Podcast Season 2 Episode 16 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 52:01 min What kind of relationships do you want to make? In this deep long-form conversation for ALL relational styles, author and raconteur Cooper S. Beckett; Maile, Director of Product at #open, and Gabrielle Smith, sex and relationship writer and ethical nonmonogamy advocate discuss relationship structures, communication skills, trust, jealousy, […]
#S2E5 | Body Confidence in the Bedroom
Podcast Season 2 Episode 5 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 29:22 min What would you do if you had complete body confidence in sexual situations? Our audience responds to the prompt: “If I had total body confidence, I’d…”. Panelists Niquie Dworkin, psychotherapist, Pat Cochran, sex-positive psychologist, and Matthew Amador, psychotherapist for love, sex, and gender rebels, offer […]
#S2E3 | Masturbation and Mindful Erotic Practice
Podcast Season 2 Episode 3 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 47:52 min “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®. Episodes […]
#S2E2 | Bust Out of Your Sex Rut
Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 33:46 min 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. Episodes Topics […]
#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 […]
#16 | Taming Jealousy
PODCAST EPISODE 16 with HOST KAREN YATES Thinking of opening up your relationship? Planning a three-way? Or just chatting with new people at a virtual party? All great and highly recommended, but… what happens when jealousy enters the room? Our panel, featuring sex & intimacy coach Tazima Parris, sex coach Caitlin V Neal, and sex-positive psychotherapist […]
#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 […]
#13 | Anything That Moves
PODCAST EPISODE 13 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Bisexual? Pansexual? Heteroflexible? What’s up with that? Sarah Sloane joins Karen Yates to sort through the nuances of “bisexual,” “pansexual,” and “heteroflexible” in collaboration with #open, the dating app for ethically nonmonogamous people and their partners. Plus, our panel—kinkster and dom MksThingsHappin, sex writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, and sex-positive […]
#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 […]
#11 | Queerness and MORE
PODCAST EPISODE 11 WITH HOST KAREN YATES Queer once meant gay, but does it still? Sarah Sloane talks gay vs. queer, and how a once-maligned word has taken on expansive new meaning. Matt Griffo sings a spooky-sexy song. Aiden Nicholson discusses the joys and importance of regular STI testing and getting comfy talking to partners […]
#10 | Fantasy and Taboo
PODCAST EPISODE 10 WITH HOST KAREN YATES The great philosopher Ludacris once asked, “What’s your fantasy?” Our panel, Mx. Maya, education coordinator at Twisted Tryst; Caitlin V. Neal, sex and relationship coach; and Brandon Hunter-Haydon, sex-positive psychotherapist, discuss how to make your fantasies reality—or not. Therapist Carrie Jameson shares details about how to find a therapist […]
#09 | What is Sex?
PODCAST EPISODE 9 with HOST KAREN YATES What is sex? Nudity? Bodies? Orgasms? Maybe that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our panel discusses “What is sex?”, defining it for ourselves, and reflecting on what we want out of sexual interactions. With writer Jera Brown of Rebellious Magazine, sex coach Caitlin V. Neal, and kinkster and […]