The Open Bedroom Podcast

Chris is with Pineapple Play Date, a private web app that helps swinger party hosts everywhere plan key parties, play parties and swinger speed dating. Guests see who's coming ahead of time and quietly say yes to the people they're into. Only mutual interest is revealed, so nobody gets turned down face to face. We discuss: 1. What a key party looks like today: choice, consent and mutual yeses instead of keys in a bowl. 2. Play parties that reveal every mutual match, so couples, including couples who only play together, can approach others knowing the interest is there. 3. Hosting private, discreet events: inviting the right people, privacy, and keeping the room comfortable for newcomers. Want to host your own play party or speed dating event? Sign up here: https://pineappleplaydate.com/open-bedroom-podcast Follow The Open Bedroom podcast: https://www.theopenbedroom.com/ FREE Opening Up Guide: https://www.theopenbedroom.com/#/guide

My husband and I have been in a semi-open relationship for almost 5 years, but this past summer we decided to go completely monogamous again. Here's why, what we've learned, and why we chose each other. Watch more episodes, subscribe and download the free Opening Up Guide: https://www.theopenbedroom.com/

Foxy and I unpack 5 dating archetypes to avoid: the Mansplainer, the Needy Partner who turns you into their therapist, the Future-Planner who’s asking about laundry detergent before you’ve even met, the Silent Date, and the person who Ghosts you on the day you’re supposed to meet. Along the way, they share candid stories about ghosting, nervousness, and bringing up kink while dating on vanilla apps—and why a clear, kind goodbye is better than leaving someone wondering what happened. Follow The Open Bedroom: https://www.instagram.com/theopenbedroompodcast/

How does someone become a Happy Slut? And what happens when you stop following society's rules about sex, love, and relationships? In this episode of The Open Bedroom, I'm joined by Samia Mounts, host of the Happy Slut podcast, for a candid, funny, and unapologetic conversation about her journey from sexual shame and disappointing sex to pleasure, polyamory, and freedom. We dive into exploring desires, questioning monogamy, discovering kink, and learning to ask for what you actually want. Because sometimes the most liberating thing you can do is stop worrying about what you're supposed to want—and start figuring out what makes you happy. 00:00 Meet Samia: The Woman Behind Happy Slut 01:00 Growing Up, Body Image & Discovering Sexuality 04:00 Losing Her Virginity & Beginning Her Sexual Journey 07:00 Bad Sex, Bisexuality & Dating Women 09:00 The Man Who Changed Everything About Sex 11:00 Why Monogamy Wasn't Working 14:00 Choosing Polyamory & Reconnecting With Daniel 18:00 Why Are Truly Sex-Positive Men So Rare? 23:00 Discovering New Sides of Your Sexuality 27:00 Tantra, Pleasure & Asking for What You Want 30:00 Are Your Desires Really Your Own? 34:00 Exploring Kink, Dungeons & Deification 36:00 Where to Start Exploring Your Sexual Fantasies 42:00 What Polyamory Actually Looks Like for Samia 47:00 Dating Red Flags & Enforcing Boundaries 50:00 Happy Slut, Sexual Freedom & Final Thoughts Follow Samia: Listen to the Happy Slut: www.linktr.ee/samia.mounts Subscribe to her Substack, you cute thing: samiamounts.substack.com Substack articles referenced in this episode: https://samiamounts.substack.com/p/my-boyfriend-made-me-cut-off-my-ex?r=3tr9j&utm_medium=ios https://samiamounts.substack.com/p/i-love-intense-sex?r=3tr9j&utm_medium=ios https://samiamounts.substack.com/p/why-i-share-my-lovers-with-my-friends?r=3tr9j&utm_medium=ios

What happens when the sex just… stops? Not because you stopped loving each other. Not necessarily because anyone cheated. But somewhere between work, kids, stress, resentment, hormones, routine—or just life—you look up and realize you’ve become roommates instead of lovers. Today I’m talking with Karen Bigman about sexless marriages: how couples get there, what “sexless” actually means, whether a relationship can still be healthy without sex, and the much harder question—what do you do when one person is perfectly fine with it and the other one absolutely isn’t? We’re getting into desire discrepancies, rejection, resentment, communication, and whether it’s actually possible to bring the sexual connection back. Let’s talk about sexless marriages. Follow Karen: https://www.youtube.com/@taboototruthpodcast https://www.facebook.com/taboototruth/ https://www.instagram.com/taboototruth https://www.tiktok.com/@taboototruth https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenbigman/ https://karenbigman.substack.com/p/hotter-wilder-wiser-newsletter The Midlife Man Waitlist Follow The Open Bedroom Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/theopenbedroompodcast/