Bawdy Storytelling Podcast – Episode 16: “Open WIDE”
Host: Dixie De La Tour
Date: February 2, 2017

Overview

This episode of Bawdy Storytelling centers around the theme of open relationships, exploring the diverse, sex-positive worlds of swinging and polyamory through hilarious, honest, and explicit stories told live. Dixie De La Tour, the show’s vibrant “sexual folklorist,” guides listeners through the experiences of two women from Chicago’s thriving non-monogamous community: one a proud swinger, the other a poly community leader. Expect candid self-reflection, humor, taboo-breaking tales, and moments of both vulnerability and raunchy fun.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Introduction to Open Relationships

[01:17]–[04:45]

• Dixie sets the tone: “How many of you out there identify as polyamorous, or as non-monogamous, or as being in open relationships? Did I… oh, swingers. Don’t forget swingers!”
• Notes lack of positive synonyms for “polyamory” and “non-monogamy” in standard dictionaries: “I went to thesaurus.com, looked up polyamory. It ain’t there… The only thing I could think to look up was monogamy and look up antonyms for monogamy. And it was. It's. It's not positive.”
• Describes “Bango” — dirty bingo cards used at live shows to spark flirtation and community among open relationship folks.
• Dixie challenges social misconceptions: “Maybe out there in the rest of the world they don’t approve of this sort of behavior. But we… We’re there for you.”
• The show’s musical intro is “Open Relationship” by Andy Clockwise.
• Sets up that both stories this episode come from a Chicago show: “The polyamorous community in the Chicago area is huge. People came in from hours away.”

Story #1: “Cougars and Cuckolds” — Sarah McGuinn (Swinger)

[04:45]–[17:28]

Story Highlights

• Sarah describes herself not as a “cougar,” but humorously recounts how, at 31, she ended up having sex with an 18-year-old named Danny.
• Married for nine years to Bill; always been non-monogamous. “We’ve been swingers… from parties to threesomes to couple swapping. We actually had our very first orgy on Sunday. Very exciting.”
• Bill enjoys cuckold scenarios; Sarah describes him as “the tall, sexy bald guy with tattoos and piercings.”
• First meets Danny, her stepdaughter’s ex, at Target. He’s sweet, nerdy, and still a virgin.
• Sarah offers to “coach” Danny in flirting rather than seduce him at first. Jokes about American Pie and invites him for a movie night while her husband is away.
• The moment things turn sexual:
  • [12:00] “If you send that to him, I’m going to kiss you.” — Danny
  • Sarah: “Threw my fucking phone on the floor and just attacked him.”
• Bill comes home and sees them mid-makeout — handles it with comedic calm, hands over a condom, and leaves to let them have privacy.
• Sarah details a playful, explicit, and consensual losing-of-virginity scene with honest attention to nerves, excitement, and the thrill of taboo:
  • [15:05] Danny’s unexpectedly confident: “He’s like a fucking pro, right? …I’m the one losing my shit over here, and you’re the one just like you’ve done it a million times.”
• The sex is “taboo and slutty and really hot in that way,” but also “intimate and kind of special.”
• The affair with Danny continues for months; Sarah jokes: “I’m probably not a cougar, but channeling Stifler’s mom for a couple months was pretty fucking fun.”

Notable Quotes

• “For us… we’ve been swingers, so we have sex with other people outside of our marriage…” — Sarah [05:31]
• “But Danny was not your typical 18-year-old… He was very sexy though.” — Sarah [06:35]
• “Is it okay if Bill watches? Because that’s a fucking normal question to ask somebody, right?” — Sarah [13:16]
• “The entire experience was really incredibly hot, but on these, like, different levels… taboo and slutty and really hot… but also rather intimate and kind of special…” — Sarah [16:23]

Show Community and Midwest Myths

[17:45]–[20:35]

• Dixie underscores the openness and pride of Chicago’s non-monogamous community:
  • “Don’t let them tell you in the Midwest they don’t know what they’re doing. I love that these people are loud and proud about what they believe in.”

Story #2: “The Long Goodbye” — Ashley (Polyamorous)

[20:35]–[33:52]

Story Highlights

• Begins with Ashley and her lover (“Romeo”) in Houston, sharing a passionate, last night together before Ashley’s move to Chicago for her husband’s medical career.
• Introduces her “Prince Charming,” Steven: they met at age 17–18 and soon realized their love style was different.
• Discovery of Polyamory: “It wasn’t until our mid-20s that we actually found the word ‘polyamorous.’”
• Faces the bittersweet process of saying goodbye not just to friends and family, but to multiple partners and lovers:
  • Eric: “Everybody knows an Eric. I want you to picture that Eric. That’s exactly what my Eric looked like.”
  • The Party Couple: “At their place they had a ball pit in their basement… and a stripper pole… That’s where I first fucked him, was in the ball pit.”
  • Romeo and Juliet: A meaningful couple; Juliet, the “primary,” tells Ashley she should have one final night alone with Romeo.
• The goodbye tryst with Romeo: elaborate, kinky scene with spreader bars, floggers, rope, and mutual creativity and affection.
  • Kink details: Rope bondage is Ashley’s favorite: “He was the first one to really push my boundaries… I love the confinement of it… and the release when it is coming off your body.”
  • Multiple kinds of sex, enthusiastic consent, and detailed sensory description.
  • Condom misadventure:

    “One wrapper, two wrapper, three wrapper, four. …I’m like, what the fuck just happened? My body finally relaxed enough after the amazing sex that it just decided to ooze its way down. And he goes, ‘You just gave birth to our condom baby.’” — Ashley [32:57]

• Ashley reflects on her move to Chicago: welcomed by the local poly community, delighted by the difference from Texas’ conservative environment.
  • “I still talk to them to this day… My winning story was a wonderful goodbye, sad goodbye, funny surprises… but now I’m here and I have wonderful partners… I love Chicago.”

Notable Quotes

• “It wasn’t just fucking people. We actually started dating people and loving people and fucking them and having fun…” — Ashley [22:16]
• “As you do with any private hot tub, you get naked because he had a hot tub in his backyard.” — Ashley [27:25]
• “You just gave birth to our condom baby.” — Romeo, quoted by Ashley [32:57]
• “It was just so nice to come up here and not have to worry about the conservatives right behind your back and just be able to open up to you guys.” — Ashley [33:42]

Host’s Reflections, Community, & Matchmaking

[33:52]–[39:00]

• Dixie playfully tries to “fix up” Sarah (the swinger) and Ashley (the polyamorist):
  • “There ain’t much difference between swinger and polyamorous except the word you choose to call it… I would love to see the swinger world and the polyamorous world cross-pollinate, shall we call them?”
• Champions the community-building potential of Bawdy Storytelling: “My whole reason to be alive is to get your ass to a live show… They also find their community. They make new friends. The world’s a lonely place.”
• Upcoming events teased: 10th anniversary shows, festivals, and more (details omitted here as per guidelines).

Memorable Moments and Quotes (with Timestamps)

• [04:58] Sarah McGuinn:
  “I’ve never really thought of myself as a cougar… But so it’s still kind of incredible to me to think that just a few years ago I was 31 and I was fucking this really hot 18-year-old guy on the couch in my living room while my kids and my husband were upstairs.”

• [11:03] Sarah/Danny:
  “If you send that to him, I’m going to kiss you.”
  “Threw my fucking phone on the floor and just attacked him.”

• [13:16] Sarah:
  “Is it okay if Bill watches? Because that’s a fucking normal question to ask somebody, right?”

• [15:05] Sarah:
  “I’m the one losing my shit over here, and you’re the one just like you’ve done it a million times.”

• [22:16] Ashley:
  “It wasn’t just fucking people. We actually started dating people and loving people and fucking them and having fun…”

• [27:25] Ashley:
  “As you do with any private hot tub, you get naked because he had a hot tub in his backyard.”

• [32:57] Ashley:
  “You just gave birth to our condom baby.” — Romeo

• [33:42] Ashley:
  “It was just so nice to come up here and not have to worry about the conservatives right behind your back and just be able to open up to you guys.”

Conclusion

Bawdy Storytelling’s “Open WIDE” is a bold, hilarious, and moving celebration of non-monogamy in its many forms. Through Sarah’s swinger exploits and Ashley’s polyamorous journey, the episode destigmatizes alternative relationships, foregrounds the importance of communication, consent, and community, and spotlights both the light and poignant sides of sexual adventure.
Dixie’s warm, irreverent hosting ties it all together, making space for laughter, empathy, and “dirty, dirty stories” that go beyond titillation into real, human connection.

For full, explicit details with all the feels, listen to Bawdy Storytelling Episode 16: “Open WIDE.”