The Modern Loving Family

The Modern Loving Family

Meet The Modern Loving Family: a polycule navigating life, love, queerness, parenting and polyamory in the American South.***TMLF Productions***If you like our content and would like to support us check out our Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Themodernlovingfamily

Episodes

April 20, 2024 56 mins
What’s a hinge? Join your favorite polycule as they share their State of the Polycule Address, share life updates, and dive into what it means to be a good hinge within a polycule.

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We spend a lot of time talking about red flags and general problems in polyamory. But what about the good stuff? What makes you get down on one knee at a U2 concert? (Whoops, spoilers!) 

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February 6, 2024 25 mins

CW for medical talk. Welcome back, Carl! Carl introduces us to Bob, tells us about life after stroke, the role polyamory has played in this life event, and the next step for the polycule.

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Hello! Join us as Jaimee recounts what happened to them and Carl on their trip to Las Vegas to U2. 
Trigger warning: this episode talks about stroke and medical procedures. 

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For this week's episode, your favorite polycule continues its adventures in online dating by trying out the biggest and most well-known app out there--Tinder.  Find out with us how Tinder and apps like it work, why they are so successful, and why men (present company excluded) are trash...

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Hell has frozen over and pigs are flying, because The Modern Loving Family has downloaded a dating app.  In this episode, we review Feeld, a dating app for nonmonogamous folx.

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November 5, 2023 62 mins

In this episode, your favorite polycule finishes their series on unpacking their religious trauma and answers an anonymous question about expressing their desire for polyamory to an uncomfortable partner. 

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October 28, 2023 61 mins

This week the Polycule discusses the process of breaking away from their church upbringings, leaving both their established communities and for some…their jobs. Why did we leave? And what was the fallout like?

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October 22, 2023 74 mins

This episode is the first in our long-promised series on unpacking our religious trauma, and how it intersects with our polyam and queer identities.  Inspired by our deep dive into Netflix religious documentaries during family leave with the new baby, we each discuss some of the lessons we learned from our religious upbringings and what started our disaffections with organized religion.

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September 22, 2023 51 mins

In this episode, the polycule responds to two anonymous questions surrounding a theme: how do you navigate the beginnings of (possibly) being polyamorous?

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September 9, 2023 35 mins

Happy Birthday to the podcast!

In this episode, Jaimee, Kendi and Carl answer anonymous questions and reflect on one year of open, radical honesty via the podcast. 

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May 28, 2023 65 mins

Hello and welcome back!

  • We will be discussing labor and delivery/our birth story in this episode, so if that’s not your thing - see you next episode!

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In this episode, the polycule plays catch-up after a recording hiatus, answers another anonymous listener question, and then they dive into some of the material things that make polyamory easier for them.

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The polycule finishes answering questions, and defines veto power.

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The polycule discusses a recent bad day they had and answers anonymous listener questions. 

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The polycule catches up, and discusses the ins and outs of navigating the holidays while polyamorous.

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November 15, 2022 66 mins

The polycule discusses how they handle jealousy in past and present situations. 

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In this episode, the polycule discusses the announcement of our pregnancy.

****TW for discussion of infertility and miscarriage.****

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Back from a short hiatus, TMLF discusses what it is like to come out as polyamorous at work. 
The good, the bad, and the ugly. 

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September 26, 2022 62 mins

The polycule sits down to tell their polyamory coming out stories and what transpired with their families. 

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