The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates The second half of October’s live show, featuring an interview with kink educator Stranger on the hows and whys of switching, plus a performance by storyteller Archy Jamjun and Karen’s fourth-anniversary Sermon on the Pubic Mound ®. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Stranger – […]
#S3E20 | “Please dominate us!” – newbie tips for power exchange
Podcast Season 3 Episode 20Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 16:42 min Want to try some kinky stuff with your partner, but have no idea where to begin? Panelists offer tips for those curious about experimenting with power play, sensation play, and beyond. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cassie Porter – Somatic sex educator & […]
#S3E19 | Pleasure Tips, Impact Demo, and More: June Live Show
Podcast Season 3 Episode 19Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 1:10:45 Our live June stage show features an impact demo – whips, canes, paddles, oh my! – a panel convo on getting more pleasure in sexy encounters, interview with a sex shop owner, and an erotic story. Recorded at Hungry Brain Chicago. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects […]
#S3E18 | Religion and Sex Guilt
Podcast Season 3 Episode 18Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 34:53 min Can you get beyond religious guilt in your sex life? Can you be a religious person and also kinky, queer, polyamorous? This deep conversation explores themes of faith, the damage restrictive religions can do to our erotic spirit, and how to work toward getting free. Episodes […]
#S3E16 | How to Talk to a Therapist About Sex
Podcast Season 3 Episode 16Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 43:28 min Do you talk to your therapist about your sex life? How can you find a sex-positive provider who works for you? Three professionals discuss what to look for and how to start the conversation. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Blake Mackie, Hannah […]
#S3E15 | April Live Show: Rope, Tantra, and More!
Podcast Season 3 Episode 15Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 1:07:08 Karen can’t come to the phone now… She’s all tied up. A raucous live recording of Wild & Sublime’s Chicago stage show, featuring a rope tutorial, music, storytelling, tantra interview, and more. Recorded April 16, 2022, at the Hungry Brain. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links […]
#S310 | Play spaces, play parties
Podcast Season 3 Episode 10Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 36:09 min Do you want to know more about playing in groups and the nitty-gritty details? Listen to those that run play parties, a dungeon and a bathhouse talk about their respective scenes. Recorded live at Constellation Chicago in October 2019. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects […]
#S3E5 | Asexual Adventure with Lily Be
Podcast Season 3 Episode 5Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:34 min Storyteller Lily Be shares how pegging, a bunch of unfulfilling relationships, and one late-night Reddit deep-dive helped her realize she’s asexual — which also brought her closer to her mother. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links S2E55: Best Erotic Story S2E4: Your True […]
#S3E2 | Eavesdropping: Kink Misconceptions
Podcast Season 3 Episode 2 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 40 min In a new Eavesdropping conversation, sex coach Tazima Parris asks Karen about kink myths, and the ways kink can be used to reframe and heal from negative life experiences. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex coach S1E10 […]
#S2E55 | Best Erotic Story
Podcast Season 2 Episode 55 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 18:10 min “Kink helped me find who I am.” Storyteller Lily Be shares how becoming a Domme helped her get over a bad breakup and discover her own sexual identity in a powerful story from one of our live shows. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects […]
#S2E42 | “Help! My partner wants me to Dom her”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 42 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 10:26 min Panelists respond to a nervous listener whose partner wants to be dominated in bed. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Goddess Erica – Sexual empowerment coach Ren Grabert – Sex educator Brandon Hunter-Haydon – Psychotherapist & intimacy coach A worksheet to talk […]
#S2E35 | Erotic Hypnosis and more
Podcast Season 2 Episode 35 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 19:53 min “We like to call it the hot sauce of kink.” Kinkster and hypnotist Lois Lane shares about the versatile practice of erotic hypnosis, and how it can add spice to sex and relationships from D/s to vanilla (and everything in between). Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests […]