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Mar 2025

50m 7s

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibil...

Chill Polyamory

About this episode

Award-winning polyamorous author, Kevin Patterson, talks monogamous pearl-clutchers, jam packed calendars and not turning partners into heroes or villains.

Support the launch of Kevin's newest book: indiegogo.com/for-hire-the-price-of-fame

"I Could Never..." is a Chill Polyamory podcast. For more info and episode transcripts: https://www.chillpolyamory.com/icouldnever

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Cover Artwork by Anni Jyn - @annijyn

All music is sourced from the Free Music Archive, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) Intro/Outro: Ruffling Feathers by Jesse Spillane, Transitions: City Line by Beat Mekanik, Ad Read: A Hero is Born by Holizna

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