The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 18, with host Karen Yates Listen to performers from past live Chicago shows as they heat up your earbuds. Plus audiences tell us what erotic secrets they’re keeping, and Karen presents a Sermon on the Pubic Mound® about great sex. Episode Links B and Lee Honey’s storytelling event at GD2 Mistress BlaqueIvory – […]
Sex Resolutions 2024 and How To Get There
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 6, with host Karen Yates In this solo episode, host and sex educator Karen Yates talks about the importance of one’s pleasure and how to begin taking steps toward a better sex life in 2024. Episode Links Guest links: Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker See also: Kinky Kollege Kink Academy OMG […]
Solo Kink How-Tos
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 12, with host Karen Yates You want to explore kink but aren’t ready to engage a partner. What to do? Our panel of sexperts discuss options and how to slowly move out into the wider kinky world. Episode Links Guest links: Elmo Painter-Edington, LPC, SEP, ASDI – Neurodiversity-affirming therapist and coach Diane Long – […]
Get the Most Out of Porn + Sex and the Media – Oct Live Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates Season 4 kicks off with the first half of October’s live show, where panelists chat about porn – what’s good, how to find out what you like, and ways to think about its role in your life. Episode Links Guest Links Peter Navarro – Somatic sex therapist Goddess […]
Bringing Sexy Back Pt 1: Feb Live Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 7, with host Karen Yates Let’s bring sexy back in 2022. But how? Host Karen Yates and panelists discuss changes in sex and dating during the pandemic, plus music, and a storyteller shares a tale of an afternoon hookup gone wrong in our first stage show since 2020. Recorded live at Hungry Brain in Chicago. […]
Eavesdropping: Masturbation Ruts
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 53, with host Karen Yates Do you feel stuck in the same pattern whenever you masturbate? How can you reset and start to form a healthy masturbation practice? In this latest Eavesdropping ep, sex writer Jera Brown sparks an impromtu convo with Karen on understanding and getting unstuck from masturbation habits that aren’t […]
Erotic Biography: Sex, Energy, and Tantra
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 32, with host Karen Yates One woman’s story of moving from a “don’t talk about sex” childhood to a sexually disconnected adulthood, then finally discovering Tantra, energy work, and her own sexual desire and power. Episode Links Urban Tantra on Bookshop – a great book on Tantra! Energy orgasms – Barbara Carrellas guides […]
Sexual Transparency & Intimacy with “Group” Author Christie Tate
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 27, with host Karen Yates How far would you go to feel better? Karen interviews Christie Tate, author of the bestselling memoir Group—one of Amazon’s top titles for 2020 and a selection for Reese Witherspoon’s book club—on her quest for intimacy through an unconventional process of radical transparency. Episode Links Christie Tate “Group” on […]
Masturbation and Mindful Erotic Practice
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 3, with host Karen Yates “It’s dress-up, it’s try-on, it’s ‘let’s see,’ it’s what else, who else am I?” Karen Yates interviews somatic sex educator captain snowdon on developing a mindful erotic practice that centers on pleasure and embodiment. Plus, a joyful poem for Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. Episode Chapters INTERVIEW: captain snowdon […]
Bust Out of Your Sex Rut
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates Monogamous, polyam, kinky or solo—we all get into sex ruts! Our panel discusses how to climb on out and bring a sense of play back into your sex life. Plus Karen Yates’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound® on confronting trauma when trying new things. Episode Chapters PANEL: Bust out of […]
Sexual Transparency and Intimacy with “Group” author Christie Tate
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 1, Episode 14, with host Karen Yates How far would you go to feel better? Karen Yates speaks with Christie Tate, author of the new memoir Group on writing about sex, listening to the body, and her quest for intimacy through an unconventional process of radical transparency. Group is the November 2020 selection for Reese […]
Erotic Creativity
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 1, 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 […]
