Podcast Season 3 Episode 18Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 34:53 min 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. Episodes […]
#S3E16 | How to Talk to a Therapist About Sex
Podcast Season 3 Episode 16Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 43:28 min Do you talk to your therapist about your sex life? How can you find a sex-positive provider who works for you? Three professionals discuss what to look for and how to start the conversation. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Blake Mackie, Hannah […]
#S3E11 | Men, Trauma and Sex with JoJo Bear
Podcast Season 3 Episode 11Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:32 min What do male-identified people hold in their bodies that keeps them from greater pleasure? Karen interviews JoJo Bear, a somatic sex and intimacy guide, about what he’s learned from years of working with men. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links JoJo Bear Betty […]
#S3E4 | Creating Consent Culture with Erica Scott and Marcia Baczynski
Podcast Season 3 Episode 4Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:08 min Karen interviews Erica Scott and Marcia Baczynski, authors of “Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators” about the expansive possibilities of collaborative consent. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Creating Consent Culture Marcia Baczynski: Asking for What You Want Get their book on […]
#S3E1 | Sexual Healing with Caffyn Jesse
Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:15 min We’re back with a new season! Karen talks with somatic sex educator and prolific author Caffyn Jesse about somatic sex therapy as a way to heal from trauma and expand your pleasure capacity in all parts of life. They also discuss the somatic sex educator […]
#S2E48 | Do you need a surrogate partner?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 48 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 50:52 min What exactly does a surrogate partner do? In a continuing exploration of sex work today, we hear from two professional surrogates about the intimate work of redressing trauma, dismantling unhealthy assumptions about sex, and helping clients move toward the relationships they want. Episodes Topics RSS […]
#S2E38 | “Everything’s changed”: Dating & relationships in the time of COVID
Podcast Season 2 Episode 38 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:58 min Many people are radically re-examining their relationship values — both in dating and with long-term partners — after a year and a half of pandemic living. Panelists discuss newfound pickiness on dating apps, being honest with yourself, and finding your center in a time […]
#S2E32 | Erotic Biography: Sex, Energy, and Tantra
Podcast Season 2 Episode 32 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 39:23 min One woman’s story of moving from a “don’t talk about sex” childhood to a sexually disconnected adulthood, then finally discovering Tantra, energy work, and her own sexual desire and power. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Urban Tantra on Bookshop – […]
#S2E27 | Sexual Transparency & Intimacy with “Group” Author Christie Tate
Podcast Season 2 Episode 27 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:21 min How far would you go to feel better? Karen interviews Christie Tate, author of the bestselling memoir Group—one of Amazon’s top titles for 2020 and a selection for Reese Witherspoon’s book club—on her quest for intimacy through an unconventional process of radical transparency. Episodes Topics […]
#S2E10 | Carnival: Reclaiming Communal Erotic Joy
Podcast Season 2 Episode 10 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 55:07 min It’s Carnival next week, and we’re diving into the eroticism of this major festival. Sexologist and theatre artist Onika Henry joins Karen Yates for a deep talk on the community, sexual freedom, and the roots of resistance that can be seen in the Carnival […]
#S2E9 | Erotic Lit for the 21st Century
Podcast Season 2 Episode 9 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 38:07 min Snowed in? How about some spicy reading material to keep you warm and cozy? Karen Yates interviews therapist Meg Weber on her new memoir, A Year of Mr. Lucky, about a yearlong BDSM relationship, and publisher Sienna Saint-Cyr speaks about creating SinCyr Publishing and the […]
#S2E8 | Get Into Your Body
Podcast Season 2 Episode 8 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 27:47 min If you’re not in your body, where are you? In a sneak peek of a recent Q&A from The Afterglow, somatic educator, body worker, and empowerment self-defense teacher Diane Long; kinkster and relationship coach MksThingsHappin; and psychotherapist Matthew Amador respond to a listener who asks […]
