The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 14, with guest host Matthew Amador The first half of our Pride Edition show features a panel on how to live authentically and fearlessly as a LGBTQ+ person in these challenging times, plus a comedy set with Chicago comedian-musician Manny Petty. Guest host Matthew Amador. Recorded at Hungry Brain in Chicago. Live show sponsor: […]
How to Deal with a Stonewalling Partner [REBROADCAST]
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 13, with host Karen Yates Panelists discuss “stonewalling” — when one partner checks out physically or emotionally during intense moments, refusing to talk things through — and what you can do if it’s happening in your relationship. Plus Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Click on guest name(s) […]
S4E7 | Becoming a Surrogate Partner
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 7, with host Karen Yates Fifty years since it began, surrogate partner work is being embraced again as a cutting-edge somatic therapeutic modality, one more people are choosing as a career. Recurring guest Brandon Hunter-Haydon talks about his own journey and what it takes to do the work successfully. Episodes Topics RSS Episode […]
#S3E25 | Building Stronger Open Relationships with Kate Loree
Podcast Season 3 Episode 25Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 42:17 min Polyamorous therapist and author Kate Loree chats with Karen about her new comprehensive book “Open Deeply,” about consensual nonmonogamy, and how to work through the bad feelings that can damage good relationships. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Kate Loree – Sex-positive […]
#S3E14 | Should We Open Up Our Relationship?
Podcast Season 3 Episode 14Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 24:16 min When is the right time to start a polyamory convo with a long-term partner? Panelists respond to a listener who’s on the fence about opening up a monogamous relationship. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex Coach Matthew Amador […]
#S2E49 | Eavesdropping: Is suffering optional?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 49 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 51:14 min Do you avoid difficult conversations with partners, or leap right into the sticky stuff? In the second episode in our Eavesdropping series — unplanned, no-holds-barred conversations, beginning with a guest’s question for Karen — Brandon Hunter-Haydon asks, “What does it mean to choose pain […]
#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 […]
#S2E37 | “My partner is a flirt!” & ENM Dilemma
Podcast Season 2 Episode 37 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 22:31 min “My partner is a flirt. He says this is who he is…” Panelists answer a frustrated listener’s question on different social styles within a couple. Plus, the sticky wicket of starting a nonmonogamy convo in an established relationship. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode […]
#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 […]
#S2E27 | Sexual Transparency & Intimacy with “Group” Author Christie Tate
Podcast Season 2 Episode 27 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:21 min How far would you go to feel better? Karen interviews Christie Tate, author of the bestselling memoir Group—one of Amazon’s top titles for 2020 and a selection for Reese Witherspoon’s book club—on her quest for intimacy through an unconventional process of radical transparency. Episodes Topics […]
#14 | Sexual Transparency and Intimacy with “Group” author Christie Tate
Podcast Season 1 Episode 14 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:32 min How far would you go to feel better? Karen Yates speaks with Christie Tate, author of the new memoir Group on writing about sex, listening to the body, and her quest for intimacy through an unconventional process of radical transparency. Group is the November […]
