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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Click on guest name(s) for all podcast appearances Browse episodes by guests Episode Subjects Click on topics for […]
S4E5 | 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 Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode […]
S4E4 | 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!). Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist […]
#S3E24 | Gender Euphoria, Queer Magic
Podcast Season 3 Episode 24Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:18 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Ley David Elliette Cray Clark Hazel Are you in […]
#S3E23 | “Bad Sex,” A Pleasure History, with Nona Willis Aronowitz
Podcast Season 3 Episode 23Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:31 min Karen speaks with author and Teen Vogue columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz about her new hybrid memoir, “Bad Sex,” about the history of free love, feminism, and her own journeys in nonmonogamy and beyond. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Nona Willis Aronowitz […]
#S3E13 | “A Sexplanation” with filmmakers Alex Liu and Leo Neri
Podcast Season 3 Episode 13Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 41:05 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links A Sexplanation – Available on […]
#S310 | Play spaces, play parties
Podcast Season 3 Episode 10Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 36:09 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects […]
#S2E45 | Coming Out as Queer
Podcast Season 2 Episode 45 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 8:40 min Has your identity shifted? Do you want to… tell anyone about it? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!). Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, […]
#S2E36 | Chemsex is Killing Us
Podcast Season 2 Episode 36 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 50:43 min Crystal meth and other “party and play” drugs have dug deep roots into gay sex and beyond. Two guests discuss party culture, addiction, harm reduction, and rediscovering your sexuality in recovery. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links The Tweakers Project on Facebook 12-step […]
#S2E34 | “Group Sex! How-tos and more”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 34 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:16 min Group sex: Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Panelists answer a listener question on planning or attending a group-sex event for the first time. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Aiden Nicholson – Queer midwife and OBGYN advanced practice nurse Tom […]
#S2E28 | Queer, Kinky, Funny: “In at the Deep End” with Kate Davies
Podcast Season 2 Episode 28 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 34:53 min This wry, insightful, and sexy story is sure to liven up your summer reading list. Author Kate Davies talks about “In at the Deep End,” her novel about a woman’s pivot from hetero monogamy to a queer relationship, and the resulting deep-dive into London’s kink […]
#S2E26 | “Many Love”: A Polyamory Memoir w/ Sophie Lucido Johnson
Podcast Season 2 Episode 26 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:08 min Expanding definitions of love, reframing jealousy, and taking pleasure in seeing partners happy with other people. Author/illustrator Sophie Lucido Johnson talks about her polyamory memoir “Many Love” which chronicles her journey in ethical nonmonogamy. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Sophie […]