Meet the Rockadopoleis!: Sex, Love, and Power

127 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -

This podcast is about the complex dynamics between sex, love, and power. We explore art, literature, theory, and philosophy, often in the context of our own BDSM-based female-led relationship. The show is for adults only. We're a Femdom couple, and we often talk about our physical relationship in explicit terms. That said, we're not here to tell you what to do or how to do it. We are here because we enjoy thinking and talking about art and ideas, especially when they pertain to our own strange and wonderful lifestyle.

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Episodes

Season 5, Episode 18: Poly Monogamy

April 22, 2024 23:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, we riff off of Part IV of the book More Than Two. Episode Art: Antoni and Eliza Radziwill, c. 1820, Artist Unknown Support the show

Season V, Episode 17: L'État, C'est Moi

April 15, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

In this episode we discuss Part 3 in More Than Two, focusing on differences between power dynamics in polyamory and our 24/7 TPE dynamic. Episode Art: Louis XIV, Hyacinth Rigaud, 1701 Support the show

Season 5, Episode 16: The Leather Couch

April 08, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

In this episode, we discuss the book The Leather Couch, by the kink positive sex therapist Stefani Goerlich. Episode Art: Portrait of Riri [detail], Guiseppi Amisani, 1900 Support the show

Season V, Episode 15: Slim Pickins

April 01, 2024 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this episode, we discuss our experiences at a local Femdom event. Episode Art: No Title, Dorothea Lange, 1939, Yale/Library of Congress Support the show

Season V, Episode 14: Conduct Unbecoming

March 25, 2024 21:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

In this episode, we discuss Jislaaik's penchant for breaking rules. Episode Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice, Anders Zorn, 1894 Support the show

Season V, Episode 13: CFnm

March 19, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

In this episode, we discuss the uses of nakedness in our power exchange dynamic. Episode Art: Study of a Nude Man, Gustave Corbet, c. 1840s Support the show

Season 5, Episode 12: Learning From Polyamory, Part II

March 13, 2024 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

In this episode we discuss a variety of relationship tools that could be useful to both polyamorists and polyandrists. Episode Art: Bacchus [detail], Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1596 Support the show

Season V Episode 11: Learning From Polyamory, Part I

March 05, 2024 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

In this episode, we discuss the extent to which we can adapt ideas and strategies from the world of polyamory to our future polyandrous relationships. Episode Art: Polyamory Symbol, Artist: Opensofia, Wikimedia Commons Support the show

Season V, Episode 10: World Views, Part 2

February 26, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

In this episode with continue our discussion of developing world views. Episode Art: Drawing of Sigmund Freud, artist unknown Support the show

Season V, Episode 9: World Views, Part I

February 19, 2024 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

In this episode we discuss creating our vanilla and kinky world views from a variety of philosophical lenses. Episode Art: Plato in The School of Athens, Rafael, c.1510 (detail) Support the show

Season 5, Episode 8: Age Gap Relationships, Part 2

February 12, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

In this episode, we discuss generational differences and attitudes toward power and power exchange in age gap relationships. Episode Art: Cougar and Her Cubs, Public Domain, Date and Artist Unknown Support the show

Season V, Episode 7: Age Gap Relationships, Part I

February 05, 2024 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

This episode is Part I of a two-part episode about the pros and cons of age gap relationships, especially in power exchange dynamics. Episode Art: Japanese Pather Ocelot Cougar and Jaguar (detail), Artist Unknown Support the show

Season V, Episode 6: Seduction Part 2

January 29, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

In this episode we continue our discussion of Robert Greene's book, The Art of Seduction. Episode Art: Lady Lilith, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, 1866 Support the show

Season V, Episode 5: Seduction, Part I

January 22, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

This episode is the first of a two part discussion of seduction in our 24/7 TPE relationship. Episode Art: Les Amoreux (detail), Jean-Marc Nattier, 1744 Support the show

Season V, Episode 4: Panic at the Dungeon

January 15, 2024 16:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

In this episode, we discuss our experiences at a Femdom-themed event at one of our local BDSM club. Episode Art: The Nightclub Singer, McClelland Barklay, before 1943 Support the show

Season V, Episode 3: The Practical Arts of Seduction

January 09, 2024 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

In this episode we discuss mating strategies from the world of Pick-Up Artistry. Episode Art: Self-Portrait in Front of a Mirror, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1882/83 Support the show

Season V, Episode 1: Introduction to Polyandry

January 01, 2024 07:00 - 13 minutes - 8.99 MB

In this episode we'll discuss our interest in polyandry (one woman with multiple male partners) and provide a brief overview of Season 5. Support the show

Season V, Episode 2: Androphilia

January 01, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

In this episode, we discuss our previous experiences with polyandry. Support the show

Season IV, Episode 18: Our Favorite Things

October 03, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

In this episode we discuss our five favorite transgressive moments of our London/Iceland trip. Episode Art: Queen Elisabeth II With Fez, Artist Unknown Support the show

Season IV, Episode 17: Holland Park

September 25, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

In this episode we interview the UK-based philosopher, critical theorist, and world traveller, who goes by the name of Herbie/The Yoni Yodeller on Fetlife. Episode Art: Hyde Park Speakers Corner, Daily Mail, Date and Artist Unavailable Support the show

Grace Note: Hackney Skyes

September 21, 2023 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.77 MB

Episode Art: Hackney Peace Mural (Detail) Support the show

Season IV, Episode 16: Anglophilia

August 30, 2023 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

In this episode we discuss the sexiness of England. Episode Art: Portrait of John Wilmot, Jacob Huysmans, 1677 Support the show

Season IV, Episode 15: For Matt Walsh

August 22, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

In his episode, we respond to a conservative YouTuber's kink shaming. Here is a link to the original video: We Need To Bring Back Kink Shaming. Episode Art: Allegory of Salvation, Wolf Huber, c. 1543 Support the show

Season IV, Episode 14: Objectification

August 15, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

In this episode we discuss the benefits in objectification in our power exchange dynamic. Episode Art: Multiple Rows of Golden Statues of the Buddha (Detail), Basile Morin, 2020 (Wikimedia Commons) Support the show

Season IV, Episode 13: Subjection

August 08, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

In this episode we discuss the influences that shape our power exchange roles in the kink world and beyond. Episode Art: Vajra Bhairaja (Destroyer of Death), Tibetan Tankha Painting, c. 1740, Artist Unknown Support the show

Season IV, Episode 12: Prurient Pedagogues

July 31, 2023 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this episode we discuss the popularization of pornography in the 1970s . Episode Art: Book Cover, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 1910 Support the show

Season IV, Episode 11: The Crab Louse

July 24, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

In this episode we discuss The 1960s-Extreme Edition. Episode Art, Daniel Drew, Yale Peabody Museum, 2019 Support the show

Season 4, Episode 10: Nifty Fifties

July 17, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

In this episode, we discuss the 1950s Household kink. Episode Art: Public Domain Support the show

Season 4, Episode 9: Fascist Faux

July 10, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

In this episode, we discuss uses of the fascist aesthetic in the BDSM world. Episode Art: Fight Fascism Symbol, publicdomainvectors.org Support the show

Season IV, Episode 8: Transgressive Interlude

July 03, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

In this episode, we return with an updated discussion of transgression in our relationship and beyond. Episode Art: Kitchen Scene, Jeremias van Winghe, 1613 Support the show

Season 4, Episode 7: Modernist Love

February 27, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this episode we discuss sex, love, and friendship in the Bloomsbury Group. Episode Art: Untitled Painting by Duncan Grant Support the show

Modernist Love

February 27, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this episode we discuss sex, love, and friendship in the Bloomsbury Group. Episode Art: Untitled Painting by Duncan Grant Support the show

Season IV, Episode 6: The Higher Sodomy

February 21, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

In this episode we discuss kink and kinky rhetoric in the Victorian Era. Episode Art: DeMoulin Museum. Greenville, Illinois Support the show

Season IV, Episode 5: Wilder Shores of Love

February 07, 2023 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

This episode is about kinky themes and motifs in the work of the 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire. Episode Art: "Wilder Shores of Love," Cy Twombly, 1984-1985 Support the show

Season IV, Episode 4: Sadean Rhetoric

January 31, 2023 03:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

In this episode we discuss three types of rhetoric that the Marquis de Sade used to promote his sicko ideas about about philosopy, psychology, and dark humor. Episode Art: Hommage au Marquis de Sade, Jean Benoît, 1959 Support the show

Season IV, Episode 3: Regency

January 25, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

In this episode, we discuss the bad behavior of several powerful men during the regency of Louis XV of France. Support the show

Season IV, Episode 2: Pre-Kink

January 18, 2023 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

In this episode we discuss sexual practices in the ancient world that might be considered kinky today. Episode Art: Detail of Pompeiian wall art. Support the show

Season IV, Episode 1: Introduction

January 10, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

In this episode we talk about Slick Willie and the theme for Season IV. Support the show

Season III, Episode 23: Consensual Slavery, Part 2

December 19, 2022 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

This is the second of our two-part episode on consensual slavery. Episode Art: The Slave Market, Jean-Leon Gerome, 1866 Support the show

Season III, Episode 22: Consensual Slavery, Part 1

December 12, 2022 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

This is the first of a two-part episode on consensual slavery in our relationship. Episode Art: Slaves portrayed working in the Laurion mines. 7th century BC Support the show

Season III, Episode 21: Intellectual Domination, Part 2

December 05, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

This episode is part of our discussion of intellectual domination. Episode Art: Mother Yugoslavia, Slavko Pengov, 1958 Support the show

Season III, Episode 20: Intellectual Domination, Part 1

November 28, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

In this episode, we discuss intellectual domination in the kink world and in our relationship. Episode Art: Liberty Leading the People (detail), Jacques-Louis David, 1830 Support the show

Season III, Episode 19: Bonus Thanksgiving Episode

November 24, 2022 01:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Support the show

Bonus Thanksgiving Episode

November 24, 2022 01:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Support the show

Season III, Episode 18: Ruthless!

November 14, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, we discuss ruthlessness as a virtue in our relationship. Episode Art: Kali, Raja Ravi Varma, 1910 (Detail) Support the show

Season III, Episode 17: Respect

November 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

In this episode, we discuss different types of respect in our relationship. Episode Art: "The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius" (Detail), John William Waterhouse, 1883 Support the show

Season III, Episode 16: Bullied!

November 02, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

[NOTE: An ethnic slur is used in this episode for prurient reasons.] In this episode we discuss Lance's experience of being bullied as a teenager, and why he wants me to bully him now. Episode Art: "Kazimierz Pułaski" detail, Jan Styka, before 1925 Support the show