Polyamory Weekly

This will eventually go into the Poly Weekly feed, but I couldn’t wait! Faust and I giggle and drool our review of Shine, a Burlesque Musical:

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO REVIEW: Shine review

Want to help support the Wet Spots and this fabulous troupe of burlesque dancers in their shot at Broadway? Don’t see Shine tonight. Or tomorrow. Come on THURSDAY, JULY 15 and fill the house at the Theater Off Jackson so the producers of the world will see just how fabulous this show is and just how important the message of supporting ALL types of sexy is. Get your tickets here and COME SHAKE A TASSLE!

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Media Whoring panel from Sex 2.0

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Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Three Wise Women event is Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio on July 3, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. in San Rafael, CA
• PolyCamp 2010 is August 26-29 Millersylvania state park with classes for people new to poly and discussion groups for those of us who have been around awhile, artistic workshops/classes, spiritual workshops, tribal interests (drumming and belly dancing), music and dancing, and more!
• Poly Family Weekend is Sept. 17-19 at the Atlanta Airport Crowne Plaza with guests Jessica Karels, Simon Deacon and yours truly!
• Shine, a Burlesque Musical is in Seattle, July 8-18 at the Theater off Jackson. Not only is this a sex-positive musical, it is a poly-positive musical. From some of the promo materials: “Count on the Wet Spots to twist the old love triangle story arc into some beautiful new poly-friendly configurations. Sort of like a macrame wall hanging. Made of sex!” Follow them on Twitter and join the Facebook page.

Panel: Media Whoring at Sex 2.0
The Media Whoring panel from Sex 2.0 last month in Seattle. In this panel, Cunning Minx, Danielle Sipple, Jasen Bartlett, maymay, Reid Mihalko and Veronica Monet discuss media strategies. Topics ranged from TV, radio, and print, to social networking and online media, to Twitter, to YouTube, to monitoring your presence online, to anything else that pops up! It was a lively discussion with this wide variety of media professionals.

View the panel video here.

Thank you!
Thanks to Slydder and Brendan for the donations this week!

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

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Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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The Media Whoring panel from Sex 2.0 last month in Seattle. In this panel, Cunning Minx, Danielle Sipple, Jasen Bartlett, maymay, Reid Mihalko and Veronica Monet will discuss media strategies. Topics ranged from TV, radio, and print, to social networking and online media, to Twitter, to YouTube, to monitoring your presence online, to anything else that pops up! It was a lively discussion with this wide variety of sexy, smart media professionals.

Sex 2.0 – Media Whoring – Tips from the Pros from Castle Megastore on Vimeo.

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Quintus shares tales from the front of poly organizing and the secrets of what Poly Camp is really like

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Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Three Wise Women event is Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio on July 3, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. in San Rafael, CA
• PolyCamp 2010 is August 26-29 Millersylvania state park with classes for people new to poly and discussion groups for those of us who have been around awhile, artistic workshops/classes, spiritual workshops, tribal interests (drumming and belly dancing), music and dancing, and more!
• Poly Family Weekend is Sept. 17-19 at the Atlanta Airport Crowne Plaza with guests Jessica Karels, Simon Deacon and yours truly!
• Shine, a Burlesque Musical is in Seattle, July 8-18 at the Theater off Jackson. Not only is this a sex-positive musical, it is a poly-positive musical. From some of the promo materials: “Count on the Wet Spots to twist the old love triangle story arc into some beautiful new poly-friendly configurations. Sort of like a macrame wall hanging. Made of sex!” Follow them on Twitter and join the Facebook page.

Interview: Quintus demystifies Poly Camp
Quintus (who by the way is quite hot) joined us to talk about what Poly Camp will be like in August and also about his own poly family

Feedback

• Annie on eHarmony
• Jamie’s Happy Poly Moment—on shared pain
• Rob on Poly Weekly 242: Modern Poly and the age gap with poly people

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

Want Poly Weekly for your very own? Get the Best of Poly Weekly collection from PodDisc.com

Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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Jessica Karels shares the secret of founding and running Modern Poly

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Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Three Wise Women event is Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio on July 3, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. in San Rafael, CA
• PolyCamp 2010 is August 26-29 Millersylvania state park with classes for people new to poly and discussion groups for those of us who have been around awhile, artistic workshops/classes, spiritual workshops, tribal interests (drumming and belly dancing), music and dancing, and more!
• Poly Family Weekend is Sept. 17-19 at the Atlanta Airport Crowne Plaza with guests Jessica Karels, Simon Deacon and yours truly!

Interview: Jessica Karels of Modern Poly
Jessica Karels took time out of her busy schedule at Sex 2.0 to chat with us about poly activism, poly leadership and Modern Poly

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

Want Poly Weekly for your very own? Get the Best of Poly Weekly collection from PodDisc.com

Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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MayMay and Emma of Kink on Tap give away a Poly Camp Too weekend

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Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Three Wise Women event is Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio on July 3, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. in San Rafael, CA
• If you’d like to pitch in for my airfare to emcee the event, visit the tip jar at http://www.polyweekly.com–and thanks to Mark, Alan, Chris and XX for the donations so far!
• Twitter or email polyweekly@gmail.com if you’d like to beta test the Android app. Use subject header “Android app”—thank you!

Interview: MayMay and Emma of Kink on Tap
MayMay and Emma offer to give away a prize: two tickets to PolyCamp Too for July 9-12 near Vancouver. To enter, visit and leave a comment saying why you want to go to this great poly camping event BEFORE June 21, and you’ll be entered to win!

MayMay and Emma host Kink on Tap, a podcast recorded live every Sunday evening and covering topics relating to sexual freedom, sexual moeurs and the sex-positive community.

Vagazzling: pro or con?

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

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Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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Podcast novelist J.D. Sawyer shares his mojo surrounding his country house mystery podcast novel, Down from Ten.

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Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Three Wise Women event is Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio on July 3, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. in San Rafael, CA
• If you’d like to pitch in for my airfare to emcee the event, visit the tip jar at www.polyweekly.com–and thanks to AW for the first donation!

Interview: J. D. Sawyer
J.D. Sawyer, podcast novelist extraordinaire, talks about the hot sex… um… “poly themes” in his country house mystery podcast novel, Down from Ten.

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

Want Poly Weekly for your very own? Get the Best of Poly Weekly collection from PodDisc.com

Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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Download the mp3 directly

Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Sex 2.0 was May 22-23 in Seattle. Stay tuned to hear the Media Whoring panel
• Contact the Poly Media Association for tips before speaking to the media about poly; email info@polymediaassocation.com

Interview: being a poly teenager
Josh, now 20, talks with Joreth and Minx about what it was like to explore and identify as polyamorous as a teenager (blame it on Heinlein).

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

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Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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Download the mp3 directly

Introduction and host chat
Intro, under-18 warning and re-direction to http://www.scarleteen.com; friend us on Twitter and answer questions about what you want on the show, call 206-202-POLY with comments or discuss your own topics at the forums.

Announcements

• Sex 2.0 was May 22-23 in Seattle!
• Three Wise Women event with Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-d’Onofrio July 3 in San Rafael
• J.D. Sawyer‘s free podcast novel, Down from Ten, has fun poly themes

User-generated audio: Happy Poly Moments

• Jacob from Texas wants to know if there is a term for metamours getting along well
• Benny shares a Happy Poly Moment
• Tom asks about organizing an LLC
• Wolfsbane shares a Highlander-oriented Happy Poly Moment
• Comments on Poly Weekly 228 on atheism
• Graydancer’s Happy Poly Moment
• John on non-verbal communication
• Leaky_Pen calling live from a Happy Poly Moment!
• Correction to Poly Weekly 236 on the Family

Feedback

• Darin on Eharmony and poly
• Niko on monogamy/cheating

Wrap-up
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com or call the listener comment line at 206-202-POLY. And hey, why not attach an audio comment to that email? Check out PolyWeekly at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!

Want Poly Weekly for your very own? Get the Best of Poly Weekly collection from PodDisc.com

Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

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How long has it been since Poly Weekly has given away a prize? Forever!

Now, thanks to the generosity of MayMay and Emma, you can win a weekend for two at Polycamp Too in Nainaimo, B.C., Canada, July 9-12.

Theme of Weekend: The Polyamorist’s Tool Kit

Friday July 9 (check in anytime after 2:00pm) to Mon July 12 (check out 11:00 am)
Location: Living Forest RV & Campgrounds, Nanaimo, BC

There will be workshop sessions, children & youth activities, a house concert, and a Poetry Slam (author’s reading) this year! There are only 25 campsites available in our group camping area. There’s running water, electricity and WiFi. There is a group shelter area where most events will be held. It’s a great time every year – don’t miss out!!

Want to win a pair of tickets to this weekend, a $170 value? Just write a comment below saying why you think you should be the one to go. We’ll draw a winner from the entries on MONDAY JUNE 21, so be sure to post your winning comment by then!

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