The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 3, with host Karen Yates What is somatic healing and how does it work? Karen speaks with three somatic-based professionals on different techniques. They discuss the possibilities for healing sexual trauma and getting back into your body. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cassie Porter – Sexological bodyworker & body-centered counselor […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
#S2E32 | Erotic Biography: Sex, Energy, and Tantra
Podcast Season 2 Episode 32 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 39:23 min One woman’s story of moving from a “don’t talk about sex” childhood to a sexually disconnected adulthood, then finally discovering Tantra, energy work, and her own sexual desire and power. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Urban Tantra on Bookshop – […]
#S2E25 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2 Episode 25 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 54:58 min “How would you like me to touch you?” Has anyone ever asked you that? Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen Yates about her new book, 40 years of touching people, and how to practice giving and […]
#S2E24 | Wanna Go to Kinky Kollege?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 24 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:20 min Want to up your sexy skills? Plan a visit to Kinky Kollege! Bruce, the event director, explains the broad selection of classes, culture of consent, and sexual community spirit at this inclusive twice-yearly event. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Kinky […]
#S2E21 | May I Touch You? with Shawn Coleman
Podcast Season 2 Episode 21 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 20:23 min Want to cuddle? Platonic touch practitioner and coach Shawn Coleman talks about making safe spaces to practice nonsexual touch, owning your “no,” and learning to ask for the kind of physical contact you want. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Shawn Coleman […]
#S2E9 | Erotic Lit for the 21st Century
Podcast Season 2 Episode 9 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 38:07 min Snowed in? How about some spicy reading material to keep you warm and cozy? Karen Yates interviews therapist Meg Weber on her new memoir, A Year of Mr. Lucky, about a yearlong BDSM relationship, and publisher Sienna Saint-Cyr speaks about creating SinCyr Publishing and the […]
#12 | Erotic Creativity
Podcast Season 1 Episode 12 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 57:59 min Are you stuck in a sex rut? Karen Yates talks with three knowledgeable guests from different corners of the sex-positive world about erotic creativity and how to sustain it. Their juicy in-depth conversation ranges from roleplay and kink to tantra and mindfulness. Corinne Diachuk is […]
