Platonic Polyamory (fka Undressing Underground)
Episodes
HTM - Tripp Nasty/Trading Places/Buddhism
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, hello, we're back. We're exploring a new movie-focused series we're calling "Hey That's Me!" (after the Deerhoof song). ...
Xmas Music Exchange 2025
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm very tired. It's been a very long year capped off with a very long month. Capped off further with some weird issues with Zoom where the au...
PPA - It's Beginning to Sound a lot Like Doug Tilley's Brain Death
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're home for the holidays, joined again by the soft iconoclast, early podcast innovator, Doug Tilley of Cinema Smorgasbord. This time he's h...
Edgar Allan Poecast 2025
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At long last, Jennifer and Brandon convinced me to organize a new Edgar Allan Poecast, our third (not second). If you don't know the deal, we take...
PPA - Prof A. (Bison Squad) Pt. 2
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've got PART 2 of our talk with now Philly, formerly Harrisburg, noise musician and... I guess he probably doesn't want me to say horrorcore...
PPA - Professor A (Bison Squad) Pt 1
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with another noise musician that Jennifer has no idea how to listen to. As he notes in the episode, I met Professor A while he was tour...
PPA - Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, etc) Pt 2
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back with part two of our talk with the Questlove of Deerhoof, Greg Saunier. Like a Grateful Dead show, the second set is a little looser bu...
PPA - Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, etc) Pt 1
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re extremely excited to present part one of our talk with the Phil Lesh of Deerhoof, Greg Saunier. Deerhoof has been a favorite band of Brandon ...
Story Time with Laura Squirrel - Erica's Discovery
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's Laura Squirrel's birthday and we're celebrating the only way we know how--doing whatever she asks us with this podcast feed. Today we...
PPA - Bucko Crooks Pt 3
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Short one today, punctuated by some longer music clips, including the last(???) track to be released by The Smudge. He kept it going for 25 years and,...
PPA - The Smudge Pt 2
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I meant to upload this last week but I was in Australia losing my mind crossing the outback like the narrator of What's Rangoon to You Is Grafton ...
PPA - POTUS of Noise, Bucko Crooks/The Smudge Pt 1
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have part one of our talk with Milwaukee's iconoclastic POTUS of Noise, Bucko Crooks aka the Smudge aka Billy War Haul and member of too ...
PPA - Liam O'Donnell (Cinepunx) Pt 3
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've got one last roughly 30-40 minute episode with the flying Frenchman himself, Liam O'Donnell. This time we talk more about God, but Liam ...
PPA - Liam O'Donnell Pt 2
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've got more of Liam. A lot more. Mostly him. Jesus, mewithoutyou, Philly. It's all here. Also he leaves to pee at one point.Check out more ...
PPA - Liam O'Donnell (Cinepunx)
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We finally wrangled Liam back to talk to Jennifer about God, mewithoutyou, and other stuff she's interested in, instead of being stuck listening t...
PPA - Darryl W. Bullock Pt. 2 (In Memorium)
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were all deeply saddened by the news of Darryl's passing in the weeks after we first spoke to him. We all had a great time talking to him and were ...
PPA - Darryl W. Bullock's World's Worst Christmas Records
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we spoke to WFMU DJ and one of the last great music blogspot writers, Darryl W. Bullock, about some of the awful Christmas music he's presented ...
PPA - Doug Tilley Pt 3
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last chance to hear Brandon's original theme song about Doug! But also, all of us speaking emphatically about bad movies, good movies, and about talki...
PPA - Doug Tilley Pt 2
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Doug about Eric Roberts (natch), his early internet communities, making a short feature film on video in the early 2000s, and New...
PPA - Doug Tilley is a man Pt. 1
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I forgot while writing this that Doug said Eric Roberts is the Fucking Man got pulled from iTunes because of the name, so, there's your title. But, D...
PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 3
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, I'm very tired, so I'm sorry to be reusing the same description again. Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCR...
PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 2
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCREAM zine, over 60 pages dissecting the themes of all six Scream films. ...
PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 1
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCREAM zine, over 60 pages dissecting the themes of all six Scream films. It roc...
PPA - Indiana Noisefest 2014 pt 2
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
10 years ago I filmed a "documentary" about a noise festival being held in the community center of a 4H fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere...
PPA - Indiana Noisefest 2014 w/ Laura Squirrel
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
10 years ago I filmed a "documentary" about a noise festival being held in the community center of a 4H fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere...
PPA - WFMU DJ Austin Rich (pt 2)
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good Hello, Today we present part two of our talk with musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, an...
PPA - WFMU DJ Austin Rich (pt 1)
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good Hello, Today we talked to musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's...
PPA - Christian Long pt 2
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. B...
PPA - Former jaded writer, Christian Long
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. B...
PPA - Jazmin Castañeda Pt 2
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of our conversation with Jazmin, this time more focused on her own story and artwork. We learn about the origins of some of her recurring cha...
PPA - A Fundraiser for Palestine w/ Jazmin Castañeda
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to artist Jazmin about her Fundraiser for Palestine set to take place at the Matilija Lending Library in El Monte, CA (near LA) on Saturday 4/...
PPA - Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi Pt. 2
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of our conversation with Anthony Thomas Lombardi in which we delve more into how he got into poetry, rap music, God, and his involvement with...
PPA - Brooklyn Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the first part of our talk with an old friend of mine, the poet Anthony Lombardi. We've known each other for about 16 or 17 years (he tak...
PPA - Leslie Keffer Pt 2
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of our conversation with esteemed noise musician Leslie Keffer. In this part we talk about noise music (of course), touring, stained g...
PPA - Leslie Keffer (Noise Musician)
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We finally had just enough of a break from all the horrible, complicated, and annoying things in our lives to sit down and talk to esteemed noise musi...
PPA - Rob's old friend, a die-hard Disco Biscuits fan
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not really sure how to title this because we don't want to give his name considering the stuff we discuss. But this is one of my oldest friends, s...
PPA - Bullshitting with Kelly of Indubitably
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just like evolution will inevitably lead to crabs, our conversations will inevitably lead to breast milk and cannibalism. We discussed cell steaks, ag...
PPA - Kelly of the Indubitably Podcast
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, we're back. I moved and my cat got cancer, Brandon got a job, and Jennifer quit hers, so... here we are. Now. Instead of earlier. This week...
PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 2
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of our talk with Brandon Noel about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine. Plus a little more about religion, but not much...
PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 1
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We brought Brandon Noel on to talk about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine, but our Brandon and I can't stop fucking talkin...
PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English/Spanish Version)
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, hello, sorry, yes, we're late again. I hope this edit makes sense because I'm still too busy to start from scratch. But this edit cuts out...
PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English Version)
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Good hello again and sorry again for the delay. Life is hard, but it goes on, whether I want it to or not. Today on the show we talk to a mutual fri...
PPA - Christian Chiakulas Pt 2.
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to Christian about a month ago about this book, The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of the Jesus of Nazareth. Afterward we tal...
PPA - The Carpenter's Son w/ Christian Chiakulas
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Good Friday, if that's something I'm supposed to say. For our Easter special we've got Jennifer's friend, author Christian Chiak...
PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 2
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our chat with El Salvadoran director, poet, musician, multimedia artist, etc. etc. etc., Ernesto Bautista. In this part he discusses his wor...
PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 1
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we talk to filmmaker, poet, and multimedia artist Ernesto Bautista, who I almost certainly mispronounce the name of in my introducti...
PPA - AJ Dungo
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First off, I had some internet issues, so the episode gets cut off at the end (like when we talked to Colin). Sorry!Second, I included some music cues...
PPA - Julia Wright
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talked to Julia Wright, one of those practical effect weirdos that bloodies and bruises the actors in horror films and creates dead defecatin...
PPA - Sara Von Century
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Century's back on this podcast feed for the umpteenth time. This time we talked to her about the inherent queerness of horror, the lack of queern...
PPA - Sound of Confusion
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer's gone viral again for her hot takes on polyamory and Christianity. This time her wealthy grandmother caught wind of it and cut her out of th...
PPA - Platonic Polyamory's Mickey Reece's Platonic Polyamory
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Reece made it this week! As a bunch of scum sucking freaks, we all felt a kindred spirit in the DIY, and even the more recent sellout arthouse ...
PPA - Waiting for Mickey
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I was listening to Desert Oracle recently and noticed he stopped using episode numbers and it occurred to me that if there's anything less pointless t...
PPA - E7 - Love, That's America w/ Laura Squirrel
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Long delayed recording and now long delayed upload. Brandon and Jennifer were both somehow on vacation at the same time, then I was down for the count...
PPA - E6 - Physics, Noise, & Legal Trouble with Tripp Nasty
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tripp Nasty takes us deep into the strange and scary world of Denver's alt music scene. Tripp discusses his history as a computer programmer(??) and f...
PPA - E4 - In the Mood for CinePunk Joshua Alvarez
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is called Platonic Polyamory now. For this episode Jennifer wanted Josh to pick out a movie for us to watch and discuss, but Josh didn't ...
PPA - E2 - Your Music Sucks w/ Laura Squirrel
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An Undressing Underground regular joins us this week to explain noise music to Jennifer and the Get Along Gang (and her fan fiction about it) to all o...
Platonic Polyamory - E1 - Cat Eyes
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of our new series, Platonic Polyamory. Some guy named Josh that follows Jennifer on Twitter tells us about the Christian lore permea...
RJS - E2 - Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discus Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. Also shortwave radio and some other stuff I can't remember. Don't forget to subscribe to Jennifer's newslett...
The Royal Jenstones - E1 - Genesis
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New conversation. About the bible. Cause Jennifer's reading it. And writing about it. Read that here: https://dirtbagchristian.substack.com
Episode 21 - Alvin Lucier is Lying in a Box
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alvin Lucier died the day we recorded this. I explain his seminal piece... poorly. Then we listen to the first episode as played from Brandon's comput...
WAPIAR - E20 - EsperantNO/Ni podkastas en ĉambro
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ni tradukis la skripton en Esperanton kaj legis ĝin fonetike. Ĝi estis torturo. Absoluta fika torturo. Mi neniam volas fari ion tian denove. Ĝi igi...
WAPIAR - E19 - Yabba Dabba Dune
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about 9/11, Halloween, pooping in the woods, addiction, Princess Diana, the 90s Flinstones movies, cooking shows, polyamory, and whether this ...
WAPIAR - E18 - Ladies & Gentlemen, The Smudge
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon, Jennifer, and Rob are joined by absurdly prolific noise/vaporwave/pluderphonics/rock/hiphop/blues/satire/neoclassical musician, poet, video g...
WAPIAR - E17 - SORRY
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I fucked up. I accidentally turned off the recording for Brandon and Jennifer for about 10 minutes toward the end while Brandon was still reading. To ...
WAPIAR - E16 - Impossible Dog
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob's turn.
WAPIAR - E15 - Bullshit, mostly
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Probably the most pointlessly avant garde episode yet. We talk about Afghanistan, then Jennifer recites the entire episode while Brandon plays music a...
WAPIAR - E14 - FUCK
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fuck.
WAPIAR - E13 - Rat Race
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We raced each other to see who could read our own parts first. Mostly we talked about cancel culture and capitalism. Brandon's got a cool mic. I talk ...
WAPIAR - E12 - Speaking of William S Burroughs...
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I was hospitalized and am still sick, so that's why this is late. Sorry to the recurring 5 listeners.
WAPIAR - E11 - William S Burroughs
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I've got nothing else to say. You know more or less what this show is now if you've heard any other episode.
WAPIAR - E10 - Irreversible
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The gang reads a bunch of words off a page.
WAPIAR - E9 - Leon's Getting Larger
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, we're back! This time I'm Jennifer, Jennifer's Brandon, and Brandon's me! Hoorah! Apparently most people that listen to this don't realize that i...
WAPIAR - E8 - I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry for the delay, I've been busy. We may just do two weeks from today now. I dunno. This episode Jennifer is Rob, Brandon is Jennifer, and Rob is B...
WAPIAR - Episode 7 or 8 - CANCELLED
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I dunno I'm still high. We all got high. Went about as you'd expect. Also listened to a lot allegedly royalty free future funk that's present through ...
WAPIAR - E6 - The One Where the Gang Gets Drunk and Forgets How to Read
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By far the most belligerent (and thus longest) attempt yet. I still feel like crap from how much I drank. Some of Jennifer's lines take new meaning th...
WAPIAR - E5 - Lent
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's lent. We're bored and sober. Brandon performs mukbang. If there's no links here, it's because I didn't come back to add them after making dinner....
WAPIAR - E4 - FUCK
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oh boy, oh geez. Rob smokes 3 different kinds of weed in the first 10 minutes (he's a light weight as is), Brandon attempts to drink every time one of...
WAPIAR - E3 - Third Time's a Charm!
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon and Rob begin disassociating and Jennifer keeps the whole thing moving. READ Jennifer: https://dirtbagchristian.substack.com LISTEN to Brandon...
WAPIAR - E2 - Second Verse, Same as the First!
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are. The experiment begins. We already hate doing it. 24 episodes to go. READ and EAT Jennifer C Martin on Olney: https://www.olneymagazine.co...
Episode 76 - Nia King, Drew Ariolla-Sands, Ambrosia Bartosekulva
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today Sara Century finally finishes off our series of talks with artists and critics about their plans and feelings going forward in our current cultu...
Episode 75 - Dane Eissler
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week Katie Rein talks to an old friend, the talented Dane Eissler, who has a plethora of artistic experience as a director, actor, writer, m...
Episode 74 - Liam O'Donnell
24 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Century is busy playing with her new toy this week, so I'm left alone to talk to Liam O'Donnell of the Cinepunx empire, the Cinepu...
Episode 73 - Ladyspeech, Tripp Nasty, & Annah Anti Palindrome
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Century continues our series of talks with artists and critics about their plans and feelings going forward in our current cultural climate. Toda...
Episode 72 - Emma Houxbois & Kayla Miller
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first installment of a series of interviews Sara Century and I are doing with different women, queer, LGBT, and POC artists about worki...
Episode 71 - Bree Davies
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Century talks to Bree Davis back in January of 2016. They cover punk and riotgrrl, MTV in the 90s, Denver in general, how Bree got into writing, ...
Episode 65 - 25th Anniversary
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We've been around a while now. We'll see what happens. Today's episode features T Volpone, Brandon Dumais, cheerfulexgirlfriend, Laura Squirrel, Arvo ...
Episode 58 - Brandon Dumais
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is Brandon Dumais! If you know how to say it, you're a good person. On top of forgetting how to say his name, I just remembered I fo...
Episode 50 - Granddad the Starving
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: It’s our 50th episode after-Thanksgiving bonanza and who better to celebrate it with than with long time commenter Granddad Th...
Episode 49 - Bryan Lewis Saunders
24 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: Today on the show is performance artist, stand up tragedy performer, poet, painter, and… There isn’t really a word for a lot...
Episode 48 - Gawker Commenter Roundtable #2 Gramercy Police & Arctic16
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: November 17: Seven longtime Gawker writers are suddenly let go, so that Gawker can retool as a Politics Site (as per Denton...
Episode 47 - Saoirse Heart (Second Life)
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You can also watch this episode (a live tour of some nooks and crannies around the world of Second Life) on YouTube here. Original Description: In cas...
Episode 46 - Blerg
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lets give a warm American welcome to our first international commenter AND the person who runs the Undressing Underground Twitter page, Blerg ! Quick ...
Episode 45 - travis
10 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description Arvo’s back again! This time to talk to travis of Ono! Actually, this is a fairly old interview from Arvo’s now defunct radio...
Episode 44 - Hemlock Grove S3E1 (w/ Blerg)
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: KittensAndUnicorns was busy again this week, so I called Blerg on Skype and we watched the Season 3 premier of Hemlock Grove tog...
Episode 43 - Arvo Zylo
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: Arvo Zylo’s back again! Yay! We talk noise, experimental music (ie, noise), and a little about film and stuff (visual noise). ...
Episode 41 - Edgar Allan Poecast
31 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Update: We've ordered the cassette. More details coming soon. We're also doing another episode. Email me at [email protected] or d...
Episode 42 - Daniel Beirne
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Kittens is at jury duty for whatever ungodly reason, so I called my friend and didn’t tell him I was recording him in order to fill the gap. He’s ...
Episode 40 - The Gaysian
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Original Description: It’s a double whammy! This week I talk to The Gaysian, a Jezebel commenter AND a poster at The Salad Bowl. What were his life ...
Episode 39 - Sara Century
20 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Century is always up to a lot, but especially in the years since this episode. Make sure to check out her twitter for the latest or listen to her...
Episode 38 - Toothpetard
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I'm not sure what was cut off from the original description here, sorry... Original Description: Ahoy mateys! It’s our favorite mad scientist and be...