The Melan8ted Podcast

It's Spring, and baby... some of y’all need to be swept OUT with the pollen. In this episode of The Melan8ted Podcast , we’re spilling our unfiltered thoughts on why certain relationships, situationships, and “it’s complicated” connections just ain’t making it past April. No guides, no checklists—just sharing the real, messy, sometimes freeing, sometimes painful truth of letting go when love (or l...

Melan8ted is featured internationally now! But the way these articles paint us? You'd think we'd seasoned their food without asking. We talk about the good and the odd and the angry of getting interviewed by the Brits. Special shout out to our favorite Sexologist Debra Shade for the article in ASN Lifestyle Magazine. Check out the articles on our IG @melan_8ted !!

***HAPPY NEW YEAR*** New Year, Same Us! In this latest episode of The Melan8ted Podcast , Tiffany and Joe celebrate their first year of marriage, sharing candid reflections on their journey together. With always a mix of humor and honesty, they also share the ups and downs of navigating polyamory and newly (ish) wedded bliss. As well as offer valuable insights on communication and connection spann...

*** TRIGGER WARNING*** Grief is never easy—but how do you navigate it within the complexity of a polyamorous relationship? In this heartfelt continuation from The Melan8ted Podcast episode What The Grief? Part 1 , Joe shares his journey of navigating grief after the passing of a beloved partner within a polyamorous relationship. Joe and Tiffany reflect on love, resilience, and the unique ways poly...

*** TRIGGER WARNING*** In this " clutch your pearls " episode of The Melan8ted Podcast , Tiffany opens up about the emotional rollercoaster of pregnancy to the devastation of miscarriage. With authentic honesty, Tiffany and Joe share an intimate peak into what happened and their continued journey of healing. Stay Tuned for Part 2!!

We're back take 2! On this Episode Tiffany invites Joe to breakdown his journey to creating and introducing the masses to Rudy Would Listen: A Collective Storytelling Experience! The episode continues into breaking down time for self, marriage, dating and everything in between. Stay Melan8ted and check out Rudy Would Listen on Instagram! Links below: https://www.instagram.com/rudy_would_listen...

Thanks for being on Side-Piece Time with us for 2023! The Melan8ted Podcast is back with more love, more stories, and more HoeVentures ! We talk about what we've been up to the last year and preview a bit on topics to come. Promise we missed you all too!

The Melan8ted Podcast's been out in deez streets loving, learning, and living. We've made some great friends along the way, and we have them on our first episode with Guests! Welcome The Romantic Hours : Weezee , Jack A.U. Burton , Rayven and did we mention Dimples herself, Tiffany Ariel , is a Vocalist for them? Join in on Part 1 of the Melan8ted x Romantic Hours Roundtable Kickback. The...

How do we make the best of February? We touch back on the fan favorite episode black review of the swinger club, Club Princeton! You get all the sexy time February entails mixed with the celebration of us black people on this Black History Month! This micro episode is being submitted to the American Black Film Festival and we hope they like it as much as you all have!

When a relationship fails, do your instincts rationalize faults in monogamy? Failures in communication, lack of intimacy, infidelity; these factors and others are evaluated before we may question the broad concept of monogamy. Have you ever afforded the same rigorous evaluation process to polyamory? In this episode, we go over things to consider when you relate your needs in evaluating if opening...

You get invited to the party. You aren't sure it's worth your time. So you ask, "who's all over there?" Ever notice how close that is to dating? Problem is the dating field is filled with a muck of crazies sully our efforts to find what we're looking to build connections with. And that's just traditional dating! You gotta be crazy to find more than one partner, right?... Well... We as your venture...

It's no secret... we're polyamorous (pearls clutched), even on the holidays. There's more time to split, gifts to give and budgets to consider when we tap into the infinite pool of love. We talk about the difficulty of showing appreciation during limited time, how deciding who to spend time with is near similar with making time for family and friends and the conundrum of having to hide parts of ou...

There was a plan. Universe had a better one. Tiffany had absolutely no clue a ring would end up on her finger this soon. What we both learned is that we vastly underestimated how much our tribe loves us and showed out in making the night special. This episode we talk about Joe's scramble to set-up the Drunk Power Point proposal, how this step reveals our true friends, toxicity lurking in shadows,...

Disclaimer: This episode contains content referring to suicide and suicidal ideation... As a 10-year Army Veteran, Melan8ted Co-Founder, Joe, has experienced the struggles of adjusting to life during and after service. It has lead him to his current outlook on life, including how he discovered open-relationships. This episode has Tiffany help Joe process a difficult part of his life, including div...

**NSFW WARNING** Tiffany is escorted by Joe to Her Disney World, TRAUMA: Columbus' premiere annual Halloween Fetish party. We'll tell you how we became demonic and witnessed all the rope, electric, and fire play a Brat could ask for!

MELAN8TED embraces the fear and regales you in tales of some of our most gut-wrenching dating horror stories! We've got tiddy milk dates, sex party accidents, one of us met Dirty Harry on the wrong end! So turn off your lights and light a match for the spooky... cuz this episode might have smell-o-vision...

How do you measure how far you've come in your relationship(s) from where you were? We want to believe a relationship is going well, but you know what they say about assuming. Your Melan8ted co-hosts discuss the necessity of checking in with ourselves and our partners and some communication techniques that can work for any dynamic. We give you more of the raw and the real, even talking through mom...

MAJOR SHOUTOUT TO 3E Multimedia LLC For our new intro/outro!!! We escaped Ohio through the Underground Railroad and made it to Sweden. This bonus episode goes over our experience of our first time crossing the Atlantic together, and how we handled being Polyamorous and Black in an Anglo-Saxon country. It was... well hear for yourself...

Secrets out... Tiffany and I? We have EXES (shocking, we know). Ex-friends, sex-friends, old flames, ones that got away, and banes of our existence. We talk about how to have a healthy conversation about our pasts, owning our detrimental mistakes, and how to navigate dating after breakups in non-monogamy. Maybe we'll share our secrets with you 😉 ***Want to learn more about Afterships? Check out S...

SERIOUSLY. NSFW. If you're at work, you got kids, put your headphones in. You've been warned😉... Your Melan8ted Founders walk you through our time at Ohio's Premier Sex Club, Princeton. Through the fresh scene lens of Tiffany and experienced lens of Joe: We'll tell you how we prepared, the intimate details during our visit, and aftercare on closing time. Be ready for vivid descriptions of nudity...

We talk through a synopsis of the game Catherine: Full Body and answer some of the thought provoking questions the protagonist, Vincent, had to answer as he survived nightmare labyrinths each night. Does Vincent want a life of freedom or a life of order and structure? How does it stack up to your Melan8ted Hosts?!?!

So you wanna open your relationship.... We talk through the reactions you and your partners may be feeling in the flurry of emotions. We offer some wisdom through our experience in how to start and maintain the conversation.

What does healthy communication look like? How do we unlearn conditioned behaviors and speak up?

Melan8ted reacts to SCOTUS' decision to overturn Roe V Wade

Representation is necessary and safe space must be created for us, by us. There are plenty people of color who break the mold of tradition and we all deserve the space to talk through how we live our lives. This podcast offers safety in asking questions, working through feelings, whether you are monogamous, curious, or open.