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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 listeners haven't already heard this. (We also have learned a few things about audio engineering in the past year and change, so this version likely sounds better too, just in case had any concerns. ;) )

MIX Nashville is still running its funding drive; learn more about joining our Founder's Club by visiting www.mixnash.co/give - and thank you in advance for your support.

Do you have an idea for a podcast that would help educate and inform the non-monogamy community? If so, reach out to us at booking@mixnash.co and let us know! We're also looking for more guests for Harvey to interview, so if you've got something interesting to say about the non-monogamy world and your place in it, give us a shout!

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 part scandal, Elle and Sara talk with Harvey about all sorts of things in the world of unicorns - so if you're an afficianado of unicorns (or just want to know how to find one in the wild), this episode is definitely one you won't want to miss.

Just a reminder - we at MIX Nashville currently have a  funding drive going on; you can learn more about joining our Founder's Club by visiting www.mixnash.co/give - and thank you in advance for your support.

Do you have an idea for a podcast that would help educate and inform the non-monogamy community? If so, reach out to us at booking@mixnash.co and let us know! We're also looking for more guests for Harvey to interview, so if you've got something interesting to say about the non-monogamy world and your place in it, give us a shout!

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 experience helping the neurodivergent population) and our other panelists Diana, Vex and Jes/Arana, we take on listener questions like how neurodivergence helps (and sometimes hinders) non-monogamy, what rejection sensitivity is and how it might manifest in others, and how to approach the topic of neurodivergence with a partner who may or may not be neurodivergent themselves (and might not even be aware of it). We really had a great time recording this episode, and we hope y'all find it as helpful and educational as we did making it, no matter if you're someone who marchest to their own drummer, or just someone who loves someone who does everything their own way.

Oh - one more thing; we're doing an episode on meta relationships soon (as well as some other topics) - if you have some questions you'd like answered on a future show, head over to the annoymouts form on our website (www.mixnash.co/ask) and send them in to us! :D Your questions literally are what makes our show happen - and we really appreciate every single one you send in - and if you really want to be our best friend, leave us a review wherever you're listening to this? We'd be ever so appreciative. Be kind, and stay open!

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, what to do if you run into someone you know from your "vanilla" connections (e.g. work, social groups, etc.), and the benefits of going to a swing club with your significant other - even if all you do is watch from the sidelines. We really appreciate Rob taking the time to talk to us, and if you're considering taking the dive and going out to your local swing club, we hope this helps calm your nerves enough to make the leap and see what its all about!

Thanks again for listening - we appreciate everyone who continues to tune in to our podcasts! If you're enjoying The Convo (or any of our other podcasts), please do us a favor and leave us a review or comment on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify (it really helps us improve our rankings and increaase our audience), and, as always, please tell your friends to give us a listen! Be kind and stay open! 

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 sex furniture, to Kenton, the owner and "fucksmith" of Funkit Toys, we have tons and tons of information about how sex toys can enhance and entertain. We talk about favorite group sex toys, what the experts use to clean their toys, the best brand of pervertable shock collars to buy on Amazon, and a whole lot of other fun information in between. It's a jam-packed episode, and we couldn't have done it without the great questions we got this month!

Speaking of questions - if you have some questions you'd like answered on a future show, you can ask them (as well as anything else on your mind) using our anonymous online form (www.mixnash.co/ask)! :D And please - if you like the podcast, leave us a review and rating wherever you're listening - it really helps us reach others and grow! :D Be kind, and stay open!

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 and heartbreaks they've experienced as part of a queer, polyamorous family undergoing fertility treatments and becoming foster parents in the state of Tennessee. I had an absolute blast talking to them both about things like how being non-monogamous has affected their careers, what inspired the lyrics for the album's title track, and a few other fun topics that we hope you enjoy.

As always, we can't thank you enough for listening - we genuinely appreciate each and every one of you who tune in to our podcasts! As a reiminder - if you're enjoying The Convo (or any of our other podcasts), please leave us a review or comment on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify, and please tell your friends to give us a listen! As always, be kind and stay open! 

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-term, very long distance relationship for many years, and her insights are fantastic into the questions we answered. Accompanied by our other panelists Diana, D and Roxi, our panelists take on questions about how to equitabily divide the costs of travel, how to be a gracious meta while your partner's long-distance partner is in town, and how to know if its time to bring that long-distance partner a little closer to you (or to move a little closer to them!)

We really appreciate every listener who tunes in - and especially those of you who send us questions like the excellent ones we had from our audience on this month's episode. Just a reminder - if you have some questions you'd like answered on a future show, you can ask them (as well as anything else on your mind) using our anonymous online form (www.mixnash.co/ask)! :D And please - if you like the podcast, leave us a review and rating wherever you're listening - it really helps us reach others and grow! :D Be kind, and stay open!

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 the genre of horror (the Spectral Inspetor series). Cooper and Harvey have a wide ranging conversation about the state of community in non-monogamy at large (where Cooper asks you to read and review Harvey's book - Campfire: Creating Ethically Non-Monogamous Communities to Change the World), as well as the evolution of non-monogamy that's occurred during the time that Harvey and Cooper have been around (because, you know, they're old dudes in their 40s, so what else do they do when put in front of mics? ;) )

Thanks for listening - we appreciate each and every one of you who tune in to our podcasts! If you're enjoying The Convo (or any of our other podcasts), please leave a review or comment on our episodes on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify, and please tell your friends to give us a listen - and as always, be kind and stay open! 

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, Sonia Lehner! Sonia is the founder of The Obsidian Advocacy Project, which does work focusing on  bridging the gap between healthcare providers and those of us in alternative lifestyles. Our Panelists Sara, Sam and Harvey talk to Sonia about topics such as how to find healthcare providers who are accepting of those practicing non-monogamous lifestyles and what you can do if you feel you've been discriminated against because of your partners. Add a dash of irreverence and storytelling, and you've got what we think is a really informative and interesting episode of The Panel!

We really appreciate every one of you for being a listener and sending us your questions. Just a reminder - if you have some questions you'd like answered on a future show, you can ask them (as well as anything else on your mind) using our anonymous online form (www.mixnash.co/ask)! :D And please - if you like the podcast, leave us a review and rating wherever you're listening - it really helps us reach others and grow! :D Be kind, and stay open!

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 and Marla are fantastic guests, and we have some great discussions about why they thought starting a convention (with all its work) was a good idea, how they keep going when the going gets tough, and how their desire to attend a convention where more people like them were given the mic lead to their strong diversity and inclusion of as many different communities as possible at their con.

Thanks for listening - we appreciate each and every one of you who tune in to our podcasts! If you're enjoying The Convo (or any of our other podcasts), please leave a review or comment on our episodes on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify, and please tell your friends to give us a listen - and as always, be kind and stay open!