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 […]
S4E7 | Becoming a Surrogate Partner
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 7, with host Karen Yates Fifty years since it began, surrogate partner work is being embraced again as a cutting-edge somatic therapeutic modality, one more people are choosing as a career. Recurring guest Brandon Hunter-Haydon talks about his own journey and what it takes to do the work successfully. Episodes Topics RSS Episode […]
#S3E25 | Building Stronger Open Relationships with Kate Loree
Podcast Season 3 Episode 25Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 42:17 min Polyamorous therapist and author Kate Loree chats with Karen about her new comprehensive book “Open Deeply,” about consensual nonmonogamy, and how to work through the bad feelings that can damage good relationships. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Kate Loree – Sex-positive […]
#S3E20 | “Please dominate us!” – newbie tips for power exchange
Podcast Season 3 Episode 20Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 16:42 min Want to try some kinky stuff with your partner, but have no idea where to begin? Panelists offer tips for those curious about experimenting with power play, sensation play, and beyond. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cassie Porter – Somatic sex educator & […]
#S2E50 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2 Episode 50 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 55:45 min Several recent episodes have touched on Betty Martin’s critical work with intimate communication and consent, so we’re revisiting our interview with Martin herself. Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen about her book, 40 years of […]
#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 […]
#S2E29 | How to Deal with a Stonewalling Partner
Podcast Season 2 Episode 29 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:29 min “When we get into an argument, my partner won’t talk to me for hours or even the whole day. What do I do?” Panelists discuss “stonewalling”—when one partner checks out during intense moments and refuses to talk things through—and what you can do if it’s […]
#S2E25 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2 Episode 25 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 54:58 min “How would you like me to touch you?” Has anyone ever asked you that? Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen Yates about her new book, 40 years of touching people, and how to practice giving and […]
#04 | Four Steps to Ask for What You Want in Bed
Podcast Season 1 Episode 4 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 40:33 min Sex coach Caitlin V Neal, educator Ren Grabert, kinkster Mksthingshappin and host Karen Yates discuss and role-play how to ask for what you want with a partner. Plus a sexy song from comedian-musician Matt Griffo, and Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. Episodes Topics RSS […]
