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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's lives, no matter why they get together.

Enjoy this podcast, or one of the other podcasts you've heard on this feed? If so, please consider leaving a review wherever you're hearing us. It really helps us spread the word and increase our educational offerings to our community! Do you want to be featured on an episode of The Convo (or The Panel)? Feel free to reach out to booking@mixnash.co and let us know - we always are looking for new guests to talk to! Be kind and stay open! :)

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 coercive or manipulative about having you begin a friendship with a common partner, and a whole bunch more meta talk (incluidng a couple of minutes of meta talk about talking  about metas.)

(Can we say "meta" more? Probably not.)

If you found us from following Decolonizing Love, thanks for checking us out! We update every two weeks and alternate between episodes of The Panel and our sister show, The Convo, where we do short interviews with people from all walks of life that are connected to the non-monogamy world. If you have some questions you'd like answered on a future episode of The Panel, please head over to our annoymous form on our website (www.mixnash.co/ask) and send them in ! :D Your questions literally are what makes our show happen,  and we 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!

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! 

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 questions we hope you find informative and enjoy!

As we mentioned at the top of the show, we're going to be taking a break from recording The Panel in front of a live audience - mostly so we can get you better recording quality in our podcasts, in addition to hopefully adding a video stream in the near future! And, as always, we really appreciate every one of you for being a listener and sending us your 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!

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 autonomy with the needs of a partner, as well as how to recover from having a (minor) boundary breach and how intoxicants affect consent in play spaces. Our panelists Diana, Araña/Jes, Russ & D have some real insights from their personal experiences on all these topics - and, as we mentioned, you'll have to tune in next month for Part 2 where we'll discuss even more fantastic questions y'all sent to us!

We mention it at the top of the show, but stay tuned: we're going to be making some pretty significant changes to how we record the podcast in 2025, and we realy appreciate every one of you for being a listener and sending us your questions. And, 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 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 interesting type of workshop he offers on "play fighting", how he got into the field of therapy and coaching work, as well as what brought him to our community.

Roy references some non-white creators both on Insta and in the ENM space who he thinks everyone should be following, but wanted to provide a list for the notes - and here is that list!

@polyamorouswhileasian
@polyphiliablog (See Episode 002 of The Convo for more with Leanne Yau!)
@polyamorousblackgirl
@bygabriellesmith
@marjanilane
@lifewflo
@decolonizing.love
@sexysoupdumplings
@lavitaloca34 (See Episode 004 of The Convo for more with Evita Sawyers!)
@gabalexa
@jayda_kissed
@sanuthepolyfairy
@monogamishpod
@poliactivismo
@radicalrelating

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: 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-monogamous instead of non-monogamous when we talk about our community, how quickly you introduce new potential partners to established partners, and a few other things along the way from our audience-submitted question pool!

As always, we love people coming out to our tapings - if you'd like to attend a taping of either The Blender or The Panel, you can get more information about upcoming shows and tickets at our webste, mixnash.co! Thanks as always for listening - be kind and stay open!

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" state, as well as about how running for office as your authentic self can do good for the world, regardless of whether you win or lose.

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 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 to be in town when we were recording, so we took advantage of the kismet of her being in town to have her on as our special guest expert this month! Along with Diana, Gaines, Roxi and Harvey, we tackled all sorts of fun topics about the positives (and negatives) of living in a multi-partner household! 

Just a reminder, if you have 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) - we live for your questions! :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’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 intimate relationships between consenting adults are accepted and protected regardless of relationship structure, gender identity, or sexual orientation."

This is a bonus-length episode! OPEN is doing some amazing work on behalf of our community at large, and our conversation touches topics like how OPEN is creating change in cities around the United States, increasing the visibility of all cultures and ethnicities in non-monogamy, non-monogamy's portrayal in popular culture, and how we in the community can work to secure rights and protections for all of us now and in the future. 

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!