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The Brian Lehrer Show

A Look Inside a Polycule

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Anya Kamenetz, author of the parenting newsletter "The Golden Hour", The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now (Public Affairs, 2022), and advisor to the Aspen Institute and the Climate Mental Health Network, brings us into the story of a modern day polycule as documented in The Cut while listeners share how they're practicing polyamory in their homes in 2024.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Brian Leraerre on W NYC and we're going to spend our last 15 minutes today with a look at a

0:16.5

certain piece of modern dating.

0:19.1

You know, nowadays anything is possible.

0:21.1

Men can date men, women, marry women, everything in between.

0:24.4

Sorry, Rondis, I think it's a good thing.

0:27.0

But what happens when a man is married to a woman who dates a man who's married to a woman.

0:33.0

What does that even mean?

0:35.0

Did you even follow that?

0:36.0

Well, that kind of situation is what some might call a polycule.

0:40.0

So listeners, are you in a polycule, a polyamorous relationship of any sort?

0:46.0

Are you part of a polycule or do you call it something else?

0:49.3

212, 433, WNYC, 433, 962, call or text.

0:57.0

Why do I bring this up today?

0:59.0

Well, because last week the Cut, part of New York magazine, published a piece bringing us inside a polycule and it was really interesting.

1:07.0

In it we meet Nick and Sarah and Alex and Anna, whose relationship is best explained through Google calendar.

1:14.7

Quote, Sarah and Nick share a calendar, Nick and Anna share a calendar,

1:19.0

Alex and Anna share a calendar, Sarah and Anna do not share a calendar, but are aware of who has Nick's time on any given day.

1:26.5

Same for Nick and Alex, Alex, unquote.

1:29.5

And all of this points to the importance of time and scheduling when maintaining multiple relationships.

1:36.1

After all, many monogamous folks already have it hard enough making time just to tend to

1:41.8

their one relationship while juggling children, work, friendships, family,

1:47.8

a long time, God forbid.

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