Happy Slut

Samia Mounts
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Happy Slut is your permission slip to want what you want, you cute little slut. Host Samia Mounts dives into sex, desire, and modern relationships with humor, honesty, and plenty of mischief. Through blazingly candid conversations and personal reflections, the show explores what it means to pursue pleasure, connection, and authenticity in a world full of mixed messages about all three. From navigating nontraditional relationships to unpacking shame and reclaiming joy, Happy Slut is about getting curious, taking ownership of your desires, and learning how to trust what feels delicious to YOU.

  1. 1d ago

    Socially Monogamous, Sexually Free with John & Jackie Melfi of OpenLove101

    Pinecones, this week is a little different: a joint episode! I traveled to Houston to sit down with John and Jackie Melfi—leaders in the American swinger community, owners of the legendary Colette lifestyle clubs (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and New Orleans), and the couple behind OpenLove101.com, where I used to blog back in the day. Between them they've got three-plus decades of experience with non-monogamous marriage, swinging, and sexual freedom, and their studio team handled the filming, so you KNOW it looks good. Full disclosure: John and Jackie and I don't agree on everything—the swinger world is a lot more politically diverse than the poly/ENM crowd—and that's kind of the point. This is what it looks like to connect across differences on the things that matter: autonomy, freedom, pleasure, joy, and integrity while pursuing all of the above. In this episode: Social monogamy vs. sexual monogamy—and why those "monogamous" birds are hiding a scandal in the nestIf we were naturally monogamous, we wouldn't need so many rulesHow John went from Star Trek nerd to lifestyle club owner (via one very inspiring night in Amsterdam)The high school double-date that turned into a marriage… three decades laterJackie's journey from strict monogamy to sexual empowerment—and the daily journaling that became OpenLove101Comets: the long-distance lovers (and friends!) you keep for years—and John's realization that he's been collecting them all alongWhy we need to stop fetishizing romantic relationships and start honoring romantic friendshipsMy marriage, my divorce-in-progress, and what happens when someone loves the idea of you more than the actual youThe childhood shame stories John and I both carry from first grade—and how shame rewrites our memoriesThe myth that you can't be sexually prolific AND wholesomeHow men can become givers in bed (step one: actually see women as people)The bartender who taught teenage John everything, bless herWhy "be a safe man" is the best sex advice there isThe spit-in-the-mouth trend, litigated at lastThe micro-flinch story: what real attunement looks like in bed At the end of the episode, I share something personal: I lost a good friend to suicide this week. If you've been putting off a catch-up call with someone you love, make the call. And if you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988—or email me. We take care of each other around here. FOLLOW JOHN & JACKIE: Website & blog: OpenLove101.com Instagram: @openlove101 YouTube: Openlove101 The Openlove101 Show: Listen on Spotify SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to My Substack: samiamounts.substack.com Venmo Samia: @Samia-Mounts CashApp Samia: $SamiaMounts Instagram: @samia.mounts & @happyslutcast TikTok: @happyslutcast YouTube: @happyslutcast Share this episode with someone who thinks swingers and poly folks are the same people. They're in for an education. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out.

  2. Jul 8

    The Introvert Who Threw the World's Wildest Sex Parties with Polly Superstar

    Pinecones, I am GLOWING. This week I sat down with a legend: Polly Superstar—founder of San Francisco's iconic Mission Control and the global Kinky Salon movement, latex fashion designer, author of the memoir Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary, and now the magical mermaid behind the Writing with Mermaids somatic writing retreats. For 25 years, Polly threw the most whimsical, artistic, immersive sex parties on the planet... while secretly being a sensitive introvert whose bed was literally in the coat check. We talk about what it costs to build everybody else's liberation, why letting go of Kinky Salon was their real life's work, and how the story you're dying to write is hiding in your body. In this episode: How a latex fashion designer from London became the godmother of San Francisco sex party cultureWhat actually happens at a Kinky Salon (lovingly known as "the sex party you go to and don't get laid")The haunted-house Zoom kink parties that kept everyone sane during the pandemic—featuring a demon topping you from HellWhy Polly says "everybody else's liberation was my prison"Living at Mission Control for nine years with a bed in the coat checkBurnout, boners, and being SO over bothWhat it's like to be raised with ZERO sexual shame—and then discovering patriarchy is alive and wellWhy Polly explored celibacy after decades of sluttiness (and why their community got weird about it)Setting out to find a lover in every port... and the same man showing up in every single one (reader, they married him)Being a California love bomber in CopenhagenGender, labels, and why Annie Sprinkle's "metamorphosexual" might be the best one ever coinedWhimsymaxxing as a 25-year legacy (thank you for the word, Liz Plank!)Why the story resides in the body, not the mind—and how water unlocks itHot springs, silence, and word flow at the Writing with Mermaids retreats FOLLOW POLLY SUPERSTAR: Website & Writing Retreats: https://www.withmermaids.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollywordflow Buy Polly's memoir, Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary, directly from Polly—they'll sign it and ship it to you themself (do NOT buy it from Amazon): https://www.pollysuperstar.com Get Polly's FREE 3-day writing course: https://pollysuperstar.impact.me/wordflowjumpstart SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to My Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts & http://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyslutcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happyslutcast Share this episode with the introvert in your life who's so busy building everyone else's freedom that they forgot their own. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out. Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted

  3. Jul 1

    From Cult Kid to Pro Dom with Lyra

    I met Lyra at Dixie De La Tour's birthday orgy in San Francisco. (Yes, that's a sentence I get to say now.) We made out, she flew across the country a few weeks later to spend 28 magical hours with me and my partner Daniel, and my crush on her is TRULY ridiculous. Lyra is a professional dominatrix and sex educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in pegging, anal play, and helping people feel more at home in their own bodies and desires. But that's only part of her story. She also grew up in a high-control religious cult, survived an unimaginably painful rock bottom, and rebuilt her life with the help of community, pleasure, and an unwavering refusal to let anybody shame her sexuality. She's funny, brilliant, deeply compassionate, and one of the most emotionally intelligent people I've met in a long time. I adore this woman. In this episode, we discuss: How Lyra went from cult kid to professional dominatrixWhy pressure doesn't work for sex (or relationships)Growing up in a high-control religious community that was oddly sex-positive... and deeply unhealthyDiscovering polyamory and Bay Area sex partiesWhy powerful men often crave surrenderWhat it's actually like to specialize in peggingThe difference between empowering sex work and exploitationSupporting men's emotional healing through intimacy and touchWhy Lyra believes we're all capable of reclaiming our "slutitude" SUPPORT LYRA: Website: https://queenlyra.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenlyra11 SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to My Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts & https://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyslutcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happyslutcast Share this episode with a friend, a lover, or somebody who's still trying to untangle sexuality from shame. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out.

  4. Jun 24

    He Thought Women Were the Problem

    Alex is a straight Black man in his mid-forties who has only had one relationship in his entire life. For years, loneliness, rejection, and crushing social anxiety convinced him that women were the problem, and he reinvented himself as a huge jerk for most of his adult life. Deep down, though, he was carrying wounds much older and deeper than he realized. In this brutally honest conversation, we talk about sex work, incel culture, entitlement, masculinity, loneliness, and the long road from resentment to self-awareness. It's one of the most nuanced conversations I've ever had about the emotional lives of lonely men—and what it actually takes to heal. In this episode: The question at the heart of male loneliness: "What's wrong with me?"How rejection turned into resentmentWhat it's like to spend decades searching for love without finding itHow sex can meet a basic need but can't fill an emotional voidWhy he thought women were the problemThe panic attacks that still happen when he approaches a womanMy controversial theory about what lonely men actually needA dating strategy that takes the pressure off everyone SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to My Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts & http://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyslutcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happyslutcast Share this episode with that lonely guy you know. He might really need to hear it. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out.

  5. Jun 17

    Casual Doesn't Have to Mean Careless with Billy Procida, Jr.

    It's my goal to get as many of my comet lovers (and anchor lovers!) on the show as possible, and Billy Procida, Jr., is the first! Huzzah! I have such a crush. Billy is a comedian, writer, and podcaster out of New York City. He's been producing weekly episodes of the Manwhore Podcast for 12 years now, and his Naked Comedy Show - which is exactly what it sounds like - sells out every month in Brooklyn and is now expanding to Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Chicago. He's been featured in the New York Times and writes about sex, dating, and gender for Mashable. I like Billy because he sounds like straight bro comedians like Joe Rogan could sound like if they weren't so deeply misogynistic. In this episode, we discuss: Billy's post-breakup happy slut era! Yay!Why casual doesn't have to mean carelessHow to flirt with women without being weirdThe surprising secret to getting laid moreNon-monogamy, comet lovers, and relationship freedomWhy nonsexualized nudity is important for sex positivitySex parties, g******g etiquette, and consent-oriented communication that actually worksHow to be emotionally available without rushing into commitment SUPPORT BILLY: Billy's Website: www.manwhorepod.com Subscribe to the Manwhore Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manwhore-podcast-sex-positive-conversations/id864068000 Billy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billyprocidajr/ Billy on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@billyprocidajr Naked Comedy Show NYC (June 25): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989846095236 Naked Comedy Show Chicago (July 10): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989444027641 Hear Me Overshare on the Manwhore Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-you-switch-from-polyamory-to-monogamy/id864068000?i=1000753133897 SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to My Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts & http://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyslutcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happyslutcast Share this episode with a friend, a lover, or somebody who's trying to figure out the difference between casual and careless. Mrow! xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out. Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted

  6. Jun 10

    Great Sex Is Healing Me

    I'm bringing you a delicious glimpse into my current sex and love life this week, pinecones, and it is JUICY. Basically, a woman my partner Daniel and I met at a sex party flew across the country to spend intimate time with us and IT. WAS. MAGICAL. And unexpectedly healing. In this episode: • Why I think great sex can be profoundly healing • How being deeply desired is changing my relationship with my body • The connection between body image and sexuality • What happens when attraction, safety, and chemistry all align • Why our real attractions often have very little to do with conventional beauty standards • The surprising creative benefits of a thriving sex life • The difference between being chosen and being truly seen • Why I don't believe one person can be everything for their partner • What compersion feels like in real life • How sexual freedom became a superpower Listen to my interview on the Manwhore Podcast with Billy Procida for additional context: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-you-switch-from-polyamory-to-monogamy/id864068000?i=1000753133897 SUPPORT THE SHOW! If you're enjoying Happy Slut, please subscribe, rate, review, and share the show with a friend. Word of mouth is still the best way for new listeners to find us. I appreciate your shares so much! For my most personal writing—and all the juicy details that didn't make it into this episode—become a paid subscriber on Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Follow Samia: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts/ Follow Happy Slut: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyslutcast Email: happyslutcast@gmail.com See you next week, pinecones! xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out. Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted

  7. Jun 3

    This Is What God Is with Rae Halder

    Content warning: Mentions of sexual assault and child sexual abuse. We live within a system that allows sexual abuse of all kinds to flourish without much accountability, and because of that, a lot of us carry deep trauma around sex and intimacy. Rachel (Rae) Halder is one of those people, and she's also a certified trauma resolution and erotic embodiment coach with over a decade of experience helping others heal the same wounds she's been working to heal within herself. This episode deals with some heavy themes, buuuut we also talk about the Italian hippie who worshipped Rae like a sun goddess...so it's not all doom and gloom. Hehe! This is Happy Slut, after all! In this episode: Rae's journey from childhood sexual abuse survivor to trauma resolution and erotic embodiment coachRecovering a repressed memory years after the abuse occurredWhy our nervous systems dissociate, freeze, and fawn during sexHow unprocessed trauma gets stored in the bodyThe devastating gray area of consensual encounters that become traumatic experiencesWhy some people intellectually want sex while their bodies experience it as unsafeThe surprising ways trauma can masquerade as asexualityGrowing up Mennonite and questioning patriarchal ideas about God, gender, and sexualityStarting a groundbreaking blog about sexual violence before the #MeToo movementThe Italian hippie who accidentally sparked Rae's sexual awakeningGoddess worship, tantra, and discovering what truly safe erotic connection feels likeChronic illness, interstitial cystitis, and the connection between trauma and the bodyWhy agency, autonomy, and choice are essential ingredients for healingThe difference between wanting sex and feeling safe enough to receive pleasureHow survivors can reclaim their sexuality without forcing themselves past their body's limitsWhat "erotic safety" actually meansWhy healing often happens more slowly—and more gently—than we want it to FOLLOW RAE HALDER: Website: https://www.raehalder.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.rae.halder Real Sex Substack: https://realsex.substack.com/ FOLLOW SAMIA & HAPPY SLUT: Samia's Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts/ Happy Slut on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast/ Happy Slut on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@happyslutcast SUPPORT THE SHOW: Become a paying Substack subscriber: https://samiamounts.substack.com Venmo Samia: @Samia-Mounts / https://account.venmo.com/u/Samia-Mounts CashApp Samia: $SamiaMounts / https://cash.app/$SamiaMounts Email me your thoughts or pitches at happyslutcast@gmail.com. I read every email! Thank you, pinecones! See ya next week. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out. Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted

  8. May 27

    Inside the World of a Professional Orgy Organizer with Ali Bravo

    Ali Bravo is a professional orgy organizer, a sex positive educator, a kinky leather artist, and a powerhouse force for destigmatizing kink, pleasure, and desire. When I met her in person a couple of weeks ago at Dixie De La Tour's Birthday Forgy (Friend Orgy), she was freshly resourced from her pre-party kink scene with one of her partners, a man who goes by the moniker Pleasure Wizard (and apparently REALLY lives up to that name!), and she was leading a group of 75 excited attendees through a consent and STI disclosure demo, capping it off with a proud announcement of her own positive herpes status. WHAT. A. BOSS. In this episode: What it actually takes to organize a 75-person orgyWhy Ali uses kinky “pre-care” scenes as a leadership tool before big eventsGrowing up fat, horny, and desperate for validationThe heartbreaking origins of Ali’s pleasure journeyDiscovering orgasm, restraint, and kink later in lifeWhy so many women struggle to stay connected to their bodies during sexHow patriarchy disconnects us from pleasureSTI disclosure, herpes stigma, and why “all the hotties have herpes”The hilariously absurd logistics of glory holes, Grope-a-Clown boxes, p***y pageants and cockstume contestsWhy whimsy, play, and crafts belong at sex partiesAli’s philosophy on polyamory, metamours, and “aurora partnerships”The difference between “platonic erotic” and “erotic platonic” relationshipsWhy getting railed is, apparently, a public health necessityBuilding chosen family through kink and sex-positive communityWhy everything you desire might actually be on the other side of fear READ ALI's COMPREHENSIVE STI DISCLOSURE ARTICLE: https://momotaroapotheca.com/blogs/vaginal-wellness/talking-about-stis-how-to-have-clear-amp-caring-conversations-about-sexual-health?srsltid=AfmBOopWdLDADnQIP53Y-kY3VIm3_wZuU3z4BICMcfa2c6Fqp6lVOMAE FOLLOW ALI BRAVO: Ali's Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raptorbravo/ Ali's Leather Working Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/raptrix/ FOLLOW SAMIA & HAPPY SLUT: Samia's Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samia.mounts/ Happy Slut on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyslutcast/ Happy Slut on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@happyslutcast SUPPORT THE SHOW: Become a paying Substack subscriber: https://samiamounts.substack.com Venmo Samia: @Samia-Mounts / https://account.venmo.com/u/Samia-Mounts CashApp Samia: $SamiaMounts / https://cash.app/$SamiaMounts Email me your thoughts or pitches at happyslutcast@gmail.com. I read every email! Thank you, pinecones! See ya next week. xoxo, Samia Mentioned in this episode: Get a 15% discount on all FirmTech products! Use code CLOSETED at check-out. Get 15% off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro course at www.kennethplay.com/closeted

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Happy Slut is your permission slip to want what you want, you cute little slut. Host Samia Mounts dives into sex, desire, and modern relationships with humor, honesty, and plenty of mischief. Through blazingly candid conversations and personal reflections, the show explores what it means to pursue pleasure, connection, and authenticity in a world full of mixed messages about all three. From navigating nontraditional relationships to unpacking shame and reclaiming joy, Happy Slut is about getting curious, taking ownership of your desires, and learning how to trust what feels delicious to YOU.

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  • Creator
    Samia Mounts
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Samia Mounts Productions Ltd.
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    Happy Slut

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