The Wild & Sublime Podcast with Host Karen Yates Karen reviews Sex Diaries, the new collection of erotic anonymous week-long diaries focusing on nonmonogamous adventures, based on the popular New York Magazine column. Episode Links Sex Diaries, edited by Alyssa Shelasky Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker
Autism + Sex, Kink, and Polyamory
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 9, Episode 1, with host Karen Yates Season 9 on neurodiversity and sex begins with a deep dive into autism. Therapist Elmo Painter-Edington, herself autistic, gives us a primer on this unique brain difference and its interplay with sex, kink, and polyamory. Episode Links Elmo Painter-Edington, LPC, SEP, ASDI – Neurodiversity-affirming therapist and coach Karen […]
Pride: More Love, More Openness
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 19, with host Karen Yates Panelists discuss issues facing LGBTQ+ folx, offering skills and strategies to combat isolation and forge bonds. Plus an interview with drag artist Cindy Nero about her art and mentorship. From the June 2024 live show. The June 2024 show was sponsored by Rowan Tree Counseling, a therapy practice that is […]
“Naked” Truth with Memoirist Fancy Feast
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 17, with host Karen Yates NYC burlesque artist Fancy Feast discusses her memoir, Naked, and how being a fat performer, phone sex worker, and sex toy store clerk revealed to her Americans’ fears and expectations about sex. Episode Links Fancy Feast Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker Naked–buy on Bookshop and […]
Using Tarot for Sex and Relationships
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 6, Episode 11, with host Karen Yates Art therapist and counselor Alyse Ruriani explains how Tarot, the ancient divinatory card deck, can be a tool for self-growth and inner work around one’s sex life and relationships. Host Karen Yates uses herself as the subject in a reading–with a little bit of anxiety! Episode Links Alyse Ruriani […]
Pride Show: “Gender Magic” + Storyteller Lily Be
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 15, with guest host Matthew Amador Our Pride Edition show part two features guest host Matthew Amador interviewing sex and gender therapist Rae McDaniel on their new book “Gender Magic,” plus recurring storyteller Lily Be’s comedic story on experiencing her asexuality as a teen. Includes Karen Yates’ Sermon on the Pubic Mound®. […]
Hot Tips for Dating Trans and GNC Folx With Rae McDaniel
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. Episode Links Guest links: Rae McDaniel – Sex and gender therapist and coach Karen Yates – Sex educator, writer, energy worker Header photo by […]
Gender Euphoria, Queer Magic
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 24, with host Karen Yates 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. Episode Links Ley David Elliette Cray Clark Hazel – Nonbinary trans therapist licensed in OR and IL Karen Yates – Sex […]
Are Your Meds Messing with Your Sex Life?
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 22, with host Karen Yates How many meds—from specialized to common—come with sexual side effects? You’d be surprised. Will your doctor tell you this, and if not, how can you ask? A sex educator and a cancer survivor talk through what docs often don’t tell you, or don’t know how to talk about, and what you […]
Masturbation and Mindful Erotic Practice
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 3, with host Karen Yates “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®. Episode Chapters INTERVIEW: captain snowdon […]
Anything That Moves
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 1, Episode 1, 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 […]
The Sex-Positive Parent
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 1, Episode 7, with host Karen Yates How can we get better at talking to kids about sex? Karen Yates chats with sexologist Jennifer Litner about her new online course for parents and care-givers who want to create sex-positive home environments and want concrete advice on language and strategies. Logan Pierce returns to discuss the term “nonbinary.” […]
