Podcast Season 3 Episode 17Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:49 min Karen interviews sexologist Cyndi Darnell about her new book that helps you connect to your authentic desires and work with mismatched libidos within partnership. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cyndi Darnell – Sex & relationship therapist, clinical & somatic sexologist Buy […]
#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 […]
#S3E4 | Creating Consent Culture with Erica Scott and Marcia Baczynski
Podcast Season 3 Episode 4Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:08 min Karen interviews Erica Scott and Marcia Baczynski, authors of “Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators” about the expansive possibilities of collaborative consent. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Creating Consent Culture Marcia Baczynski: Asking for What You Want Get their book on […]
#S3E1 | Sexual Healing with Caffyn Jesse
Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:15 min We’re back with a new season! Karen talks with somatic sex educator and prolific author Caffyn Jesse about somatic sex therapy as a way to heal from trauma and expand your pleasure capacity in all parts of life. They also discuss the somatic sex educator […]
#S2E50 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2 Episode 50 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 55:45 min Several recent episodes have touched on Betty Martin’s critical work with intimate communication and consent, so we’re revisiting our interview with Martin herself. Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen about her book, 40 years of […]
#S2E48 | Do you need a surrogate partner?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 48 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 50:52 min What exactly does a surrogate partner do? In a continuing exploration of sex work today, we hear from two professional surrogates about the intimate work of redressing trauma, dismantling unhealthy assumptions about sex, and helping clients move toward the relationships they want. Episodes Topics RSS […]
#S2E43 | Polyamory Q&A
Podcast Season 2 Episode 43 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 42:08 min Panelists answer listener questions about polyamorous relationships: Living together (or not), solo poly dating, and rules vs. boundaries with partners. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Erica Washington – Clinical and Holistic Mental Health Therapist Peter Navarro – Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor & Dance/Movement […]
#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 […]
#S2E34 | “Group Sex! How-tos and more”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 34 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:16 min Group sex: Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Panelists answer a listener question on planning or attending a group-sex event for the first time. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Aiden Nicholson – Queer midwife and OBGYN advanced practice nurse Tom […]
#S2E30 | How to Stay Open-Minded in Bed
Podcast Season 2 Episode 30 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 24:09 min Nervous about trying something new? Panelists discuss communicating with partners around trying new things, and answer audience questions on vulnerability, asking for what you want, and exploring turn-ons — with partners and by yourself. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Jo […]
#S2E29 | How to Deal with a Stonewalling Partner
Podcast Season 2 Episode 29 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:29 min “When we get into an argument, my partner won’t talk to me for hours or even the whole day. What do I do?” Panelists discuss “stonewalling”—when one partner checks out during intense moments and refuses to talk things through—and what you can do if it’s […]
