Author: Life on the Swingset

A podcast about swinging, polyamory, open relationships, and "the lifestyle" from the trenches. A diverse group tackles many issues involved with non-monogamy and what it means to be a swinger or polyamorous from the point of view of educating and illuminating what, for many, is a confusing journey to start on. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe via RSS

The Swingset welcomes back Crista Anne to discuss her recent commitment to herself; to find a path back to self-orgasm through once a day masturbation. Through her very personal and public #OrgasmQuest Crista is documenting her navigation through life-long depression, antidepressants, self-care, living and loving life and parenting and today she shares it all with us, and we share our stories with her. Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Buy Cooper’s book My Life on the Swingset: Adventures in Swinging & Polyamory at MyLotSS.com Interested in signing up for…

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Our mailbag, full of pluck and fancy, keeps coming back with more questions for us to ponder and maybe even eventualy answer! Today we discuss swinging as parents of very young children, broken rules and people set off-limits, multiple male orgasms and never fail erections, “Poly Doesn’t Work”, what to do when finding out the local neighborhood teenager knows, and finding lust in Minnesota. We also take a mid-episode break and cut to the Savage Lovecast hosted by Dan Savage where Cooper chimes in for a question about swinging. You can find the full episode (Cooper is on the Full…

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It’s a new year and there are new questions in the mailbag, even a few voicemails! Tonight on Life on the Swingset, the podcast, we gang bang the mailbag as this series turns 18. We discuss some newbie swinger questions in a lightning round style segment, post sti-transmission risk-aware sex and stigma, imbalances in attraction in coupling, and dirty talk! Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Buy Cooper’s book My Life on the Swingset: Adventures in Swinging & Polyamory at MyLotSS.com Interested in signing up for our…

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Ginger sits down with Cooper for a one-on-one discussion of his book My Life on the Swingset: Adventures in Swinging & Polyamory, recorded on the day of launch. Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Buy Cooper’s book My Life on the Swingset: Adventures in Swinging & Polyamory at MyLotSS.com Interested in signing up for our favorite Lifestyle site Kasidie.com? Click here to try it out! Comments? Complaints? Comment on this post or join us on Facebook.com/theswingset and let us know what you think. Ginger Bentham Cooper S…

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Consent shouldn’t be something we have to teach, It’s the simplest thing in the world, ask before you touch. But beyond that, consent is involved in so many aspects of our non-monogamous lives, that learning how to give and receive enthusiastic consent is one of the most important things we learn early on as we open up. So that’s what we’re talking about tonight on Life on the Swingset, The Podcast. Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Buy Cooper’s book My Life on the Swingset: Adventures in…

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Cooper’s first book My Life on the Swingset is being released today, January 6, 2015! To celebrate the release of the book, we will be posting three podcast interviews that he did. The first of which has JV Altharas and Shara interviewing Cooper on Ending the Sexual Dark Age. Below is their description of the episode: “Cooper Beckett joins us to talk about his new book, My Life On The Swingset, which chronicles the ups, downs and sideways shimmies of his first six years practicing ethical non-monogamy, in a way that really brings the reader along for the ride. Ebook now available, hard…

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Cooper’s first book My Life on the Swingset is being released today, January 6, 2015! To celebrate the release of the book, we will be posting three podcast interviews that he did. The first of which has Eric Barry & Mary Zee interviewing Cooper on The Full Disclosure Podcast. Below is their description of the episode: “This week author, podcaster, and creator of Life on the Swingset Cooper S. Beckett joins us in the bedroom! Plus Mary Zee is back, and we have Chicago comedian Alex Seligsohn. Cooper just released his new book My Life On The Swingset, a collection of essays about his life…

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Cooper’s first book My Life on the Swingset is being released today, January 6, 2015! To celebrate the release of the book, we will be posting three podcast interviews that he did. The first of which has Ashley Manta and Crista Anne interviewing Cooper on the Carnalcopia Podcast. Below is their description of the episode: Did you know that Cooper Beckett is publishing a book? We scored the exclusive first interview with this budding author and heard all of the dirty details of his creative process. We also learned what happens when Katie Mack is away. Spoiler alert: it involves face sitting, njoy…

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Podcast host and Swingset Media Network President Debuts Memoir On Swinging and Open Relationships Swingset Media Network announces the release of My Life on the Swingset, the first book by Life on the Swingset podcast host and The Swingset Network president Cooper S. Beckett. The book details Beckett’s journey from a monogamous marriage into the world of swinging and through to his current life as a prominent voice in the sex positive community on the topics of swinging, polyamory, and all aspects of ethical non-monogamy. Published on Beckett’s own Hump & Circumstance Press, My Life on the Swingset is a…

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We look back at 2014, what was a year of aggressive expansion for The Swingset, to talk about Desire, going to conferences, teaching classes, getting married, using new dildos like the awesome Tantus Echo Handle, writing books, and more in our annual year-end wrap-up. Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Interested in signing up for our favorite Lifestyle site Kasidie.com? Click here to try it out! Comments? Complaints? Comment on this post or join us on Facebook.com/theswingset and let us know what you think. Cooper S Beckett…

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