Podcast / Season 2, Episode 16 / with Host Karen Yates A listener asks, “It’s hard for me to communicate during a kink scene … Suggestions?” Our sexperts discuss kink communication–before, during, and after. Plus, a steamy story from the Pride Parade that’s sure to make you sweat. EPISODE CHAPTERS INTRO (1:58) AFTERGLOW Q&A: Kink Communication (3:19) STORYTELLING: Deb R. Lewis (14:38) Episode […]
#S2E15 | What Turns You On?
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 15 / with Host Karen Yates How can we discover what turns us on? Does “the erotic” come from taboo, longing, surprise? How can we get more of it to juice our relationships and fantasies? Panelists offer tips to cultivate more eroticism in our lives. EPISODE CHAPTERS INTRO (1:14) PANEL: What is “The Erotic” (5:13) SERMON […]
#S2E8 | Get Into Your Body
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 8 / with Host Karen Yates If you’re not in your body, where are you? In a sneak peek of a recent Q&A from The Afterglow, somatic educator, body worker, and empowerment self-defense teacher Diane Long; kinkster and relationship coach Peter (aka MksThingsHappin); and psychotherapist Matthew Amador respond to a listener who asks whether checking out during […]
#S2E7 | Communicating In and Out of Bed
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 7 / with Host Karen Yates Are you saying what you really feel and want in the sexual arena? Sex and intimacy coach Tazima Parris, sex-positive psychotherapist Brandon Hunter-Haydon, and kinkster and coach Peter (aka MksThingsHappin) offer strategies on communication–before, during, and after sex. Plus Karen Yates’ Sermon on the Pubic Mound® on anxiety and what it […]
#S2E1 | Sex Journey, Kink Journey
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 1 / with host Karen Yates What’s it like to embark on a new sexual lifestyle in middle age? Or to figure out—after unfulfilling long-term relationships—what kind of sexual being you want to become? Two real people tell their stories. Therapist Pat Cochran tells the story of her development as a sexual person, from teen years to 60 and […]
#13 | Anything That Moves
PODCAST EPISODE 13 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Bisexual? Pansexual? Heteroflexible? What’s up with that? Sarah Sloane joins Karen Yates to sort through the nuances of “bisexual,” “pansexual,” and “heteroflexible” in collaboration with #open, the dating app for ethically nonmonogamous people and their partners. Plus, our panel—kinkster and dom Peter aka MksThingsHappin, sex writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, […]
#09 | What is Sex?
PODCAST EPISODE 9 with HOST KAREN YATES What is sex? Nudity? Bodies? Orgasms? Maybe that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our panel discusses “What is sex?”, defining it for ourselves, and reflecting on what we want out of sexual interactions. With writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, sex coach Caitlin V. Neal, and kinkster and […]
#08 | Better Sex Ed with Heather Corinna
PODCAST EPISODE 8 with HOST KAREN YATES How much sex education did you get in school? Was it (how can we say this politely) at all useful? Sex educator and writer Heather Corinna talks about founding the popular website Scarleteen and their books on sex and relationships for pre-teens, teens and young adults. Storyteller Archy Arch J tells a […]
