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The Open Nesters — 239 episodes

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1

Solo Travel Outside Your Comfort Zone (Mia Bolden – S6 | E238)

2

The Plan is… No Plan (S6 | E237)

3

Turning on the Light of the Inner Child (S6 | E236)

4

The Team of Your Soul (S6 | E235)

5

No Shame Tackling Sex Taboos (Season 6 | Episode 234)

6

Sex and Science with Dr. Laurie Mintz

7

Midlife Love Out Loud (Season 6 | Episode 232)

8

A New Path to Dating (Season 6 | Episode 231)

9

Kim DeYoung Voice of Choice (Season 6 | Episode 230)

10

ECSTASY and Riding Your Horse with Barbara Carrellas

11

Suzanne Noble | Sex After 50

12

THE PATH BACK TO PLEASURE AND TRUST

13

WILD MONOGAMY

14

Radical Honesty

15

Love, Flow and Connection with Laura Silverstein

16

Radical Compassion (Season 6 | Episode 223)

17

Embracing the “Open” in Open Nesting (S6 | E222)

18

Aging | A Practice of Possibility (S6 | E221)

19

THE RADIO VAGABOND PALLE BO

20

Courage (Season 6 | Episode 219)

21

Leaning in to Better Lives

22

Reflect and Celebrate The Open Nesters 2025 (S5 | E217)

23

Evolution Intimacy

24

Thank and Grow Rich (S5 | E215)

25

Give Thanks with Tessa and Amir (E5 | 214)

26

The Permission to Desire with Dr. David Freeman (S5 | E213)

27

What Do Women Want? (S5 | E212)

28

Erotic Healer (S5 | E211)

29

Relationship Anarchy (S5 | E210)

30

The Balance Between Us (S5 | E209)

31

Becoming Beloved (S5 | E208)

32

Our Cosmic Curriculum with Eric Meyers (S5 | E207)

33

THE PLEASURE MECHANICS | EXPANDING EROTIC PLEASURE AS WE AGE (S5 | E206)

34

Every Day is the Day (S5 | E205)

35

Sex and Laughter (S5 | E204)

36

Resilient Hearts, Perfect Match (S5 | E203)

37

The Strap On: We Discuss (S5 | E202)

38

Joy Among My Tears (S5 | E201)

39

Not Your Grandmother’s Monogamy (S5 | E200)

40

Aging and Dating with Amir (S5 | E199)

41

Changing Aging (S5 | E198)

42

Dating, Ghosted and Opening after 60 (S5 | E197)

43

“Open Nest”: Redefining Love After Children Leave Home (S5 | E196)

44

Bella Brooks: How Divorce Led to Self-Discovery and Open Relationships (S5 | E195)

45

How to Celebrate Your Hot Flashes (S5 | E194)

46

Best Sex Ever After Menopause (S5 | E193)

47

Pat Whitty on Finding Purpose at Any Age (S5 | E192)

48

From Empty to Open: Reimagining Family Bonds in the Nesting Transition (S5 | E191)

49

My Adult Child Won’t Talk to Me: Finding Hope and a Path Forward (S5 | E190)

50

Radical Living & the Big Ass Calendar: Marni Batista on Open Nesting, Intentional Living, and Midlife Reinvention (S5 | E189)

51

Awakening the Feminine (S5 | E188)

52

Reinventing Life After 50: Maria Leonard Olsen on Resilience, Sobriety, and Embracing Change – Open Nesters Podcast Episode (S5 | E187)

53

The Grace of Growing Older: Embracing Elderhood and Sacred Time

54

Rediscovering Desire: A Conversation with Sex Educator Pamela Madsen (S5 | E185)

55

Rediscovering Purpose: How Adventure Travel Helped This Empty Nester Heal, Grow, and Thrive (S5 | E184)

56

THE RADIO VAGABOND (FULL EPISODE – S5 | E183)

57

AN END TO ARGUING (S5 | E182)

58

Love Relationship & Sexuality Sampler

59

“Embracing Aging: Ashton Applewhite on Fighting Ageism, Wisdom, and the Joys of Act III

60

Deepen Your Relationships with AI

61

Loving Without Boundaries with Kitty Chambliss

62

Revealing Pleasure – The P.A.R.N. Approach to Play and Intimacy with Steve and Shane

63

Authentic Aging & Sensuality After Empty Nest | Maria DiSalvo Interview (S5 | E177)

64

Reflections on Transcendence and Growth (S5 | E176)

65

Tessa and Amir Season 5 (S5 | E175)

66

Thin Threads Where Creativity Meets Risk with Kevin Frest (S4 | E174)

67

Kids, Identity and Thanksgiving (S3 | E143)

68

The Emotional Path with Dr. Dawson Church (S4 | E173)

69

Aging and Eroticism (S4 | E172)

70

Playing with the Unexpected with Laura & Izzy

71

Your Pleasurespan

72

Mission & Minimalism Finding Freedom & Meaningful Connections

73

Body Wisdom Aging Sex & Self with Suzanne Noble

74

Self Expression in Open Love with Tessa & Amir

75

A 30 Day Boyfriend, A Journey of Sobriety, and Beyond with Wanda and Christopher

76

Fearless in Bali: A Single Mom’s Journey (S4 | E165)

77

Dominatrix and Submissive: Exploring Power Dynamics with Heather Hundhausen (S4 | E164)

78

Living Life Boldly, Your Move with Steve Kantor (S4 | E163)

79

Mothering Love and Success Part Two (S4 | E162)

80

Mothering Love and Success (S4 | E161)

81

Come Back to Love (S4 | E160)

82

Walking for Comfort, Vitality, and Inspiration (S4 | E159)

83

Catastrophe Soup | Ingredients for Reinvention (S4 | E158)

84

Viva Monogamy with Mali and Joe (S4 | E157)

85

Home Everywhere and Nowhere with Jonathan Pillot (S4 | E156)

86

Relationship Fluidity in the Empty Nest with Dr. Tammy Nelson (S4 | E155)

87

Infidelity and the Empty Nest | Gordon & Jenn (S4 | E154)

88

Why Slowing Down Builds Intimacy (S4 | E153)

89

Spiritual Cross Training with Benjamin Shalva (S4 | E152)

90

Sobriety and the Empty Nest (S4 | E151)

91

Season IV | The Open Nesters Podcast

92

Dry January in the Empty Nest

93

Trust and the Empty Nest (Part 2)

94

Trust and the Empty Nest with Tessa and Amir (S3 | E147)

95

Empty Nest Love (in the Love Lab – S3 | E146)

96

The Radio Vagabond | Still on the Road with Palle Bo (S3 | E145)

97

KINK & POLY | Reflections with Amir

98

Deciding Without Fear (Season 3 | Episode 141)

99

Flirting with Mortality | Your Legacy (S3 | E140)

100

Don’t Let Age Get in the Way (Season 3 | Episode 139)

101

A Male Tradition of Mentorship and Wisdom (Season 3 | Episode 138)

102

Late Bloomer’s Success (Season 3 | Episode 137)

103

Choices That Matter with Kim DeYoung (S3 | E136)

104

Creative Passions in Act III (Season 3 | Episode 135)

105

Dream Big, Live Courageously! (Season 3 | Episode 134)

106

Living from the Wisdom of Silence with Edi Pasalis (Season 3 | Episode 133)

107

Failure is Our Friend (Season 3 | Episode 132)

108

Act III: Dream Big, Dream Small (Season 3 | Episode 131)

109

Evolutionary Family, Partnership & Vision for Earth

110

Women & Community with Lillian Taylor

111

Monogamish 101 with Dan and Mary

112

The Precipice of Readiness (Season 3 | Episode 127)

113

Aligning Our Values in Act III of Life (S3 | E126)

114

Laughing and Dancing with Life and Death

115

Open Bi Kinky Over 50

116

Josh Miller Changemaker (Season 3 | Episode 123)

117

Paradise on Earth (Season Three | Episode 122)

118

Love’s Not Color Blind (Season 3 | Episode 121)

119

Dance Love Heal (Season 3 | Episode 120)

120

The Open Nest Evolving and Revolving Door with Tessa & Amir

121

Fun without Dick and Jane (Season 3 | Episode 118)

122

About Motherhood with Tessa

123

Wild Monogamy (S3 | E116)

124

Let’s Talk Money with Joe and Jim (S3 | E115)

125

Dating and Living in Midlife and Beyond with Junie Moon

126

Life as Polyamorous Elders

127

Becoming Beloveds with Kari and Steven Cardinale (S3 | E112)

128

Transparency & Micro-Bursts of Connections with Laura Silverstein (S3 | E111)

129

What’s Tik Tok Got to Do With It?

130

HOW TO SLOW DOWN with Carl Honore

131

Polysecure with Jessica Fern (Season 3 | Episode 108)

132

The Friendship Series Conclusion

133

Magic and Mutuality (with Jonathan Pillot, Season 3 | Episode 106)

134

Men Take Down Your Armor with Carl Honoré (S3 | E105)

135

Pride and Community in Black and Brown Spaces (S3 | E104)

136

Mutual Admiration & Bond with Shari Leid (Season 3 | Episode 103)

137

We Knew Each Other When (Season 3 | Episode 102)

138

Spiritual Soulful Connections (S3 | E101)

139

Don’t Postpone Joy with Joyce Saltman (S3 | E100)

140

Introducing Our Friendship Series (S3 | E99)

141

The Open Nesters Season 3

142

The Open Nesters Season 2 – A Summary (S2 | E97)

143

Progressive Love and Communication (Part 2)

144

Progressive Love and Communication (Season 2 | Episode 95)

145

C.c.elaine & Intuitive Living (Season 2 | Episode 94)

146

The Future is Female with Vicki Larson (Season 2 | Episode 93)

147

GODDESS WISDOM with Madeleine Sklar (Season 2 | Episode 92)

148

Divorce, Adult Kids, and Deep Self-Discovery with Dan Sivils (Season 2 | Episode 91)

149

The Midlife Whisperer with Dr. Ellen Albertson (Season 2 | Episode 90)

150

Superheroes & Acts of Kindness with Mark Grashow (S2 | E89)

151

The Universe is Waiting for Your Order with Esther Jones-Alley (Season 2 | Episode 88)

152

Wise Women Panel on Sex and Aging (Season 2 | Episode 87)

153

Wise Women on Sex and Aging Part One (Season 2 | Episode 86)

154

Disability, Aging and Love Potion Number 9 (Season 2 | Episode 85)

155

Sensual Energy with Christine Marie Mason (Season 2 | Episode 84)

156

The Erotic Blueprint and Vulnerable Asks (S2 | E83)

157

Sexuality, Sensuality & Aging with Tessa and Amir (S2 | E82)

158

Rituals, Adventure and Relationships (S2 | E81)

159

Mobile, Unattached and Free with Casaundra & Chris (S2 | E80)

160

What Are Your Anchors? Sondra & Victor (Season 2 | Episode 79)

161

Poly Quad with Jahaira, Marvin, Michael & Monique (Season 2 | Episode 77)

162

The Russell Family Calling In Love (Season 2 | Episode 76)

163

The 5Elements with Malaika MaVeena Darville (Season 2 | Episode 75)

164

Intimacy, Attachment, and Relationship Anarchy (Season 2 | Episode 74)

165

The Parallel of Life and Death with Karen Bellone (Season 2 | Episode 73)

166

Shift the Course with Brian and Luke (Season 2 | Episode 72)

167

The Pleasure Mechanics (Season 2 | Episode 71)

168

Deconstructing Motherhood & Divorce with Joy Rose (Season 2 | Episode 70)

169

EVOLVING with Podcast Host Palle Bo (Season 2 | Episode 69)

170

The Radical and Magical Body & Spirit with Moira Cormack (S2 | E68)

171

Sexual Abuse, Sobriety and Becoming Our Best Selves with Maria Leonard Olsen (S2 | E67)

172

Evolutionary Spirituality and Awe in Act III with Josh Silver (S2 | E66)

173

The Tantric Mama | Mothering and Orgasms of Gratitude (Season 2 | Episode 65)

174

A Mother-Daughter Story with Revi and Michelle (S2 | E64)

175

Biohacking Age with Michelle St. Jane (Season 2 | Episode 63)

176

The Impact of Mindfulness with Kayla (Season 2 | Episode 62)

177

Art in Act III and Beyond with Tom Radca (Season 2 | Episode 61)

178

The Humor in Aging, Sex and the Husband Equivalent with Joyce Saltman (Season 2 | Episode 60)

179

Your Erotic Blueprint with Angela Thurston (Season 2 | Episode 59)

180

Parent-Child Estrangement & How to Heal (Season 2 | Episode 58)

181

Not Your Grandma’s Monogamy (Season 2 | Episode 57)

182

Jazz Up Your Aging with Suzanne Noble (Season 2 | Episode 56)

183

Our Loving Openness with Kitty, Tessa & Amir (Season 2 | Episode 55)

184

Make Love in the Unknown (Season 2 | Episode 54)

185

Buckle Up and Strap On (Season 2 | Episode 53)

186

Love in the Third Third of Act III (Season 2 | Episode 52)

187

Healing Our Intimacy Wounds (Season 2 | Episode 51)

188

The Wild Life of an Unentangled Off the Grid Dad (Season 2 | Episode 50)

189

Reframing Relationships with Sabrina and Seth (Season 2 | Episode 49)

190

Cultivating Readiness with Dr. Bill Thomas and his Partner Jude (Season 2 | Episode 48)

191

The Open Nesters Podcast Season Two

192

Curiosity, Courage, and Compassion Tessa Celebrates 60 (Episode 47)

193

Rock Your Erotic Boat with Pamela Madsen (Episode 46)

194

Becoming a Mirror | Labeling and Unlabeling with Jonathan Pillot (Episode 45)

195

Transforming Grief and Pain Through Art and Spirituality (Episode 44)

196

Paradoxical Power and Healing with the Dominatrix (Episode 43)

197

Dreaming of Open Nesting: Love and Plant Medicine in Act III (Episode 42)

198

The Anxiety Sisters (Episode 41)

199

Open Nesting 201 with Tessa and Amir (Episode 40)

200

You Can Come Home, But My Two Boyfriends Are Here (Episode 39)

201

Thank and Grow Rich (Episode 38)

202

Change Your Noise and Get Curious with Effy Blue (Episode 37)

203

Got Trust ??? HomeExchange is for You (Episode 36)

204

WHO NAD? (Who Needs a Dog? Episode 35)

205

The Book of Life with Esther Russell (Episode 34)

206

Hot Flashes and Cool Topics (Episode 33)

207

Pat Whitty, Modern Elder (Episode 32)

208

#Open (Episode 31)

209

Divorce, Dating, and Dreaming with Ava and Dan (Episode 30)

210

Intersectionality (with Gloria Jackson Nefertiti Episode 29)

211

Camp Reinvention (Episode 28)

212

Co-Living and Community with Maggie Byrne (Episode 27)

213

Is Ethical Non-Monogamy for You? (Episode 26)

214

It’s Cancer. Now What? (Episode 25)

215

Are You Securely Attached? (Episode 24)

216

If It Feels Right, Why Not? (Episode 23)

217

The Many Kinds of Love that Work (Episode 22)

218

Intuition, Kids and Heart Intelligence with Julie Reisler (Episode 21)

219

UNPLUGGED (Episode 20)

220

The Bed Hoppers (Episode 19)

221

Queerness, Inclusion, Tantra & an Ecstatic Life (Episode 18)

222

Bolder and Older with Carl Honoré (Episode 17)

223

Living Apart Together (LAT) with Vicki Larson (Episode 16)

224

Open for Business in Tuscany (Episode 15)

225

Jealousy, Compersion… Loving Without Boundaries with Kitty Chambliss (Episode 14)

226

Does Your Age Matter? with Ashton Applewhite (Episode 13)

227

Language of the Soul (Laura Campbell Episode 12)

228

I Want That and More (with Jahaira and Marvin Episode 11)

229

Traveling Vagabond with Palle Bo (Episode 10)

230

Sexuality, Identity, and Capacity with Dr. Rosalyn Dischiavo (Episode 9)

231

Eroticize Your Jealousy with Thea and Curt (Episode 8)

232

Following the Yes with Joy Lynn Okoye (Episode 7)

233

Play with Shane Kulman (Episode 6)

234

Erika Obando (Episode 5)

235

Mental Physical Emotional Space (Episode 4)

236

Three Midlife Couples Exploring Their Passions (Episode 3)

237

Empty Nest Gypsy Nesting (Episode 2)

238

Open vs. Empty Nest (Episode 1)

239

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