Podcast Season 2, Episode 49, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 51:14 minutes 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 over suffering?” Read the […]
#S2E47 | “Should I leave my relationship?”
Podcast Season 2, Episode 47, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 23:50 minutes Is it time to exit an LTR that’s not working? How will you know? Panelists answer a listener question on getting out (or not), plus Karen’s Sermon on what keeps us stuck in situations we don’t want. Read the transcript More episodes Episode Chapters Panel: Should I leave my […]
#S2E38 | “Everything’s changed”: Dating & relationships in the time of COVID
Podcast Season 2, Episode 38, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 44:58min Many people are radically re-examining their relationship values — both in dating and with long-term partners — after a year and a half of pandemic living. Panelists discuss newfound pickiness on dating apps, being honest with yourself, and finding your center in a time of crisis. Read the transcript […]
#S2E37 | “My partner is a flirt!” & ENM Dilemma
Podcast Season 2, Episode 37, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 22:31min “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. Read the transcript More episodes Episode Chapters () () Episode Guests […]
#S2E23 | “My partner stopped wanting sex…”
Podcast Season 2, Episode 23, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 17:57min “My long-term partner stopped wanting sex a few years ago. I bring it up from time to time, but nothing happens… Suggestions?” Our panel of sexperts tackles this tough question from a supporter as part of our exclusive monthly Q&A for Patreon members. Plus, Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound® […]
#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 […]
#S2E1 | Sex Journey, Kink Journey
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 1 / with host Karen Yates What’s it like to embark on a new sexual lifestyle in middle age? Or to figure out—after unfulfilling long-term relationships—what kind of sexual being you want to become? Two real people tell their stories. Therapist Pat Cochran tells the story of her development as a sexual person, from teen years to 60 and […]
#15 | Getting Laid During COVID, Part 2: Long-Term Relationships
PODCAST EPISODE 15 (Rebroadcast of Ep 2) with HOST KAREN YATES As we face another round of public-space restrictions this fall due to a rise in COVID cases, we wanted to revisit this episode. Sex & intimacy coach Tazima Parris, sex-positive psychotherapist Matthew Amador, and Sarah Sloane, Director of Operations and Communications for #open, return from episode one to talk […]
