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Mistakes Were Made

Sarah & Alex

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 79

Non monogamy for imperfect people. Hosted by a queer therapist and her husband of 15 years. Sarah & Alex share their experiences opening their marriage, and interview guests about the struggles & rewards of doing relationships your own way. Mistakes Were Made is part advice, part confession, part culture critique. But it's all about learning from our missteps and stumbling toward liberation. Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/. Logo design by roy franklin of the Whatever Factory - https://www.whateverfactory.org/.

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http://www.whateverfactory.org/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-lose-friends-aging-happiness/621305/
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https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast
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Ep 63: Jealousy, Anarchy and Psychedelics with Dr Nicole Thompson

Season 5 · Episode 3

Friday, November 28, 2025 • Duration 01:13:06

Sarah & Alex talk with Dr. Nicole, host of the Modern Anarchy podcast about jealousy, religious trauma and the first EVER study on relationship anarchy.

Oh, and the parallels between psychedelics and New Relationship Energy (NRE).

Mentioned in the episode:

Follow Dr. Nicole:

Modern Anarchy with Dr. Nicole

mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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Ep 62: MWM Live at Liberating Love Festival

Season 5 · Episode 2

Friday, November 14, 2025 • Duration 01:00:22

It's an extra special live episode of Mistakes Were Made! Sarah and Alex are joined by Jessa Davis, Elizabeth Cunningham, and return guest Ramsey for a conversation all about relationship equality, representation, and how to talk to your family about polyamory. Tyson (remember him from episode 33: Solo Poly Showdown??) is our emcee.

Mentioned in the episode:

SCFRE | https://www.open-love.org/

Follow us:

mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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Ep 53: Good Grief with Queer Chaplain Kam

Season 4 · Episode 11

Friday, May 2, 2025 • Duration 01:12:17

How does death, loss and grief impact our relationships? After a year filled with loss, Sarah and Alex talk to a trauma-informed spiritual care provider about the taboos around death, and what happens to our desire when people around us die.

Mentioned in the episode:

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz | Without: Poems by Donald Hall | Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links. Any proceeds will support this podcast!

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Ep 52: How (Not to) Break up

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 01:15:55

Is it you? Is it me? Are you moving to Antarctica?? In this episode we talk about how and how not to end a relationship.

Mentioned in the episode:

@karamintheworld on Instagram

mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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Ep 51: Love in a F*cked Up World with Dean Spade

Season 4 · Episode 9

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 01:13:54

Are the same dynamics screwing up our relationships also hampering our social movements? Sarah and Alex talk to activist and law professor Dean Spade about the romance myth, capitalism and love in this f*cked up world.

Mentioned in the episode:

Love in a F*cked Up World | DeanSpade.net | The Death Panel | Movement Memos

Also by Dean Spade:

Mutual Aid | Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law

mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links. Any proceeds will support this podcast!

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Ep 50: Romance and Polyamory (Encore)

Season 4 · Episode 8

Friday, February 28, 2025 • Duration 01:18:05

Encore episode

Romance: what does it mean?? Sarah, Alex and Jess talk about their favorite romantic movies on the hottest day of the year. And finally answer the question: what IS romance? Or, do they just come up with 5,000 new questions? Listen to the end to find out! This episode first aired in August 2024.

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mistakescast@gmail.com | https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by eroyn franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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Ep 49: Dating Across Race with Ramsey

Season 4 · Episode 8

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 01:20:14

Last episode we started to talk about race in dating, and tbh…mistakes were made. So this episode we're doubling down! Ramsey shares his experience dating as a Black polyamorous man in Seattle, offers advice for white people dating other races, and asks us "taboo" questions about our own experiences.

Mentioned in the episode:

Pacific Northwest BIPOC Polyamory group
TV Shows & Movies Recommended by Ramsey:

Atlanta
Insecure
A Million Little Things
Moonlight
I Am MLK Jr.
The Boondocks
Kindred
This is Us Season 1

Match's 2023 Singles in America Study
Facebook - Free Emotional Labor Club

mistakescast@gmail.com * https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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Ep 48: BONUS episode: Why you need a dating strategy with Reagan Jackson

Season 4 · Episode 6

Friday, January 24, 2025 • Duration 29:29

We had such an interesting side conversation with Reagan about her experience working with a dating coach that we had to make a bonus episode all about it.

Mentioned in the episode:

Still True
Reagan Jackson
Anwar White, Dating and Relationship Coach
Get Your Guy Podcast with Anwar White

mistakescast@gmail.com * https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links. Any proceeds will support this podcast!

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Ep 47: The Monogamous Skeptic Returns! Special Guest Reagan Jackson

Season 4 · Episode 5

Friday, January 17, 2025 • Duration 01:37:03

Sarah and Alex's skeptical monogamous friend Reagan Jackson is back to grill them about sex, jealousy, and whether they're just dating other versions of each other over and over.

Mentioned in the episode:

Still True
Reagan Jackson
Sarah's interview in Psychology Today: Societal Implications of Consensual Non-Monogamy
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love. bell hooks
Queer and Questioning Men of Seattle Meetup Group

mistakescast@gmail.com * https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links. Any proceeds will support this podcast!

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Ep 46: Swinging and Sex Parties

Season 4 · Episode 4

Friday, December 27, 2024 • Duration 01:11:13

Lissa joins the podcast to help us parse out the difference between polyamory and swinging. And Alex opens up about his not-so-hot sex party experience.

Mentioned in the episode:

https://seattle-inclusive-matchmaking.square.site/
Reach out to Lissa: weekdaypineapple@gmail.com

mistakescast@gmail.com * https://www.instagram.com/mistakescast/

Logo design by roy franklin: www.whateverfactory.org

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