The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 8, with host Karen Yates Learn essential intimacy and communication skills when dating transgender and gender nonconforming people in this lively interview with sex and gender therapist Rae McDaniel. Episode Links Guest links: Rae McDaniel – Sex and gender therapist and coach Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker Header photo by […]
Intimacy Help, Pegging How-Tos, and More: Feb Live Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 5, with host Karen Yates The live Valentine’s Spectacular serves up a panel chat on increasing intimacy, an interview with The Pegging Book authors, Karen’s Sermon about the gifts of an unexpected health event, and more. Recorded at Constellation in Chicago. Live show sponsor: Rowan Tree Counseling Episode Links Guest Links: Matthew Amador […]
Coming out as queer — or anything else! [Rebroadcast]
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 4, with host Karen Yates Has your identity shifted? Do you want to tell others about it – and if so, how? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!). Episode Links Guest Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender […]
On Switching – October Live Show, Part 2
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates The second half of October’s live show, featuring an interview with kink educator Stranger on the hows and whys of switching, plus a performance by storyteller Archy Jamjun and Karen’s fourth-anniversary Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. Episode Links Guest Links Stranger – Rope enthusiast & kink educator Archy […]
When Your Job Is Your Primary Relationship
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 26, with host Karen Yates Panelists answer a listener question on handling work-life balance when ambition and sex start to jostle for space in a relationship. Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex coach and pleasure mentor Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender rebels Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker […]
Gender Euphoria, Queer Magic
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 24, with host Karen Yates Two panelists talk with Karen about the expansive possibilities of realizing your own gender expression and how the journey can lead to somatic release and increased joy. Episode Links Ley David Elliette Cray Clark Hazel – Nonbinary trans therapist licensed in OR and IL Karen Yates – Sex […]
Pleasure Tips, Impact Demo, and More: June Live Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 19, with host Karen Yates Our live June stage show features an impact demo – whips, canes, paddles, oh my! – a panel convo on getting more pleasure in sexy encounters, interview with a sex shop owner, and an erotic story. Recorded at Hungry Brain Chicago. Episode Links Early to Bed – Sex toy shop […]
Religion and Sex Guilt
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 18, with host Karen Yates Can you get beyond religious guilt in your sex life? Can you be a religious person and also kinky, queer, polyamorous? This deep conversation explores themes of faith, the damage restrictive religions can do to our erotic spirit, and how to work toward getting free. Episode Links Jera Brown […]
April Live Show: Rope, Tantra, and More!
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 15, with host Karen Yates Karen can’t come to the phone now… She’s all tied up. A raucous live recording of Wild & Sublime’s Chicago stage show, featuring a rope tutorial, music, storytelling, tantra interview, and more. Recorded April 16, 2022, at the Hungry Brain. Episode Links Clara and the Great Goddamn – Singer/songwriter Tony Holmes/The Love Warrior […]
“A Sexplanation” with Filmmakers Alex Liu and Leo Neri
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 13, with host Karen Yates Filmmakers Alex Liu and Leo Neri speak with Karen about “A Sexplanation,” their lively and smart new documentary on sex education in the US told through the lens of Liu’s own upbringing. Episode Links A Sexplanation – Available on iTunes! Nan Wise’s work on sexuality and the brain Planned […]
Men, Trauma and Sex with JoJo Bear
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 11, with host Karen Yates What do male-identified people hold in their bodies that keeps them from greater pleasure? Karen interviews JoJo Bear, a somatic sex and intimacy guide, about what he’s learned from years of working with men. Episode Links JoJo Bear – Somatic sex and intimacy coach Betty Martin – Wheel of […]
Play Spaces, Play Parties
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 10, with host Karen Yates Do you want to know more about playing in groups and the nitty-gritty details? Listen to those that run play parties, a dungeon and a bathhouse talk about their respective scenes. Recorded live at Constellation Chicago in October 2019. Episode Links LRA Chicago Galleria Domain 2 Steamworks Midwest FemDomme Group (find […]












