Episode 274: Rich and Siobhan of The Poly (Pod)Cast

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Lauren aims to do Nicole proud as she hosts Rich and Siobhan of The Poly (Pod)Cast, a British/Australian couple who absolutely charm the PANTS off of her! (Just kidding; Lauren never wears pants when she records the pod.) Siobhan fully believed she was a straight woman when she met Rich in late 2020. Rich, on the other hand, had already had coming out journeys pertaining to both his bi/omnisexuality, as well as his gender identity ("I feel like I'm a collage of gender most of the time"). One thing they both had in common, though: they were sure as heck monogamous!! As their relationship continued, however, Rich's polyamorous orientation became harder and harder to deny, ultimately leading to what they both describe as the hardest conversation they've ever had. Siobhan details how honestly examining her feelings about non-monogamy "popped the cap off the self-discovery train," at which point "the bisexuality came CLAWING out!" Rich shares how terrified he was to "burden" Siobhan with yet another non-mainstream facet of his identity. It's a vulnerable, hilarious, and, dare I say, *enchanting* conversation you won't want to miss!

Do yourself a favor and listen to The Poly (Pod)Cast on all the usual platforms! Also follow them on Intagram, Twitter, and Threads at @poly_podcast, and drop them an email at podcastthepoly@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to Coming Out Pod.
0:10.0	Today, okay, shout out to you.
0:13.0	If your queer root is the two fake lesbians in the Russian girl group tattoo who used to make out with each other in their
0:21.7	videos and at concerts. Not really great queer icons, as we later found out, they were in fact
0:28.2	straight and had some questionable views on homosexuality. But depending on how old you were,
0:35.6	when tattoo burst on the scene, could have been a really
0:38.1	formative experience for you. So we want to give them at least a little bit of credit.
0:44.1	Queer baiting? Absolutely. And yet helpful for some of us. Shout out to you, if that is your
0:49.8	queer root. Okay. This is a very exciting episode for me. I am here today with Rich and Chavon of
0:59.2	the Polly podcast. Hello to both of you. Hi. Thank you so much for joining me. They are in London.
1:09.7	London, correct? I know it's great. I don't want to be American
1:12.8	and just be like, it's London. And you're like, it's Brighton. Stop. One of the few times.
1:16.6	That's actually right. No, it is London. It is London. So this is my first foray. Sons
1:24.5	Nicole having on Polly guests. I feel ready to do it. I feel like I've sat with so many
1:31.6	poly folks on the podcast, but I am very excited to be doing this without her. I am hoping to
1:38.1	make her proud of me. But I'm so thrilled to have you both. So yeah, you, you, Chavon, reach out to me on email,
1:46.3	and we've talked about it's taken us a long time to coordinate it. There's time zones.
1:52.3	There's, you get how it is. But we're doing it now. I'm so thrilled. So we're going to hear
1:57.0	both of like their kind of individual coming out stories and then where they intersect and
2:01.3	where their their journey together. So yeah, this is this is so lovely. Is there anything that
2:08.3	you want to share just about like yourselves or your life or anything before we sort of dive
2:14.5	into it? I've just got so much going through my head right now.
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