1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: From the newsroom. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: A news still come today. 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 3: You gooday there. I'm Andrew Bucklow and we have a 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 3: Smaugas board of killer articles online for you right now 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 3: at news dot com at dot au. We've got the 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 3: latest on this blow up between former Prime Minister Macolm 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 3: Turbull and Donald Trump. If you haven't seen it, the 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 3: XPM has slammed the US President in a number of interviews. 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 3: He's called him a bully, among other things. Now there 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: are fears that those comments from Turnbull could actually influence 11 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 3: Trump's decision over whether to grant Australia an exemption when 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 3: he introduces a tariff on steal and aluminum later this week. 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 3: Everyone has got an opinion on this drama. Here's what 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 3: Today's show host Sarah Arbo said yesterday. 15 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 4: Honestly, former prime ministers just need to shut. 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 3: Up cop that mister Turnbull. We've also got a bizarre 17 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: story online for you right now about well, you know what, 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 3: I might just let you hear how Charlotte, one of 19 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: our editors, described it in our morning meeting just a 20 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 3: few minutes ago. We'll do that runway model with the 21 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,319 Speaker 3: enormous boobs at Current Fashion Week, But that's not how 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: it sounds. 23 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 5: It's actually a dude wearing a breastplate. 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 3: So you haven't got to see those photos at news 25 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 3: dot com at dot ayu. But the story that's grabbed 26 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 3: my attention the most today, Yes, even more so than 27 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 3: the dude with the impressive rack, is this one about 28 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 3: a famous musician. You've got Neo, that singer, and he's 29 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 3: in a polyamous relationship and he just introduced his four wives, 30 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 3: being like, we're really happy over here. 31 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: Four wives. 32 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 3: Honestly, how exhausting does that sound. We'll give you more 33 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: details about this story in just a moment, and then 34 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: we're gonna meet a guy from Sydney who's in a 35 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 3: polyamorous relationship and he is going to explain how it 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 3: all works. You remember Neo, right, He's that American singer 37 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 3: and songwriter. He was big in the early two thousands. 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: He's won three Grammys and he had a bunch of hits, 39 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 3: including this one s with wish You Are. It's catchy, 40 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: isn't it. Neo, he's back in the headlines right now. 41 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: He going to tell us why it is news dot 42 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: com dot I use entertainment editor Nick Bond. Nick, what 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 3: has Neo done? 44 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: Well, Neo has given us all a glimpse into his 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: polyamorous relationship, even if we didn't ask Chorus. The forty 46 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: five year old has not one, not two, not three, 47 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: but four girlfriends. He introduced each of them on Instagram overnight. 48 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: He revealed that each woman has a nickname. Okay, now, 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: those nicknames are Pretty Baby, Phoenix, Feather, Sexy, Little Something, 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: and twin Flame. I think this might be because he 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: doesn't remember their actual names. 52 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: So look, we've. 53 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: Known that Neo has had a bit of an unusual 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: private life for a while now. He actually spoke about 55 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: his love of polyamory during an interview on the Ricky 56 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: Smileysh Morning Show back in February. 57 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 6: It works, It works, It works. Everybody's honest, Everybody telling 58 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 6: the truth. Everybody is consenting, you know what I'm saying. 59 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 6: And I feel like I wasted a lot of time 60 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 6: just being dishonest about things, to the point where had 61 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 6: I taken this approach initially, probaly could have saved myself 62 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 6: a lot of headache, heart biggest pimple. Live like that. No, No, No, 63 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 6: I am manipulating nobody, aim brainwash, nobody, ain't lying nobody again. 64 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 6: I set it out there. Here's what it is. I 65 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 6: like you, but I also like her and her and her. 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 6: If you do with that, come on, we're gonna have 67 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 6: a great time if you straight. 68 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, if it works for them, good for them. 69 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: I think. 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 3: What do you think, Nick, would you be willing to 71 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 3: be in a polyamorous relationship? 72 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, Ali, that is a terrible idea. 73 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: I've been with my partner for about nine years. We 74 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: very much in love, but we are also quite strong 75 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: willed people. So every kind of aspect of our life 76 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: requires some form of negotiation, whether it's where to go 77 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: for coffee in the morning, what to have for dinner, 78 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: what to watch on TV. So the idea of bringing 79 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: two more people in to squabble with sounds like more 80 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: trouble than it's worth. 81 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: All right, Nick, Bond, no to polyamory. There's actually no 82 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 3: data on how many Aussies are in poly amors relationships. 83 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: Based on US stats, they could be up to one 84 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 3: point two million. One of them is a fella named Greg. 85 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: He's from Sydney. He's on the line right now. Thanks 86 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 3: for chatting to from the newsroom, non v Matal. I 87 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 3: understand that you're in a polyamorous relationship. How many partners 88 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 3: do you have? 89 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: I've got three girlfriends. Okay, So how did this begin? 90 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: It all began with the original girlfriend that. 91 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 4: The group her and I had at an open relationship 92 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 4: where we could actually do what we want within reason. 93 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 5: And it was actually her best friend who approached her 94 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,679 Speaker 5: and asked if we could spend some time together, which 95 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 5: then ended up happening, and we got a bit closer 96 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 5: due to that, And was actually my girlfriend who went, 97 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 5: you two are developing fillings. 98 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: Why are you trying to fight this? 99 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: Wow? Okay, that's a pretty bold thing for your girlfriend 100 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: to say. So she was quite open to her coming 101 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: into the relationship. 102 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, she knew me better than I knew myself at 103 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: that point in time. 104 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 3: Wow. And so where did number three coming into it? 105 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 7: She a friend for over half a decade, and we 106 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 7: just slowly got closer and closer. She was actually in 107 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 7: Melbourne and moved up due to situations down there, and 108 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 7: it all just kind of fell into the fold. 109 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: And were any of them apprehensive? Like, was this the 110 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: first poly relationship for some of them? 111 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: I believe it's a look for us for all of us. 112 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 3: Actually, So how did that feel at first? Was it 113 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 3: kind of hard to get into the groove of it or. 114 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 7: It was a bit difficult at the start to try 115 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,799 Speaker 7: and especially make sure that you had time for everyone, 116 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 7: but it just became second nature over time. 117 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,119 Speaker 3: So do you all live together? 118 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: Now? Two of us live together and one lives about 119 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 2: five minutes away. 120 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 3: So are you in a relationship with all three of them? 121 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 3: Or are they also in a relationship with each other? 122 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 7: They are all best friends, but there's no relationship of 123 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 7: such between them. 124 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 3: Okay, So how does it work? How do you distribute 125 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 3: your time amongst them all? 126 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 7: From nighttime is probably easier to work out Between the 127 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 7: seven nights of the week. I spend three with the 128 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 7: original girlfriend, two between the other two. And during the 129 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 7: day it's basically trying to sort out who's working when and. 130 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 4: Just trying to schedule time to make sure that everybody 131 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: gets qualities on Monkster. 132 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 3: And are there any kids involved? 133 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: There's one there's a ten year. 134 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 3: Old and is that your child? No, not biologically right, okay, 135 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 3: but you are helping to raise this kid. I'm dad, Yeah, yeah, right, okay, 136 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 3: And so do the other girlfriends who are not the 137 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 3: mum of that kid? Do they have any role in 138 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: bringing that kid up as well. They're essentially answers to him. Wow, 139 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 3: the easiest way to explain that one. And do you 140 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: see this Polly set up as a long term thing 141 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: for you? I do. 142 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 8: It has been uh started four or five years ago, 143 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 8: and yeah, it's suits, there's no there's no issues with 144 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 8: trusts or anything like that. 145 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,119 Speaker 2: It's very smooth running for the most part. 146 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. I was gonna ask about that because the question 147 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 3: that everyone seems to have is, surely the ladies get jealous. 148 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 3: Does that happen at all? 149 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 2: Jealousy can be a scene. But communication is probably better 150 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: than most monogamous relationships. It's purely because it's asta beats. 151 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 7: So once everything's communicated between people, there's no secrets, there's 152 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 7: no lying or deception. 153 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: Or anything like that. And actually it's quite calm. 154 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: Stick around. I have plenty more questions for Greg, and 155 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 3: they're coming up in just a moment. Welcome back. I'm 156 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: chatting to Greg from Sydney who's in a polyamorous relationship. 157 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: He has three girlfriends. Greg, I hope this isn't an 158 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: inappropriate question. Have you taken all three of your partners 159 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 3: into the bedroom at once. 160 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: I figured that question may come up. 161 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 7: There has some intermingling, but it's not a common occurrence. 162 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: You're obviously quite open about it, But what about in 163 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: terms with your friends and family? Have you told them 164 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 3: about your relationship set up? 165 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: Parts of my family know, there are other parts that 166 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: are either quite religious or quite judgmentals that it really 167 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 4: they don't really need to know, and all my friends 168 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 4: are aware and they're all very supportive of it all. 169 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: So who gets to go to the family Christmas? Then? 170 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 7: Look, everybody chooses not to, So it's just me right 171 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 7: probably for I've got a fairly big family. 172 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 3: What's one thing you wish that more people knew about 173 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: poly relationships? 174 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: Just how good they can be. 175 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 7: Really, a lot of people tend to go down that 176 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 7: judgmental route, which is understandable. 177 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 2: However, we're in a culture where a lot. 178 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 7: There's a lot of adultery, a lot of cheating, a 179 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 7: lot of dishonesty, and it really takes a load of 180 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 7: everyone involved when everybody knows what the actual situation is 181 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 7: and knows what's going on. 182 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 3: What are the downsides of a poly relationship? Are there 183 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 3: any in ways? 184 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 7: Normally when someone's in a bad mood, that kind of 185 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 7: infects everything, and a lot of people tend to be 186 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 7: in bad neots. 187 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: How do you work through that? Again? Is that just communication? 188 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: Communication? 189 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 7: And there's a bit of me being the middle man 190 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 7: for things when there's just little things that communication breaks down. 191 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 7: So it tends to be me going, hey, let's talk 192 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 7: about this, let's sort it out now. 193 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 3: I've just asked this because Neo, who is in a 194 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 3: amorous relationship, has nicknames for each of his girlfriends. Do 195 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: you have nicknames for them? 196 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of them have nicknames. 197 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 3: Are you able to share some of the nicknames with me? 198 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: One get's called Princess Aha, one is a variation on 199 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 2: the name which I'll avoid, and the other one of 200 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: them just. 201 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 3: Gets baby baby and princess ah. This is so fascinating 202 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: it Greg, I could talk to you for hours about this, 203 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 3: but I will let you go because I'm sure you've 204 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: got several women to please. So thank you for taking 205 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 3: the time out for a chatting to her from the 206 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 3: news room. I appreciate it. Not a problem at all, Well, dound, Greg, 207 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 3: I can't even find one partner and he's juggling three, 208 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 3: So kudos to him, and kudos to you. For listening 209 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: to today's podcast. I'll chat to you again tomorrow. Follow us, 210 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: subscribe to from the Newsroom, wherever you get your podcasts.