Podcast Season 2 Episode 56 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 42:23 min We’re kicking off the new year with a sampler of segments you may have missed from past episodes. Guests discuss common medications with sexual side effects; nonbinary identities; and techniques for climbing out of a sex rut – plus, Karen’s Sermon on reminders to […]
#S2E49 | Eavesdropping: Is suffering optional?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 49 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 51:14 min 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 […]
#S2E47 | “Should I leave my relationship?”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 47 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 23:50 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters Panel: Should I […]
#S2E38 | “Everything’s changed”: Dating & relationships in the time of COVID
Podcast Season 2 Episode 38 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:58 min 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 […]
#S2E37 | “My partner is a flirt!” & ENM Dilemma
Podcast Season 2 Episode 37 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 22:31 min “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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode […]
#S2E23 | “My partner stopped wanting sex…”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 23 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:57 min “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 […]
#S2E15 | What Turns You On?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 15 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 22:23 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters […]
#S2E1 | Sex Journey, Kink Journey
Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 40:56 min 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 […]
#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 […]
#12 | Erotic Creativity
PODCAST EPISODE 12 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Are you stuck in a sex rut? Karen Yates talks with three knowledgeable guests from different corners of the sex-positive world about erotic creativity and how to sustain it. Their juicy in-depth conversation ranges from roleplay and kink to tantra and mindfulness. Corinne Diachuk is an advanced teacher of […]
#02 | Getting Laid During COVID, Part 2: Long-Term Relationships
PODCAST EPISODE 2 with HOST KAREN YATES Are you and your partner both working from home? Maybe with kids underfoot? How’s your libido been? Panelists Tazima Parris, Matthew Amador, and Sarah Sloane return to talk about sex in long-term relationships during the COVID pandemic. We also hear the story of one sexy afternoon at Burning Man from […]