After more than six months our COVID situation isn’t getting better. While we may have started this journey as isolation superstars, the need for human contact is growing stronger. Sarah Sloane joins us to talk about how we can date in kinky, polyamorous, and vanilla situations. How do we safely meet new people? How do we assess our COVID risk profile and match it up to others with similar values? How do we reevaluate our own safety precautions to allow a little more social interaction in our lives? Sara gives us practical advice for navigating first dates, strategies for finding people with similar virus ethics, ways to play that mitigate our risk, and more.  It turns out there are companionship strategies we can start putting in place now that we’ll thank ourselves for in the dead of winter.    Submit your BDSM & sex advice questions by email to americansexpodcast@gmail.com To support American Sex podcast, please visit patreon.com/americansex (plus you’ll get all episodes early, secret episodes, bonus stories from guests, on-air shout-outs, stuff in the mail & more!) Get friendly with us on Twitter at @AmericanSexPod or visit sunnymegatron.com or americansexpodcast.com Join our mailing list by visiting http://sunnymegatron.com/newsletter   Sunny & Ken, xo! ____________________________________ Episode 142 Links Sarah Sloane Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahsloane_ Sarah Sloane Twitter http://twitter.com/SarahSloane Sarah Sloane Website http://sarahsloane.net Hashtag Open http://hashtagopen.com Hashtag Open Facebook http://.facebook.com/hashtagopenapp Hashtag Open Instagram http://instagram.com/hashtagopen Sunny teaches Pervertibles Workshop free on #Open's GetVokl Channel Wed 10/14 5pm PT/8pm ET https://getvokl.com/channel/open Long Distance Kink & Sex episode http://sunnymegatron.com/quarantinelife-sex-coronavirus/ Fire Woman Retreat free opening session (October 22): https://www.amyjogoddard.com/fwr-oct-2020-opening?utm_source=sunny-megatron Fire Woman 3 day retreat (October 23-25): https://www.amyjogoddard.com/fire-woman-retreat-virtual-october-2020?utm_source=sunny-megatron Ken's TTRPG Gaming Streams (Sunny Plays Tuesday nights at 5pm PT) http://twitch.tv/thunderpantsrpg Ken's gaming Twitter handle http://twitter.com/thunderpantsdm XBIZ Industry Forum https://www.xbiz.net/index.php?c=home.updates&referrer_id=1410259 American Sex Podcast Discord Community http://bit.ly/discordasp American Sex Podcast subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/americansexpodcast Wednesday night free American Sex Podcast live stream http://bit.ly/sunnygetvokl American Sex Podcast Patreon http://patreon.com/americansex Episode 142 Sponsor, Affiliate & Giveaway Info  30 day free trial of Dipsea Stories when you use code SUNNY http://dipseastories.com/sunny $25 off of Intensity when you go to https://www.pourmoi.com/ref/Sunny/ and enter code SUNNY at checkout. You can use this code along with any code on their website. Trivia Star is offering you 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. YNOT Mail - The only sexual health & adult industry friendly email service http://bit.ly/sunnyynot Prestige Cams: A model owned, model-centric website, which works off Mobile Cell and Laptop for Pay per Minute Webcams, Phone Chat, and XXX Content. Registered models own their own content, which is protected by DMCA. https://prestigecams.net/ 10% off American Sex Podcast & Sunny Megatron merch with code SUNNY (t-shirts, mugs, phone cases & more) http://bit.ly/sunnyshirts Sunny & Ken’s classes on Kink Academy http://bit.ly/kinkacademyelectric  & http://bit.ly/kinkacademyhumiliation Prostate Play for Beginners (recorded class) from Sugar Baltimore https://www.sugartheshop.com/prostate-milking-for-beginners.html 15% off your order at Lovehoney when you use this link http://bit.ly/lovehoney15 (This link can be a little wonky and does not keep tracking cookies. If the discount does