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Episode 52: Loki CONTENT NOTE: This episode has a brief mention of domestic violence around 20:00. Domestic Violence resources: https://www.thehotline.org/ - U.S. national domestic violence hotline and chat https://www.domesticshelters.org/resources/national-global-organizations/international-organizations - international domestic violence resources Summary of the episode: Spoilers for Season 1 and 2 of Loki Your hosts of KNP, G & M, talk about the series Loki, a Marvel TV show that is on Disney+. They discuss their opinions of the show and analyze the show's queer potential. Email: [email protected] Tumblr: http://www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode Notes M & G host special guest Stefani Goerlich to talk about her book With Sprinkles on Top, a book geared towards vanilla folks who have kinky partners and how to make those relationships work. It also offers insight for anyone, vanilla or kinky, on how to explore their secret desires. This wonderfully written book covers both informational and relational aspects of kink which are bound to teach even the seasoned kinkster something new. Stefani Goerlich, PhD, LMSW-Clinical, LISW, LCSW, CST, is a certified sex therapist and master social worker who specializes in working with gender, sexuality, and relationships. She is a sought-after clinical supervisor, media consultant, and conference presenter who has appeared in media ranging from CNN and the Washington Post to Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue. She is the award-winning author of the professional books The Leather Couch and Kink-Affirming Practice. Links to buy the book: ST: https://www.soundstrue.com/products/with-sprinkles-on-top Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sprinkles-Top-Everything-Partners-Communicate/dp/1649630344 Links to the free worksheets discussed in the book: https://www.stefanigoerlich.com/with-sprinkles-on-top-worksheets.html#/ Twitter: @knppodcast Email: [email protected] Tumblr: http://www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 50 show notes In this episode, M & G talk about how our distant relationships in our polyamorous "web" can affect us in constructive and destructive ways. They start by focusing on the beauty to be found in having metamours and metamours of metamours and then transition to discussing some of the difficulties that can arise even when you are far removed from tricky situations. Twitter: @knppodcast Email: [email protected] Tumblr: http://www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 49 show notes In this episode, G & M will be discussing what makes a good sidekick or companion and who each of their top favorite sidekicks are. Sidekick here encompasses regular protagonist sidekicks, hero sidekicks, villain sidekicks (aka henchmen!), companions, any kind of sidekicks… we love ‘em all. They support the mains and we love 'em. small notes/warnings: we briefly discuss character growth around My Hero Academia characters, we discuss various characters from different fandoms and do not intend to spoil anything in specific, and finally, we briefly touch on D/s dynamics at the end of the episode in a non-explicit way Articles mentioned in the podcast: https://diymfa.com/writing/seven-tips-unique-sidekick-character/ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sidekick Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 48: Kink on a Budget In this episode, G & M talk about the current economic barriers to kink, how to DIY kinky toys and materials, and how to find kinky implements on the cheap! Listen in to hear M recount how they made their very first flogger, Ms. Pansy. Resources from the episode: Article by Stefani Goerlich LMSW:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/bound-together/202105/keeping-kink-affordable How to make your own PVC flogger in 15 minutes! https://www.autostraddle.com/how-to-make-your-own-flogger-in-about-15-minutes-291709/ YouTube video example of how to make fire wands : https://youtu.be/knyUctvxeoA Kitchen Kink article: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/hot-kitchen-sex-guide Twitter: @knppodcast Email: [email protected] Tumblr: http://www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 47: Design for Living (1933) This episode is a little different from normal. In this episode, G & M live react to the 1933 movie Design for Living, a "polyamorous" movie... or is it? This movie was released just one year before the Hays code (which you can learn more about during this episode too!). *Due to the nature of the recording, since we were live reacting, please forgive the audio quality! * Wikipedia article on Design for Living (1933) film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_Living_(film) Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast Twitter: @knppodcast Email: [email protected] Tumblr: http://www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 46: Song of the Lioness Quartet "Without reading. We are all without light in the dark without fire in the cold." -Tamora Pierce. SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS WHOLE EPISODE: We will be discussing events in the Song of the Lioness Quartet series. On this episode of the Kinky Nerdy Poly Podcast, hosts G & M talk about the Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce. This is one of G's favorites and their pick for the KNP Nerdy topic so they will be sharing all about their passion for this book series. They will give an overview of the book, talk about themes in the book, and nerd out about fiction that impacted them in their formative years.  Link to article on sex positivity in Tamora Pierce's novels: https://www.tor.com/2018/11/14/revisiting-tamora-pierces-tortall-as-the-mother-of-a-daughter/ Link to Tamora Pierce's tweet: https://twitter.com/TamoraPierce/status/1202294877213450240?s=20&t=m2F-77UyKP3hhKfNjUGQEA Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast Twitter: @knppodcast Email: [email protected] Tumblr: www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode Notes Goosebumps, shivers, and zaps... We're not talking about Halloween... we're talking about sensation play! In this episode of the KNP Podcast, M & G nerd out about what a sensation even is, delve into some types of sensation play (including but not limited to temperature play, fireplay, violet wand, and wax play), and discuss the intersections between neurodivergence (e.g. ADHD and autism) and engaging in sensory play. Neuroscience, Second Edition: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10799/ Article on intersection between ADHD, Autism, & BDSM (with subsection on sensation play that we quote in the episode): https://aspecc.ca/blog/kink-bdsm-and-autism-adhd/ Support us! Support our podcast by contributing to our tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast Link to the visual caption version of this episode: https://youtu.be/U57M-XZTtW8 Twitter: @knppodcast Tumblr: www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 44: Coming Out as Polyamorous In this episode of the Kinky Nerdy Poly Podcast, M & G talk about coming out as polyamorous. They discuss generally what the process of coming out is (it's not limited to gender, sexuality, and relationships), tips for coming out, potential reactions, and finally, they discuss their own personal experiences. They also talk about the infamously fake mid-Atlantic accent. Reasons to come out as polyamorous: https://medium.com/polyamory-today/being-open-about-being-open-coming-out-as-polyamorous-33dbf2c799ed The "worst-case" scenario visualization: https://youtu.be/Xqxfga66a18 Visual caption video of this episode: https://youtu.be/d7dmnlyNWPw Twitter: @knppodcast Tumblr: www.knppodcast.tumblr.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod’s music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

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Episode 43 - Fanfiction: History, Purpose, and Liberation In this episode of the Kinky, Nerdy, Poly podcast, M & G first discuss the history of fanfiction delving all the way back to Roman times, to its mid 1900s implementation in the form of the "fanzine", finally bringing us to the Hugo Award winning online platform, Archive of Our Own (AO3). They discuss various purposes of fanfiction including for self and community liberation, and you know, just "getting off". To conclude, they talk about their own experiences writing and reading fanfiction - the good, the bad, and the depressing "dead" fic. Not Just Lustful Literature: Self-Liberation through Fanfiction: https://rhetorikos.blog.fordham.edu/?p=1712 The Ring of Soshorn in the Alien Brothers issue on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/alien-brothers/ AO3 won a Hugo award in 2019: https://tinyurl.com/bdhuhufx Disability in Fanfiction: https://tinyurl.com/4jct5v2s Why Write Fanfiction: https://thenovelsmithy.com/why-write-fanfiction/ Fanfiction to Support Struggling Writers: https://tinyurl.com/mryyfjy9 Transcendent Humanity by Solaris242: https://tinyurl.com/4e5cdjwr Indefensible by zombologue: https://tinyurl.com/2jkx997u Pokemon XY fic by jonphaedrus: https://tinyurl.com/4k9exvw4 Twitter: @knppodcast Tumblr: www.knppodcast.tumblr.com Email: [email protected] Website: knppodcast.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod's music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast

Episode 42: What, What in the Butt? Let's talk about about the butt! In this episode M & L will be talking about anal sex including tips for how to get started with anal play, their own personal experiences with anal play, and if the ass is self-lubricating. Silicone Sex Toys and Silicone Lube: https://bit.ly/3v9yohm Anal Play by Sexplanations: https://youtu.be/Sp9MT1di9as Ass Juice Part 3: https://bit.ly/3zp3i7Q Twitter: @knppodcast Tumblr: www.knppodcast.tumblr.com Email: [email protected] Website: knppodcast.com The music in this episode is the Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. You can find more of Kevin MacLeod's music at his website. Support Kinky, Nerdy, and Poly by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/knppodcast