The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen talks with kink coach Sarah Sloane about the leather movie Pillion, now on HBO, plus how to make sense of kink as it’s represented in popular culture versus real life. Episode Links Pillion (2025) The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin Books by Laura Antoniou Sarah Sloane – Kink […]
The Invite and More — Sex Positive Summer Movies
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 […]
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 […]
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 Episode Links Guest Links: Matthew Amador […]
Religion and Sex Guilt
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 18, with host Karen Yates Can you get beyond religious guilt in your sex life? Can you be a religious person and also kinky, queer, polyamorous? This deep conversation explores themes of faith, the damage restrictive religions can do to our erotic spirit, and how to work toward getting free. Episode Links Jera Brown […]
Eavesdropping: Kink Misconceptions
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates In a new Eavesdropping conversation, sex coach Tazima Parris asks Karen about kink myths, and the ways kink can be used to reframe and heal from negative life experiences. Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex coach and pleasure mentor S1E10 – Carrie Jameson on developing kink-positive guidelines for […]
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 […]
“How Do You Move a Fantasy Into Real Life?”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 33, with host Karen Yates We tackle a listener question about how to make a sex fantasy reality. Our sexpert panel give you important things to consider and how to overcome shame in order to have the sex you want. Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender rebels Elmo […]
Fantasy and Taboo
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 1, 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 […]
