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New York Times Podcasts — Is Polyamory Right for You?
Scout ratingSCOUT· 64%48m·2026-07-30·News Politics

Is Polyamory Right for You?

New York Times Podcasts

Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a polyamory expert. When she first heard about polyamorous relationships, back in the early ’90s, hardly anyone was talking about this stuff. But Sheff became fascinated, and for the past 30 years, she’s been studying the lives of kids who grew up in polyamorous families. On this episode of…

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have never met a beautiful, attractive, cute, gorgeous, or stunning poly person.

@onlychimerically · YouTube comment

This seems like literally all this column is ever about anymore; upper-middle class people blowing their lives up with polyamory. Didn’t the Lindy West episode settle this?

@fergerski · YouTube comment

The interviewer sounded too enthusiastic to give the issue the critical examination it deserves

@BeatrizMeadow · YouTube comment

just a note - the interviewer's tendency to say "sure" and "ah" and "wow" and make little agreement noises almost after every sentence is incredibly distracting. Just let her speak and then ask a question or make a comment. It's really diff…

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