The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 22, with host Karen Yates Listen to performers from our sixth anniversary live show as they heat up your earbuds. Plus audiences tell us about their sexy breakthroughs. The main show sponsor of the October 2024 show was uberlübe, high-performance lubricant. Show sponsor was Rowan Tree Counseling, a therapy practice that is anti-racist […]
Sexy Summer Entertainment
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 18, with host Karen Yates Listen to performers from past live Chicago shows as they heat up your earbuds. Plus audiences tell us what erotic secrets they’re keeping, and Karen presents a Sermon on the Pubic Mound® about great sex. Episode Links B and Lee Honey’s storytelling event at GD2 Mistress BlaqueIvory – […]
Sex With Comedians: Archy Jamjun
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 5, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates Format change alert! In S5 we’re having sex with comedians. Standup and storyteller Archy Jamjun talks with Karen about polyamory, the Grindr hookup app, his Thai grandfather’s “arrangement,” frottage, Outspoken, Archy’s LGBTQ+ storytelling series, and racism in the gay community. Episode Links Guest links: Archy Jamjun – Standup […]
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 […]
On Switching – October Live Show, Part 2
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 2, with host Karen Yates The second half of October’s live show, featuring an interview with kink educator Stranger on the hows and whys of switching, plus a performance by storyteller Archy Jamjun and Karen’s fourth-anniversary Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. Episode Links Guest Links Stranger – Rope enthusiast & kink educator Archy […]
April Live Show: Rope, Tantra, and More!
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 15, with host Karen Yates Karen can’t come to the phone now… She’s all tied up. A raucous live recording of Wild & Sublime’s Chicago stage show, featuring a rope tutorial, music, storytelling, tantra interview, and more. Recorded April 16, 2022, at the Hungry Brain. Episode Links Clara and the Great Goddamn – Singer/songwriter Tony Holmes/The Love Warrior […]
Asexual Adventure with Lily Be
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 5, with host Karen Yates Storyteller Lily Be shares how pegging, a bunch of unfulfilling relationships, and one late-night Reddit deep-dive helped her realize she’s asexual — which also brought her closer to her mother. Episode Links S2E55: Best Erotic Story S2E4: Your True Sexual Self (Sarah Sloane discusses asexuality) Lily Be – Storytelling […]
Best Erotic Story
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 55, with host Karen Yates “Kink helped me find who I am.” Storyteller Lily Be shares how becoming a Domme helped her get over a bad breakup and discover her own sexual identity in a powerful story from one of our live shows. Episode Links Lily Be – Storytelling oracle and doula S2E4 – […]
Easy Sex with Friends + “Topless”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 41, with host Karen Yates “Do I enjoy sex with friends, and risk losing the friendship? Or do I find strangers, and keep my friends separate?” Panelists weigh in on mixing sex into established platonic relationships, and a storyteller recounts the terror and thrill of going topless onstage. Episode Chapters PANEL: Sex With Friends […]
Two Sex Stories and a Song
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 31, with host Karen Yates A summertime sex-story special from the archives! Two storytellers share experiences of erotic experimentation, plus a comedic song about a hookup in Winnetka. Episode Chapters STORYTELLER: Archy Arch J (3:06) STORYTELLER: Jessy Lauren Smith (12:11) SONG: Amy Do (19:06) Episode Links Archy Jamjun – Standup and storyteller Jessy Lauren Smith – […]










