The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen talks about The Invite and I Want Your Sex, two very different sex-positive comedies out this summer that lampoon both long-term and open relationships and kink. Episode Links The Invite (2026) I Want Your Sex (2026) Interview with Gregg Araki in The Guardian Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy […]
Book Review: Sex Diaries
The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen reviews Sex Diaries, the new collection of erotic anonymous week-long diaries focusing on nonmonogamous adventures, based on the popular New York Magazine column. Episode Links Sex Diaries, edited by Alyssa Shelasky Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker
ADHD + Sex + Intimacy
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 9, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates Therapist and author Dr Lyne Piché talks with Karen about ADHD and tools individuals and couples can use to promote more intimacy and better sex lives. They discuss her new ADHD workbook in this far-ranging and lively conversation. Episode Links Dr. Lyne Piché – Psychologist and sex therapist […]
Autism + Sex, Kink, and Polyamory
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 9, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates Season 9 on neurodiversity and sex begins with a deep dive into autism. Therapist Elmo Painter-Edington, herself autistic, gives us a primer on this unique brain difference and its interplay with sex, kink, and polyamory. Episode Links Elmo Painter-Edington, LPC, SEP, ASDI – Neurodiversity-affirming therapist and coach Karen […]
Summer (Sex-Positive) Comedy Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastLive Show Episode with Host Karen Yates From our June 2025 live show in Chicago, Archy Jamjun, R.C. Riley, Amy Sumpter and Joe Mellen bring the laughs. Plus audiences answer the q, “What’s your go-to fantasy?” Episode Links Joe Mellen – Storyteller Amy Sumpter – Comic and rapper RC Riley – Writer and performer Archy Jamjun – Standup and storyteller […]
Somatic Experiencing to Resolve Sexual Trauma
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 8, Episode 5, with host Karen Yates Somatic Experiencing focuses on resolving trauma and stress by addressing the body’s responses and nervous system. In this in-depth episode, somatic therapist Meggie Twible discusses this gentle and powerful method and how it can work with sexual trauma and also its effects in polycules. Episode Links Meggie Twible — Somatic […]
Building Stronger Open Relationships [Rebroadcast]
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 7, Episode 5, with host Karen Yates How do you work through the bad feelings that can damage good relationships? Polyamorous therapist and author Kate Loree chats with Karen about her comprehensive book “Open Deeply,” about consensual nonmonogamy and deep strategies to regulate you during conflicts. Episode Links Kate Loree – Sex-positive psychotherapist Open Deeply […]
Legislating for Polyamory and Diverse Family Structures
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 7, Episode 4, with host Karen Yates In this final episode of our Polyamory in Depth season, Karen chats with David Carlson, campaign coordinator for OPEN, about how to begin legislating at the local level for nondiscrimination ordinances protecting polyamorous folks and those in diverse family structures. Episode Links OPEN – The Organization for Polyamory […]
Relationship Anarchy
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 7, Episode 3, with host Karen Yates Relationship Anarchy rejects rules and expectations in how we relate to each other. It’s mentioned more and more in the media, but what is it exactly? In this lively conversation, therapist Nicole Thompson explains that while RA can turn our relationships on their heads, it can also bring […]
Living in a Throuple, Quad, & More!
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 7, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates Do you dream of living in a polyamorous pod? Do you have non-nesting partners? Kids? You might need to do your homework first. As part of our Polyamory In Depth season, author Laura Boyle (Monogamy? In this Economy?) explains how assumptions and expectations about polyam homelife can be […]
Are You Polywise?
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 7, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates When relationships transition from monogamous to open, or the agreements we have with polyam partners change, trouble may arise. As part of our Polyamory In Depth season, author and therapist Jessica Fern (Polywise; Polysecure) discusses navigating choppy waters and how to talk about it. Episode Links Khari B. – Event maker […]
2024 Most Downloaded! “More: a Memoir of Open Marriage”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 23, with host Karen Yates Molly Roden Winter talks with Karen about her bestselling memoir More, which honestly chronicles opening up her long-term marriage while being a mother and then caregiver to her parents. Be on the lookout for our next season—“Polyamory in Depth”—starting in January! Buy More through Bookshop. Help independent booksellers and Wild & Sublime! […]
