The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen talks with kink coach Sarah Sloane about the leather movie Pillion, now on HBO, plus how to make sense of kink as it’s represented in popular culture versus real life. Episode Links Pillion (2025) The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin Books by Laura Antoniou Sarah Sloane – Kink […]
The Invite and More — Sex Positive Summer Movies
The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen talks about The Invite and I Want Your Sex, two very different sex-positive comedies out this summer that lampoon both long-term and open relationships and kink. Episode Links The Invite (2026) I Want Your Sex (2026) Interview with Gregg Araki in The Guardian Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy […]
Book Review: Sex Diaries
The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen reviews Sex Diaries, the new collection of erotic anonymous week-long diaries focusing on nonmonogamous adventures, based on the popular New York Magazine column. Episode Links Sex Diaries, edited by Alyssa Shelasky Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker
How to Rent a Dungeon
The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Mistress Sophia gives us the details on how to rent a private dungeon and the assistance she can provide in this fun and illuminating interview. Plus comedy from standup Manny Petty. From our February 2026 show. The main show sponsor of our Feb 8, 2026, live show was Rowan Tree Counseling Episode […]
How Can You Live Out Your Fantasies?
The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Our sexperts give insights into how to best make our deepest fantasies come true in this thoughtful and funny episode. Plus audience Q&As and Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound about dating and fascism. The main show sponsor of our Feb 8, 2026, live show was Rowan Tree Counseling Episode Links Jake […]
Kink 101: What is a Munch? Plus Alan Colorado Needs Our Pervy Help!
The Wild & Sublime PodcastLive Show Episode with Host Karen Yates Newbie kinksters learn all about the kinky social event known as the munch. And storyteller Alan Colorado needs the wisdom of the audience to expand his sexual repertoire. From our Seventh Anniversary show October 12, 2025. Episode Links FetLife Galleria Domain 2 (GD2) LRA Alan Colorado – Storyteller […]
ADHD + Sex + Intimacy
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 9, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates Therapist and author Dr Lyne Piché talks with Karen about ADHD and tools individuals and couples can use to promote more intimacy and better sex lives. They discuss her new ADHD workbook in this far-ranging and lively conversation. Episode Links Dr. Lyne Piché – Psychologist and sex therapist […]
Autism + Sex, Kink, and Polyamory
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 9, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates Season 9 on neurodiversity and sex begins with a deep dive into autism. Therapist Elmo Painter-Edington, herself autistic, gives us a primer on this unique brain difference and its interplay with sex, kink, and polyamory. Episode Links Elmo Painter-Edington, LPC, SEP, ASDI – Neurodiversity-affirming therapist and coach Karen […]
“Please Dominate Us!” ‑ Newbie Tips for Power Exchange
The Wild & Sublime PodcastRebroadcast episode with host Karen Yates 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. Episode Links Cassie Porter – Sexological bodyworker & body-centered counselor Jason Best – Sex-positive & kink-aware therapist Peter […]
Therapeutic BDSM—Healing Trauma With Kink
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 8, Episode 4, with host Karen Yates What happens when kink meets therapy? In this lively conversation, Dr Yulinda Renee Rahman, creator of Therapeutic BDSM™, explains how trauma can be healed when a kink professional, therapist, and client work together. Episode Links Dr. Yulinda Renee Rahman – Therapist, creator of Therapeutic BDSM™ and founder of KPSA Kink […]
Thee Debauchery Ball with Khari B.
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 21, with host Karen Yates Where are all the cool people at? Event producer and spoken word musician Khari B. discusses his legendary twenty-year event, Thee Debauchery Ball, a kinky house music party in Chicago for melanated people. Karen and he discuss Black sexuality, creating safe spaces, and the documentary Thee Debauchery Ball. Filmmaker […]
Redefining Sex For More Pleasure and Excitement
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 20, with host Karen Yates What’s keeping your sex life from being more exciting? Panelists discuss limiting beliefs and tips for how to move past them in this dynamic conversation. Plus Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. From the October 2024 live show. The main show sponsor of the October 2024 show was uberlübe, high-performance […]
