Marjani Lane (@marjanilane) is one of the most well-known Black polyamorous educators and is a hugely important voice in the community when it comes to pro-Black polyamorous activism. To round off this season, we discuss Marjani’s life as a queer, disabled polyamorist, as well as several controversial, hard-hitting issues in the Black polyamorous and polygamous communities.

In this harrowing, vulnerable episode, Morgan of @chillpolyamory shares her experiences in a cult from the age of 16-21, how she left and unpacked all the internalised shame and guilt around her sexuality, and went on to embrace an open, polyamorous life.

Abuse happens in all kinds of relationships, and non-monogamous people are no different. Claire from @polypages and I discuss the Duluth Model of the power and control wheel as applied to abusive polyamorous dynamics, whether the book More Than Two by Eve Rickert and Franklin Veaux should still be recommended as a polyamory introductory text, why toxic positivity culture is harmful and does a disservice to the polyamorous community and why non-monogamous people are more susceptible to abusive dynamics.

Michelle Hy's polyamory advocacy work (@polyamorouswhileasian) on the political intersection between relationships and race, sex positivity, and body neutrality is well known to many. In this episode we discuss being polyamorous and Asian, our relationships with our parents, handling fetishisation of Asianness in dating, and where we draw the line between attraction and exoticisation.

What do purity culture and mononormativity have in common? I speak with @puritytopolyamory as she shares her fascinating story of moving from the oppressive Evangelical Christian religion to solo polyamory.

How is polyamory influencing current and future generations under late-stage capitalism? Join myself and Nayeli (@antimononormative), who are both Gen Z, and younger millennial Sky (@femmmeow) as we talk about how modern monogamy is influenced by the commodification of intimacy under capitalism, colonialism and heteropatriarchical forces.

How do polyamorous, neurodivergent people flirt? Albert from @polymananswers and I discuss the difference between (and success rates of) consent-based, directly communicated flirting methods and those utilised by "pickup artists" in mainstream media (which are often built on a foundation of deception and manipulation).

Compersion, the feeling of joy/happiness at seeing your partner with other people, is often touted as the Holy Grail of polyamory: a milestone you reach once you have achieved complete security within yourself, fully embracing the abundance mindset, and having a complete lack of jealousy. In reality, it's a lot more complicated than that.

Polyamory challenges traditional love and many societal norms, but one aspect that is not often talked about is how it can be a tool for anti-capitalist revolutionary change. Roy (@openrelating) is a polyamorous personal coach who specialises in helping people of all relationship orientations discover and design their own unique, authentic, conscious and intentional relationships.

A big part of polyamory is challenging one's core beliefs and insecurities, and one big thing polyamorous men struggle with is toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is a specific set of expectations and attitudes associated with men that have a negative impact on men's psyche as well as society as a whole, such as aggressive competitiveness and machismo, entitlement to and ownership of women's bodies, tying one's self-worth as a man to sexual performance, and so on. Today I speak with Chad (@polyamfam) about his unique experience and early struggles as a polyamorous man, and we hope that his story will help other men (and the people who date men) on their polyamorous journeys.

Ro Moed (@unapolygetically) is a solo polyamory content creator, personal coach, and aspiring writer. We discuss what solo polyamory is and how it is still a relatively new term with different definitions within the polyamorous community.

Jhen (@monogamishpod) grew up in Jamaica and moved to America when she was 20, whereas I (@polyphiliablog) grew up in Hong Kong and moved to the UK when I was 16. We talk about the intersection of polyamory and race.

Annie (@annie_undone) is a kinky switch in a polyamorous BDSM dynamic. We discuss how polyamory and kink both teach great lessons on consent, communication, and intentionality, and are both excellent mediums for personal growth.

Jes (@remodeledlove) is demisexual: she doesn't experience sexual attraction except with an existing romantic/emotional connection. I (@polyphiliablog), meanwhile, am megasexual: I don't experience romantic/emotional attraction except with an existing sexual connection.