Podcast Season 2, Episode 45, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 8:40 minutes Has your identity shifted? Do you want to… tell anyone about it? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!). Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Matthew Amador Brandon Hunter-Haydon Elmo Painter Episode Subjects Coming Out Emotional Communication Gender […]
#S2E36 | Chemsex is Killing Us
Podcast Season 2, Episode 36, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 50:43min Crystal meth and other “party and play” drugs have dug deep roots into gay sex and beyond. Two guests discuss party culture, addiction, harm reduction, and rediscovering your sexuality in recovery. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Jimmy Palmieri Tom Pardoe Episode Subjects Addiction Aging Drugs Gay Gay Men Gay Sex […]
#S2E34 | “Group Sex! How-tos and more”
Podcast Season 2, Episode 34, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 45:16min 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. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Aiden Nicholson Peter/MksThingsHappin Tom Pardoe Episode Subjects Boundaries Consent Desire Gangbang Gay Sex Leatherman LGBTQ+ Panel Discussions Pleasure Polyamory […]
#S2E31 | Two Sex Stories and a Song
Podcast Season 2, Episode 31, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 22:50min A summertime sex-story special from the archives! Two storytellers share experiences of erotic experimentation, plus a comedic song about a hookup in Winnetka. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters STORYTELLER: Archy Arch J (3:06) STORYTELLER: Jessy Lauren Smith (12:11) SONG: Amy Do (19:06) Episode Guests Archy Arch J Amy Do Jessy […]
#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. Transcript Episodes Topics […]
#S2E26 | “Many Love”: a polyamory memoir w/ Sophie Lucido Johnson
Podcast Season 2, Episode 26, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 17:08min Expanding definitions of love, reframing jealousy, and taking pleasure in seeing partners happy with other people. Author/illustrator Sophie Lucido Johnson talks about her polyamory memoir “Many Love” which chronicles her journey in ethical nonmonogamy. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Sophie Lucido Johnson Episode Subjects Asexual Books Ethical Nonmonogamy […]
#S2E21 | May I Touch You? with Shawn Coleman
Podcast Season 2, Episode 21, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 20:23min 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. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Shawn Coleman Episode Subjects Boundaries Consent Cuddle Parties Embodiment LGBTQ+ […]
#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. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters INTRO (1:58) AFTERGLOW Q&A: Kink Communication (3:19) STORYTELLING: Deb […]
#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. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS […]
#13 | Anything That Moves
PODCAST EPISODE 13 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Bisexual? Pansexual? Heteroflexible? What’s up with that? Sarah Sloane joins Karen Yates to sort through the nuances of “bisexual,” “pansexual,” and “heteroflexible” in collaboration with #open, the dating app for ethically nonmonogamous people and their partners. Plus, our panel—kinkster and dom Peter aka MksThingsHappin, sex writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, […]
#11 | Queerness and MORE
PODCAST EPISODE 11 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Queer once meant gay, but does it still? Sarah Sloane talks gay vs. queer, and how a once-maligned word has taken on expansive new meaning. Matt Griffo sings a spooky-sexy song. Aiden Nicholson discusses the joys and importance of regular STI testing and getting comfy talking to partners […]
#09 | What is Sex?
PODCAST EPISODE 9 with HOST KAREN YATES What is sex? Nudity? Bodies? Orgasms? Maybe that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our panel discusses “What is sex?”, defining it for ourselves, and reflecting on what we want out of sexual interactions. With writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, sex coach Caitlin V. Neal, and kinkster and […]
