked to her last on episode 151... You definitely don't have to listen to that episode ...

Ep 256 - CC + Steve | Round 2

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CC and Steve are back! We first talked to them way back on episode 84! They're in their early fifties and have been together for over thirty years. T...

Ep 255 - Eka

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eka is from Portugal and is an AMAZING storyteller! This interview is really much better described as Eka sharing her life story with us and it is ...

FF 2.9 - Behind The Scenes with Podcast Growth Hacks

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a behind-the-scenes conversation with our friend and host of the Podcast Growth Hacks podcast, Pat Cheung, about how we built ou...

Ep 254 - Jace

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jace has been out as a trans man for about a decade and exploring polyamory since right after he graduated high school roughly seven years ago. He's c...

Ep 253 - Yana

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yana has been exploring non-monogamous relationship structures for over a decade and describes herself as solo poly in which her primary relationshi...

Ep 252 - Michelle + Ron

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  Michelle and Ron are a couple of Americans living in Australia with their three young kids. They’ve been together for about ten years, marri...

Ep 251 - Suzannah

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Like many of us, Suzannah is on a journey of self-discovery. A few years back she was in a long-term relationship and cheated on her partner multi...

Ep 250 - Mel + AJ

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is Mel and AJ's second time exploring non-monogamy together. Their first time was in 2018 during a particularly challenging time in their marri...

Huge, Awesome, Incredible, Friday News!

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Friday! Don't worry, it's just us!   We're excited to announce our Premium Subscription! We're always trying to find ways to grow a...

Ep 249 - Pan

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pan is in his late thirties and has been exploring non-monogamy since his marriage ended a few years ago. He describes himself as a kinky, sapiosexua...

Ep 248 - Bre

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Bre is amazing! It's full of energy, love, and great vibes! Bre is in her mid-thirties and has done a bit of it all... She's ...

Ep 247 - Kristin + Adam

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kristin and Adam have been together about 20 years and have always loved exploring together. They discovered swinging early in their relationship ...

Ep 246 - The Dildorks (Bex Caputo)

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bex is back and this time we're digging into his personal story! We had Bex on a few months back to talk all about sexting and now we get a behind...

FF 2.8 - The Power of Community with We Gotta Thing

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The feeling of being alone when embarking on any new journey is so scary. Perhaps you can't talk to anyone around you about it, and the people you d...

Ep 245 - Kaitlin + Julian

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Kaitlin and Julian is one of our all-time favorites. Not sure if we're allowed to say that, but here we are. They met and fell...

Ep 244 - Marla Renee Stewart | Round 2

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marla is back! And we're talking a bit about everything... Pregnancy, pandemics, parenting, polyamory, potato famines... I made that last one up. O...

Ep 243 - Melissa + Tim

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa and Tim are kind of a first for us on the show and we're super excited about it! They are in their mid-forties and have been together for abou...

Ep 242 - Serena Rose

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Serena and her husband are newly married and starting to explore a bit of what opening their relationship to non-monogamy could look like for them. ...

Ep 241 - Alli + Gaylen

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alli + Gaylen have been "happily unmarried for 21 years" and were friends for a handful of years before they got together. They've also been living ...

FF 2.7 - Sexting With Bex Caputo

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you sext? What does sexting actually look like? How do I get it started? What do I say? How do I say it? When do I say it? How do I keep ...

Ep 240 - Tom

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tom has been exploring polyamory for about the last 15 years, but has recognized it is who he's been his whole life. He was always forming deep frien...

Ep 239 - Maria

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's conversation with Maria gets into the weeds on breaking codependencies, rebuilding a relationship after an infidelity, sexual health, loving...

Ep 238 - Kate Loree

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kate's journey into non-monogamy kicked off almost 20 years ago when she came home from work and her partner at the time proposed the idea of swing...

Ep 237 - Sunny

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sunny has always questioned just about everything in their life. They realized they were bisexual by age 15 and by age 17 had started exploring their ...

Ep 236 - Open Late (Jessica)

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica is a curator of brave spaces for people to own their power and awaken to their most expansive selves. Through her work as a coach and retre...

Ep 235 - Jude

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jude is a queer, neurodivergent, non-binary, badass. They learned about non-monogamy roughly eight years ago and started exploring is for themselves...

Ep 234 - William

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

William's first conversations and exposure to non-monogamy happened around 2003 while he was living in Louisiana. A few years later he and his part...

Ep 233 - Meshai

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meshai and her husband have been married for 17 years but only in the last few years have they explored non-monogamy. For them, they oscillate betwe...

FF 2.6 - The Power Of Play

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are so excited about this conversation with Gary that is all about the power of play in life and in relationships! Gary Ware is the Founder of ...

Ep 232 - Pam + Jim

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pam and Jim are nudists who live in Florida and have been exploring non-monogamy together since they met about three years ago.   Jim is 83 an...

Ep 231 - Anna

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Anna is amazing in so many ways! They have been exploring non-monogamy and polyamory for over 12 years after coming from a b...

Ep 230 - CJ

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CJ and her husband have been together for over 18 years, she has kids, a great job... She had it all. But, as she described it, she had it all and ha...

Ep 229 - Evita

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Evita is amazing from start to finish. She has been exploring non-monogamy for about 10 years. She is incredibly honest with us...

Ep 228 - The Curious Girl Diaries (Layla)

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Layla was so focused on her business and other aspects of life that sex and relationships fell off the radar completely. She woke up one day after...

Ep 227 - Jon

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jon met his current wife toward the end of his previous marriage after he and his ex-wife began exploring non-monogamy together. He and his current ...

FF 2.5 - Compersion! With Marie Thouin

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking all about compersion with Marie! What is compersion? Where did this word even come from? Can we foster compersion? Is it poss...

Ep 226 - The Monogamish Marriage (Kate + Liam)

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're excited to bring Kate and Liam from the Monogamish Marriage back on the show for an update! The last time we talked to them on the podcast was...

Ep 225 - Hilly

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hilly is in her mid thirties and as far as she can remember, her only "traditional" monogamous relationship was in high school and lasted about two ...

Ep 224 - Hannah + Greg

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah and Greg have been together for 13 years and actually took a unique approach to opening their relationship pretty early on. They would spend su...

Ep 223 - Brooke

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brooke and her husband began exploring swinging 21 years into their now 30+ year marriage. Swinging led to polyamory, and multiple attempts at quad d...

FF 2.4 - All Things Condoms with Milla from ONE Condoms

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Milla is the Director of Marketing and Senior Size Specialist at ONE Condoms and myONE Custom Fit Condoms and she's with us today to talk all thin...

Ep 222 - Chris

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chris identifies as a bisexual, polyamorous woman and has two partners. She feels as if she has been polyamorous since she was in her twenties but did...

Ep 221 - She, My Wife, and I (Kate + Travis)

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation with Kate and Travis has so much depth, laughter, and love. It's amazing... There isn't much that's conventional about these two...

Ep 220 - Rachel

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel started exploring non-monogamy in 2015 when she was in her late twenties and her boyfriend brought it up. Initially, they went down the ho...

FF 2.3 - The Enneagram Experience with Kelsia - Part 3

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Enneagram is a personality and motivation assessment. It is one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding ourselves and others...

Ep 219 - Franziska

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Franziska doesn't love labels but she's in her early twenties and identifies as a queer, bisexual, gender queer, kinky switch... She's shares wi...

FF 2.2 - The Enneagram Experience with Kelsia - Part 2

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Enneagram is a personality and motivation assessment. It is one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding ourselves and others...

Ep 218 - Whitney

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Whitney is a bisexual woman in her early thirties who grew up in the Mormon church and has been married for 14 years to her high school sweethe...

FF 2.1 - The Enneagram Experience with Kelsia - Part 1

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Enneagram is a personality and motivation assessment. It is one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding ourselves and others...

Ep 217 - Sarah

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah is in her early thirties and has been exploring ethical non-monogamy for about five years. As she puts it, she just always had a feeling...

Ep 216 - Tangled Up Together (Brittany + Chad)

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brittany and Chad have been together about three and half years but were best friends for almost seven before that. They got together after ...

Ep 215 - Michaela + Paul

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michaela and Paul have been together about three years and actually met while Michaela was exploring non-monogamy with her ex-husband. After t...

Ep 214 - Misha

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Misha has been exploring non-monogamy in varying forms since she was in her twenties when she kind of fell into a spontaneous triad. Since then, t...

Ep 213 - Michaela + Bryson

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michaela is 27 and has been exploring non-monogamy for a little over three years. She is an acrobat and does acro-yoga and acro-burlesque. Two t...

Ep 212 - Luna Ray

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Luna is a 31 year old queer, polyamorous, kinky, badass who is on a journey to answer the question: How can software help people build meaningful ...

Ep 211 - Judie + Eldon

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Your life doesn't stop at age 60!" Judie is emphatic about this as she moves through her sixties and Eldon, his seventies. This interview is be...

Ep 210 - Daev

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daev is in his early forties and has been exploring non-monogamy in various ways since about 2014. He was on the show about a year ago with his pa...

Ep 209 - Jenna + Wendi

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jenna and Wendi have known each other about eight years and have been married for three. Jenna is polyamorous. Wendi is not. These two share so muc...

Ep 208 - Ali + Michael

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ali and Michael have been together since their high school days over 17 years ago. After their first year of college, Ali brought up the idea of o...

Ep 207 - Red + Jay

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Red and Jay are in their early thirties and have been together about nine years and married for five. They consider themselves social swingers an...

Ep 206 - Gabby: Round 2

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is our second interview with Gabby this week… In case you missed it, Gabby is a married, 37 year old, bisexual, relationship anarchist who...

Ep 205 - Gabby

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

  Gabby is a married, 37 year old, bisexual, relationship anarchist who has been exploring non-monogamy for about 10 years. In this first conv...

Ep 204 - Jan

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jan is a 25 year old pansexual, neurodivergent, relationship anarchist from the Netherlands. He recognized at age six that he approached things ...

Ep 203 - The Breakup Monologues (Rosie)

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rosie started exploring and researching the idea of non-monogamy a while ago and even tried it out briefly while she had a platonic partner. She u...

Ep 202 - Wendy + Anthony

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy started exploring non-monogamy about six years ago as a way to save her marriage. Anthony and his wife got into it almost 20 years ago and h...

Ep 201 - Crystal + Rich

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Crystal and Rich came out of their previous marriages knowing they wanted something different. They found one another and have been exploring a c...

Ep 200 - Kacie + Marcus

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kacie and Marcus have been married for about eight years and exploring polyamory and non-monogamy for three of them. They started their non-monog...

Ep 199 - Mason

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mason is an amazing queer transgender man who has been married for over a decade and exploring non-monogamy for the past five years. Everywhere M...

Ep 198 - Javay

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

  This conversation with Javay is absolutely incredible. It's full of amazing stories, information, and a ton of laughs. Full disclosure, the re...

Ep 197 - Emily

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily is a screenwriter and script supervisor who does cosplay and designs geek clothing. She's also non-monogamous and kinky, which she discovered ...

Ep 196 - Jaret

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jaret is partnered with Jamie who was a former guest on episode 184. This deep conversation with Jaret covers his experiences in healing from a tra...

Ep 195 - Rethinking Orgies: Creating Inclusive, Diverse & Safer Spaces to Explore Sexuality

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this fantastic roundtable conversation we bring Leanne, G, and Zach back on the show to talk more about their experiences creating safe and inclus...

Ep 194 - Mandy

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mandy is such a delight to talk to and is so full of positive energy! She is a bisexual badass who has been exploring solo polyamory and relationship...

Ep 193 - Sonia + Gabriel

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sonia and Gabriel have been together for over 19 years and have been practicing polyamory for about 10 years. They have a refreshingly honest con...

Ep 192 - Jacob

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob is an amazing trans-masculine, non-binary human who is just about to turn 22. He (his preferred pronouns) has been exploring polyamory and no...

Ep 191 - Izzy

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This interview with Izzy is absolutely amazing! They have been exploring polyamory for a little over three years but that is just the tip of the ic...

Ep 190 - Sarah + Keith

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Keith are in their early thirties and have essentially been together since they were 15, if we don't count that short break during colleg...

Ep 189 - Brea

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brea is 30 years old, queer, nonbinary, exploring non-monogamy for the last ten years, outdoorsy, a forager, professional cook, gardener, and overal...

Ep 188 - Amy

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Be unapologetically yourself! This is how Amy shows up in life and it is amazing and inspiring. She’s a former sex worker, an attorney, she owns mul...

Ep 187 - Norm

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Norm is incredibly positive and vibrant with a zest for living life. He has been in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” dynamic with his wife since they...

Ep 186 - The Curious Fox (Jacqueline Misla)

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline is so many things... She's a mother, Latine, polyamorous, queer, pansexual, educator, organizational strategist, the co-host of the Curious...

Ep 185 - Kelly

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly has been exploring polyamory for over 30 years and as she says it “since before the word polyamory even existed.” Our conversation with her ...

Ep 184 - Jamie

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jamie’s story is beyond powerful. They are incredibly vulnerable with us about the adversity they have overcome and continue to work through around ...

Ep 183 - Dear Poly (Phillip)

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Phillip grew up in an extremely conservative household which influenced much of how he approached love, sexuality, relationships, and life. Since comi...

Ep 182 - Jessie + Roy

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie is in her late twenties and has been exploring non-monogamy for about the past two years. Roy's been trying to turn 50 but Covid keeps getti...

Ep 181 - Ryan

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan's approach to life is to enjoy absolutely every second as much as possible and to have incredible experiences with all of the wonderful people a...

Ep 180 - G

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

G joins us for what is quite possibly the most powerful discussion we've had on the show about self-discovery and knowing one's self. At only 25 years...

Ep 179 - Loving Without Boundaries (Kitty Chambliss)

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kitty is on a simple mission: To love and to educate. She describes herself as a cheating serial monogamist for the first 10-15 years of her dating l...

Ep 178 - The V Spot (Katt)

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Katt brings such incredible energy and positivity to this powerful discussion on personal growth and self-discovery. As she describes it, she grew ...

Ep 177 - Claire

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Claire is in her mid thirties and always felt like a misfit in her relationships. That is, until she started exploring ethical non-monogamy about s...

Ep 176 - 2HotWives (Ams + Kat)

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ams and Kat are the hosts of the 2HotWives podcast and are on a mission to create a community where like-minded women can explore their sexual intere...