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A podcast about sex for everyone, no matter your preferences, orientation, or relationship style — based on the popular live Chicago talk show, hosted by sex educator Karen Yates. Panelists, interviews, stories, Q and A, and more reflect a dynamic and all-encompassing view of sexuality. Join the juicy party!
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Molly Roden Winter talks with Karen about her bestselling memoir More, which honestly chronicles opening up her long-term marriage while being a mother and then caregiver to her parents. Be on the lookout for our next season--"Polyamory in Depth" --starting in January!We are part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network!Buy More through Bookshop. Help independent booksellers and Wild & Sublime! https://bookshop.org/shop/wildandsublimeFEATURED:Molly Roden Winter - author @mollyrwinter on...
Listen to steamy storytellers from our sixth anniversary live show as they heat up your earbuds. Plus the audience tells us about their oh-so-sexy breakthroughs. In this episode:Storyteller Elizabeth Gomez tells us about college frolickingStoryteller Ashley Meyer shares a kinky goodbyeHost, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates Our live show was sponsored by uberlube and Rowan Tree Counseling!Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Downlo...
Where are all the cool people at? Event producer and spoken word musician Khari B. discusses his legendary twenty-year event, Thee Debauchery Ball, a kinky house music party in Chicago for melanated people. Karen and he discuss Black sexuality, creating safe spaces, and the documentary Thee Debauchery Ball. Filmmaker David Weathersby joins the conversation midway to discuss the making of the film and watching the party’s evolution.In this episode:Khari B.--event maker and spoken word musician...
What’s keeping your sex life from being more exciting? Panelists discuss limiting beliefs and tips to move past them in this dynamic conversation. Plus Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound. From the October 2024 live show.Panel with: Sex coach and pleasure mentor Tazima ParrisTherapist for all things queer and kinky Jake Penrod from Live OakENM/kink coach Sarah Sloane Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates The main show sponsor of the October 2024 show was uberlüb...
Panelists discuss issues facing LGBTQ+ folx inside their respective groups and across affinities, offering skills and strategies to combat isolation and forge bonds. Plus an interview with drag artist Cindy Nèro about her art and mentorship, and Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound. From the June 2024 live show.GET TIX for our sixth anniversary live show in Chicago: Oct. 11, 2024!In this episode:Interview with drag artist, mentor and storyteller Cindy NeroPanel with Channyn Lynn Park...
Listen to performers from past live Chicago Wild & Sublime shows as they heat up your earbuds. Plus audiences tell us what sex secrets they’re keeping, and Karen presents a Sermon on the Pubic Mound about great sex.In this episode:B and Lee Honey”s storytelling event at GD2Storyteller Mistress BlaqueIvoryStoryteller Alan ColoradoHost, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates The live shows featured here were sponsored by Illinois-based Rowan Tree Counseling. Get Say It Better in B...
NYC burlesque artist Fancy Feast discusses her memoir, Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques, and how being a fat performer, phone sex worker, and sex toy store clerk revealed to her Americans’ fears and expectations about sex.In this episode:Burlesque artist Fancy FeastHost, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates Naked –buy on Bookshop and support Wild & Sublime and independent booksellersGet Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. D...
In this lively interview with bisexual mega influencer and Men’s Health columnist Zachary Zane, he discusses Boyslut, his recent book, now in paperback, that chronicles his sexual journey, as well as how to live a more shame-free, sex-positive life. [Rebroadcast]Get tix to our Chicago Pride Show on Friday, June 28, 8pm!Help us continue to spread the message of sex-positivity! Leave a tip for our work or join our monthly Patreon members’ club!In this episode:Zachary Zane - author and sex colum...
In this dynamic interview with award-winning author and sex educator Tristan Taormino, she discusses her memoir, A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten, recounting her queer youth and relationship with her gay dad, making feminist porn, being a femme dyke, and why people aren’t having sex now.Get tix to our PRIDE SHOW. Chicago, Friday, June 28 at 8pm.In this episode:Author and sex educator Tristan TaorminoHost, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Ea...
Our panel of sex-positive therapists discuss the roots of jealousy and envy, and share the best ways to approach these uncomfortable feelings in both open and monogamous relationships. From our May 2024 live show.For info and tickets to our live Pride Show in Chicago on Friday June 28, go here.In this episode:Sex-positive therapist Matthew AmadorSex and relationship therapist Ari KimbleSex-positive therapist James ChamerlikHost, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates Get Say It Bett...
Do you and your partner have mismatched libidos? In this fascinating interview that turns many long-held ideas on their head, sexologist and author Cyndi Darnell talks about her book that helps people connect to their authentic desires and build connection. [Rebroadcast] In Chicago on Saturday May 4? Get tix to our live show and podcast recording!Buy Sex When You Don't Feel Like It on Bookshop, our affiliate partner.In this episode:Cyndi Darnell - Sex & relationship therapist, clini...
Chicago documentary filmmaker David Weathersby talks to Karen about his work chronicling the Black kink community in Chicago, including his upcoming series Sex in Color and his film Thee Debauchery Ball.In this episode:Documentary filmmaker David Weathersby. Also on Instagram. Thee Debauchery Ball event info Watch the documentary Thee Debauchery Ball on Amazon Prime or Tubi Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to up...
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!In this episode:Art therapist and counselor Alyse Ruriani. Also on Instagram Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates Rowan Tree CounselingBuy Tarot for Change and the Queer Tarot deck on Bookshop, our a...
Author Alex Alberto talks with Karen about “Entwined,” their memoir that explores polyamory, including community living, triads, pansexuality, and how the French and English language rate in describing being nonbinary.In this episode:Author Alex Alberto. Also on InstagramHost and sex educator Karen Yates Buy Entwined on Bookshop, our affiliate partner. Need a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on Bookshop!Relationship anarchyRelationship anarchy tee and tote in o...
Do you want to express yourself better in bed? Sex educator and host Karen Yates explains what might be getting in the way (a lot!) and offers solutions in this solo episode.In this episode:Betty Martin - Wheel of ConsentKaren’s interview with Betty MartinBuy The Art of Receiving and Giving on Bookshop, our affiliate partner. Need a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on Bookshop!Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Downl...
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 in this rebroadcast from 2022.JoJo Bear - Somatic sex & intimacy guideKaren Yates - somatic sex educator and energy healerBody Electric SchoolBetty Martin - Wheel of ConsentKaren’s interview with Betty MartinNeed a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on Booksho...
Molly Roden Winter talks with Karen about her bestselling memoir More, which honestly chronicles opening up her long-term marriage while being a mother and then caregiver to her parents.We are part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network!Buy More through Bookshop. Help independent booksellers and Wild & Sublime! Check out Entwined by Alex Alberto (and mentioned by Molly) on Bookshop, too!On this episode:Molly Roden Winter - author. On Instagram Karen Yates - host, somatic sex...
In this solo episode, Wild & Sublime 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.We are part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network!Featured speaker: Karen Yates - host, somatic sex educator, intuitive, energy workerLinks mentioned in the episode:Kinky KollegeKink AcademyOMG YesMake Love Not PornI’m looking for…A Wild & Sublime giftEpisodes on specific topicsThis episode’s transcriptBooks o...
Panelists from our live December show in Chicago talk about aspects of nonmonogamy: communication skills; low-risk ways to begin; what not to do; and the poly community. This lively and thoughtful conversation deeply considers what it takes to open up your relationship. Plus questions from the audience.We're part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network.See video here.Guests:Goddess Erica—Tantric doula and empowerment coachElmo Painter-Edington—sex-positive somatic therapist and empowerment...
Our most popular episode of 2023! What is somatic healing, and how does it work? Karen shares a conversation with several somatic therapists on different techniques, and the possibilities for healing sexual trauma and getting back into your body. Note: We're taking the rest of December off. See you January 11!In this episode:Cassie Porter - Sexological bodyworker & body-centered counselorElmo Painter-Edington - Somatic Therapist & Empowerment Coach JoJo Bear - Somatic Sex &...
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