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This week's eposide features a replay of one of our earliest interivews on The Convo - Leanne Yau of Polyphilia. Leanne is consistently someone who our guests tell us that they  follow and pay attention to in the non-monogamy space, and we wanted to feature this conversation to more listeners. We released this originally as our second podcast ever, so we're pretty sure some of you more recent list...

This week's eposide is the second of two episodes we've dedicated to spotlighting new podcasts that will be debuting this fall; we spoke to Jes about her new podcast, "Love, Amplified with Jes Katz" in Episode 15, and this week we're talking to Elle and Sara about their upcoming podcast, "Unicorn Confidential". A show thats intended to be part discussion, part educational, part confessional and pa...

Harvey's really been looking forward to having this week's podcast guest on The Convo ever since he had the idea for the show; the author Kevin Patterson , who wrote the book  Love Is Not Colorblind . This book is an incredibly well written overview of the person experiences people of color have had in the non-monogamy community while also presenting good explainations and persuasive arguments on...

Our guest this week is Emily April Allen, a photographer in Nashivlle who focuses her art on documenting the LGBTQIA+ community through portrature and photographing candid takes of participants at queer events. Emily is a supportive ally of the non-monogamy community, and is happy to take photos of your polyamorous wedding or commitment ceremony. Emily's website is full of photographs of joy and h...

This week we're getting a little meta on The Convo; our guest is Roxi Starbottom, who is Co-Director of MIX Nashville with Harvey. Roxi and Harvey team up to talk about MIX Nashville as an organization: who we are, what we're trying to do for the non-monogamy community, as well as some discussion of activities MIX offers in Nashville and online. You can find more information about the events discu...

Hey hey hey - it's time for another episodes of The Convo! We're talking to Jes Katz of PolyLabor this week, who's on to talk about how incredible work could be if maybe we treated work a little more like we treat relationships in the non-monogamy world. Jes talks about what a better work world we'd be in if people invited consent and encouraged communication and boundary-setting (doesn't that sou...

Hey everyone - we're back with another episode of The Convo! This week's guest, Glenda Jordan , is an absolutely amazing human that we're all lucky to count as a member of the non-monogamy community. Glenda is, amongst many other things, a visual artist, model, circus performer/entertainer, and public speaker - and we talk about all of those things (and more) during our conversation this week.  If...

It's time for another episode of The Convo - and this month we have Felicia Castillo Powers of Sunday Assembly Nashvile! Felicia was so kind to sit down with us to discuss her work with Sunday Assembly (both in Nashville and nationwide ). We discuss Felicia's personal non-monogamy journey, the purpose of Sunday Assembly and how it came to be, and how community can make a real difference in people'...

Originally recorded June 4, 2025 We're talking metas this month with our panelists, which include Nick and Millie from the wildly-popular content creators of Decolonizing Love! We were so thrilled to have each of them give us their takes on your questions about how to deal with metas that don't want to meet you, metas you can't stand and don't know how to interact with, whether someone is being co...

Welcome to another episode of The Convo! Our conversation this month is with Jerry Ivery, the Chief Operating Officer of MashUp! MashUp is a grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in the Nashville Metro area that focuses on providing queer folx of color a comprehensive, person-centered approach to health and well-being. Jerry was so kind to find time to talk to us about MashUp, his own pers...

Originally recorded May 10, 2025 This month's Panel focuses on those of us - a lot of us - who maybe don't see the world exactly the same as the "average" person does (whatever that means). The umbrealla of "neurodivergence" is quite large and encompasses many different types of neurological variances, and with the help of our guest expert Mal (a licensed behavioral analyst with 20 years experienc...

Hello and welcome back to The Convo - this month, we're talking to Rob, one of the owners of Red Room , a swing club located in the Metro Nashville area. Rob was a great conversational partner - we cover a lot of topics about swing clubs that we think people who are "on the fence" about making their first trip out will enjoy, from what to expect your first time out, who exactly goes to swing clubs...

Originally recorded April 9, 2025 It's a banner episode of The Panel this month; why, might you ask? We have not one, not two, not even three, but  FOUR experts on this episode - and all of them have some keen insights and experiences with sex toys. And we're not talking just vibrators - from Jack, our resident deep-BDSM sub, to Tiff, our former sex-toy saleswoman, to Mark, an OT who also builds s...

Welcome to another episode of The Convo! This month, our guests are Doug & Telisha Williams of the band Wild Ponies . Doug & Telisha, who are based in Nashville, were so gracious to talk to us about their lives as musicians and as members of the non-monogamy community. Their most recent album, Dreamers , focuses on exploring what exists beyond the traditional nuclear family, and details the joys a...

Originally recorded March 5, 2025 This month's Panel is all about everything to do with being long-distance while also being non-monogamous. Our guest expert, CJ , is a certified life and sex coach who helps her clients realize their desires and the lives they've always wanted but never could actualize. CJ, in addition to her practice, also has some great personal experience with being in a long-t...

This month, we're speaking to Cooper S. Beckett . Cooper is a long-time influencer and thought leader in the non-monogamy and swing spaces of the internet, and has released seven books so far in his writing career - three in the world of non-monogamy and swing (his memoir, Life On the Swingset , as well as two fictional works, A Life Less Monogamous and Approaching the Swingularity ), and four in...

Originally recorded February 5, 2025 Hello, hello, hello from the new recording studios for MIX Nashville! As we said in our last release, we're going to be recording The Panel from a set location moving forward; not only does it save us on having to move our equipment to record in a location where people can attend, but it should allow us to have on more guests like the one we have this month,  S...

This month, we're speaking to Marla Renee Stewart and tia marie , co-founders of Sex Down South , a "sexual health and wellness conference created for BIPOC and LGBTQIA people" founded in 2015. Since their inception, Sex Down South has become an "influential platform that has brought together thousands of attendees from the U.S. and beyond to explore sexuality as a tool for self-liberation." tia a...

Originally recorded November 19, 2024 It's time for part two of our Consent & Non-Monoagmy, with more of our panelists Diana, Araña/Jes, Russ & D! This round of questions invovles how consesual non-consent play works, how to handle negotiating with a 3rd party about play you want to do with someone (likely in a D/s dynamic), consent you receive from anchor partners, as well as some great other que...

Originally recorded November 19, 2024 This episode turned out excellent, even if we do say so ourselves - great topics, great questions, and a great group of panelists - so great, we had to break the episode into two parts! In Part One, we'll be introducing our Panelists, talking about how to ask for consent in a sexy and fun way (and consent  is sexy , in case you didn't know), how to balance aut...

This month, we're speaking to Roy Graff of Open Relating . Roy is both a peer support coach and a licensed therapist in the UK, where they reside and practice. In addition to providing clinical therapy services, Roy creates content on Instagram and Threads discussing the challenges non-monogamists face, and providing practical solutions and tips for nagvating those challenges. We ask Roy about a i...

Originally Recorded: October 18, 2024 What is The Blender? Unlike The Panel, each episode of The Blender has no pre-determined topic, and no pre-submitted questions; the topics and questions discussed on each episode of The Blender come 100% from the audience attending that evening! We discuss a lot of stuff this episode - why we're all non-monogamous, why we should maybe use ethical non-monogamou...

This month's guest is Olivia Hill, a trans woman and activist who also became the first trans person to be elected to public office in the State of Tennessee, which she accomplished with her election as an At-Large Councilperson for Metro Nashville in 2023. Olivia and I had a really great and inspiring conversation about her experiences both as a trans woman and running for office in a very "red"...

Originally taped Sepbember 18, 2024 This month we dive into the nuts and bolts of cohabitating with your non-monogamous partners with Laura Boyle! Laura is an author and the wonderful mind behind the blog, Instagram account, TikTok channel and other platforms of " Ready For Polyamory ", and has published her newest book, "Monogamy? In This Economy?" ( out now – order here! ) She just so happened t...

This month's guest is Brett Chamberlin, the founder and current executive director of the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non Monogamy, or OPEN. ( Open-Love.org ) OPEN states in their mission as being dedicated "to normalizing and empowering non-monogamous individuals, relationships, and communities. More than that, we're a movement of people working toward a future where romantic and intim...