Podcast Season 2, Episode 30, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 24:09min 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. Read the transcript More episodes Episode Chapters PANEL: How to deal with a stonewalling partner […]
#S2E28 | Queer, Kinky, Funny: “In at the Deep End” with Kate Davies
Podcast Season 2, Episode 28, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 34:53min This wry, insightful, and sexy story is sure to liven up your summer reading list. Author Kate Davies talks about “In at the Deep End,” her novel about a woman’s pivot from hetero monogamy to a queer relationship, and the resulting deep-dive into London’s kink and poly scenes. Read the transcript […]
#S2E24 | Wanna Go to Kinky Kollege?
Podcast Season 2, Episode 24, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 17:20min 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. Read the transcript More episodes Episode Chapters Patreon Q&A (2:33) Sermon on the Pubic Mound […]
#S2E20 | From Pro Domme to Psychotherapist
Podcast Season 2, Episode 20, with Host Karen YatesRunning time: 48:51min What can kink teach us about community, energy work, and trauma? In this erotic biography episode, somatic psychotherapist Elmo Painter talks about her history as a professional dominatrix, and how working with the body and energy then directly informs her therapeutic practice today. Karen Yates shares about her own energy work […]
#S2E16 | What to Say During Kinky Play
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 16 / with Host Karen Yates A listener asks, “It’s hard for me to communicate during a kink scene … Suggestions?” Our sexperts discuss kink communication–before, during, and after. Plus, a steamy story from the Pride Parade that’s sure to make you sweat. EPISODE CHAPTERS INTRO (1:58) AFTERGLOW Q&A: Kink Communication (3:19) STORYTELLING: Deb R. Lewis (14:38) Join […]
#S2E15 | What Turns You On?
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 15 / with Host Karen Yates How can we discover what turns us on? Does “the erotic” come from taboo, longing, surprise? How can we get more of it to juice our relationships and fantasies? Panelists offer tips to cultivate more eroticism in our lives. EPISODE CHAPTERS INTRO (1:14) PANEL: What is “The Erotic” (5:13) SERMON […]
#S2E14 | How to Get Good at Sex
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 14 / with Host Karen Yates Afraid of putting a kinky desire out there? A newbie kinkster question leads to a surprising answer from our sexpert panel with sex and intimacy coach Tazima Parris, therapist and founder of Best Therapies Jason Best and psychotherapist and intimacy coach Brandon Hunter-Haydon. Plus Karen Yates’ Sermon on the Pubic Mound® […]
#S2E13 | From Iowa Boy to L.A. Leatherman
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 13 / with Host Karen Yates Pup play, leather, kink, sobriety, and the search for intimacy. In this erotic biography episode, Tom Pardoe shares his journey from Iowa musical theater kid (with a girlfriend) to out-and-proud L.A. leatherman–how he moved out of shame and hiding, and into making the deep relationships he was looking for. EPISODE CHAPTERS INTERVIEW: Tom […]
