Life on the Swingset - The Swinging & Polyamory Podcast

Tonight's Gang Bang the Mailbag is the crew's 37th, and they're doing it in force! Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Ginger Bentham , Dirty Lola, Mister Pent, and Dr. Liz Powell get together to answer your questions! You can send them questions to answer by calling 573-55-SWING (573-557-9464) or sending them an email !   Question 1: I have recently come to the conclusion there is not a God or at...

Cooper S. Beckett and Dylan Thomas travel to Dallas for PolyDallas Millenium! There, they join with Angelique Luna (of the Living a Sex Positive Life podcast) to discuss the importance of play, especially during times of struggle.   Do you have a sex positive project? Would you be interested in a grant? Visiting the Effing Foundation at effing.org/grants !   Dylan's #AllIn for Desire… are you? Joi...

In an episode recorded September 22nd 2017, Dr. Liz Powell , Dylan Thomas , and Mike Joseph get together to talk about getting back on the horse after loss, or anything else that may have taken them out of dating and playing with people for an extended period of time. Dylan almost didn't release this episode, but after an extended conversation with both Dr. Liz and Mike, they collectively decided...

This week on The Swingset, we return to the scorching 107 degree heat of Austin, Texas, where Ginger and Cooper attended and presented at Camp Ravish. On the last day of Camp, they sat down with several other presenters there, including The Two Knotty Boys , Melissa Jones , Bella LaVey , Rihannon Ixchel , and Miss O Kissed , to talk about the state of affairs for those of us plying a sex positive...

This past weekend,  Cooper S. Beckett  and  Ginger Bentham  flew down to the balmy state of Texas, which greeted them with a 107 degree heat index. But the temperature wasn't the only thing that was hot that weekend because they were in town for  Camp Ravish  just outside of Austin – three days and two nights of connecting with like-minded adults in a fun, frisky and judgment free camp setting. We...

The Swingset crew is back with another Gang Bang the Mailbag! Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Dr. Liz Powell , Dirty Lola , and Mister Pent answer listener voicemails and emails! Voicemailbag Question #1 Summary How can my husband better navigate swinger culture after coming clean from an alcohol addiction? Voicemailbag Question #2 Summary How can I be more innovate and interesting with my span...

The Swingset crew banked so many episodes that they hadn't recorded for almost two months. For their first night back, they decided to give each other… the business. In addition to talking about tall skinny dudes with big dicks and fisting, they end up discussing poop… a lot. They also talk about lactation, breeding fantasy, some serious ds and humiliation play, waterboarding with juices, impact p...

Cooper S. Beckett, Dylan Thomas, and Ginger Bentham know that the mailbag won't gang bang itself, so they've sat down to answer listener submitted questions for the 35th time! Question 1: Great podcast, I enjoy listening to you guys. My boyfriend and I are in an open relationship and it is going very well. My question is about dental dams, he and I don't use condoms when together but we always do...

The Life on the Swingset crew traveled to Playground 2018: Come Together, and decided to sit together and record one of our traditional "Swingset Bedcast" episodes. Cooper S. Beckett , Ginger Bentham , Dylan Thomas , Dirty Lola , Dr. Liz Powell , Mike Joseph , and Chris Pent sat on two beds, close enough to sweat on, spit on, and spill on each other, and hacked out the last year amongst a crowd of...

Touch is powerful. Touch signals and communicates, touch comforts and supports, Touch can be thoughtful...touch can hurt. We feel it when we have it, we feel its absence when we don't, and sometimes we do things that result in us not getting enough of it. Tonight, Dylan Thomas , Dirty Lola , Dr. Liz Powell , and Mike Joseph get together to talk about the power of touch, and the barriers we throw u...

A fair critique of most sex positive gatherings, especially sexuality conferences, is that they are predominantly white. Over the years, significant progress has been made, and PolyDallas Millennium this July 13-15 is on the forefront of programming diversity and encouraging wider ranges of voices. Tonight Ruby Bouie Johnson joins Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Dirty Lola , Dr. Liz Powell , an...

Every November for the last six year, the Life on the Swingset has led a motley crew of wayward hedonists to Desire Resort on the Riviera Maya in Cancun. Tonight the hosts of our 2017 takeover, Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Ginger Bentham , JV Altharas , Shara Bono , and Tristan Taormino , talk about that trip; what they learned, what they enjoyed, their sexiest of sexy times, and what they'd...

Dylan Thomas , Dirty Lola , and Dr. Liz Powell sit down together to talk about the art of the compliment: how to compliment someone in a way that it will be accepted in the spirit it's given, how to compliment someone without a goal, and how to treat compliments as small gifts that require no reciprocation.   Tonight's episode is sponsored by  Überlube !     You can support us while you buy great...

There's a community that Life on the Swingset hasn't spoken about or to much: the polyamorous furry community. Tonight, Dylan Thomas , Dr. Liz Powell , and Mike Joseph invite Metriko Oni and Viro the Science Collie , of the Feral Attraction podcast, to talk about the fandom and to how we can find more common ground and more common spaces, more often.   You can support us while you buy great sex to...

Life on the Swingset came together for Playground 2018: Come Together, a Sex-Positive, Inclusive, Intersectional Event. It was the largest gathering of Swingset co-hosts ever, and the first such gathering of all co-hosts since 2015! Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Ginger Bentham , Dirty Lola , Dr. Liz Powell , Mike Joseph , and Chris Pent sat in front of a live audience to discuss why authentic...

Paths to kink vary pretty wildly. From occasional giggles and smacks on the bottom, to role-playing as students in a classroom begging to be good for the principal, to full suspensions in front of hundreds of people, following our minds and bodies can lead us places we never thought we could go.  Tonight, Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg , co-creators of the American Sex podcast  and co-produce...

Tonight, guests Midori and Marcia Baczynski join Cooper Beckett , Dylan Thomas , Dr. Liz Powell , and Dirty Lola to talk about making hot kinky play actually happen. They'll also discuss the Wanted Man Intensive course to help good guys work on becoming better guys. Marcia B's Resources: Marcia's Site: AskingForWhatYouWant.com Midori's Resources: Protip! Questions You Aught to Ask Before BDSM Play...

One of Life on the Swingset's most popular episodes is Masturbation - Our Touching Origins . Cooper S. Beckett, Dylan Thomas, Dirty Lola, Dr. Liz Powell, and Mister Pent sit together to talk about handing the job off, as it were. Whether masturbating in front of another person or playing with them while they play with you, tonight the crew discusses mutual masturbation. Tonight's episode is sponso...

Nail Clipping! Facial, Genital, and Ass Hair Maintenance! Keeping it Clean... or Not! Tonight,  Dylan Thomas , Ginger Bentham, Dr. Liz Powell,  Dirty Lola,   and  Mister Pent  discuss sexually relevant grooming habits, and why we do, or don't participate in them!   Join Dylan, Cooper, Dr. Liz, Mister Pent, Dirty Lola, and Mike Joseph at Playground 2018!   You can support us while you buy great sex...

It's been a year, hasn't it? On this episode of Life on the Swingset, The Podcast, we're going to reflect, not on the horrors of the year that everybody among us so well knows, but what this year specifically has shown us, in our sexuality, in our interpersonal interactions, in our lifestyles, and then we'll look forward on how we build and improve in the new year. Join  Cooper S. Beckett ,  Ginge...

Those of us young in the world and in non-monogamy don't spend a lot of time thinking about aging and in how it affects our play partners, our relationships, and our own sexuality as we progress. During Life on the Swingset's takeover of Desire Resort , Dylan Thomas sat down with Belle Shepherd , Joel Kann , Ken Haslam, and Duncan to discuss as a panel how sexuality changes with age. Some featured...

Nearly everything of value Cooper learned about sex was learned after opening up. He's unashamed to admit, his sex was thoroughly mediocre. Thankfully, he met many people who were much better at sex and he studied at their feet and other parts, learning vast and valuable lessons. Tonight, on Life on the Swingset The Podcast, Cooper S. Beckett,  Dylan Thomas ,  Ginger Bentham, Dirty Lola , and Dr....

As Lydia Deetz once said, "I myself am strange and unusual." Swingsetters are merry misfits who don't hew to society's traditional norms. Tonight, Ginger Bentham , Dirty Lola,  Cooper S. Beckett , Dylan Thomas , and Dr. Liz Powell discuss navigating the vanilla world as sexual oddballs, and the unique sets of perks and challenges that includes.   Shoutout to Kevin Patterson for his book and his up...

The Swingset invites Tamara Pincus and Rebecca Hiles , authors of the new book " It's Called Polyamory " onto the show to discuss the many things people both new and experienced to nonmonogamy, specifically, polyamory, may encounter. They join Dylan Thomas , Dr. Liz Powell , and Chris Pent .   Find Tamara Pincus' and Rebecca Hiles' new book, It's Called "Polyamory" , out on paperback and Kindle no...

Ginger Bentham ,  Cooper S. Beckett , and  Dylan Thomas  return to Desire Resort & Spa for Swingset's second full resort takeover and for their sixth annual pilgrimage to the sexiest place on earth. While the tequila flows, they take time to examine why pleasure, gratitude, compassion, and love are supremely important, and they take time to defiantly and emphatically restate the values of the Swin...