Wild & Sublime

Somatic Experiencing helps heal trauma and stress by addressing the body’s responses and its nervous system. In this in-depth episode, somatic therapist Meggie Twible discusses this gentle and powerful method and how it can work with sexual trauma and also its effects in polycules. 

In this episode:

• Meggie Twible, somatic therapist
• Homecoming Therapies on Instagram
• Twible’s online events
• Somatic Experiencing official website
• TRE–soma...

What happens when kink meets therapy? In this lively conversation, Dr Yulinda Renee Rahman, creator of Therapeutic BDSM™, explains how trauma can be healed when a kink professional, therapist, and client work together.

In this episode:

• Therapist Dr. Yulinda Renee Rahman, creator of Therapeutic BDSM™ and founder of KPSA
• Kink Professionals Standards Alliance (KPSA) Summit, October 25-26
• Books by Dr. Rahman on Amazon
• Karen Yates – sex ...

What exactly does a surrogate partner do? For our Healing from Sexual Trauma series, we’re rebroadcasting a powerful 2022 episode where two professional surrogates talk about the intimate work of redressing trauma, dismantling unhealthy assumptions about sex, and helping clients move toward the relationships they want.

In this episode:

• River Roaring - Surrogate partner, private coach & workshop facilitator
• Brian Gibney - Surro...

Remi Newman, editor of Hands On, a book collection of personal essays by sexuality workers, and Mehdi, a somatic sex and trauma therapist, talk with Karen about the complexities of sex work and the potential for deep healing through hands-on modalities.

In this episode:

Hands On: Stories of Sexuality Work, Intimacy and Healing  

Remi Newman - editor, Hands On; surrogate partner; and sexuality educator

Mehdi - somatic sex and trauma the...

In the first episode of our Healing from Sexual Trauma season, sexological bodyworker and healer Rahi Chun describes how genital de-armoring can help people move through held and often painful trauma patterns lodged in the pelvis. This fascinating conversation is a must-listen.

Don't miss our Wed. June 25, 7pm, show in Chicago! Info and tix

In this episode:

Rahi Chun - dual-certified somatic sex educator and sexological bodyworke...

How do you work through the bad feelings that can damage good relationships? Polyamorous therapist and author Kate Loree chats with Karen about her comprehensive book “Open Deeply,” about consensual nonmonogamy and deep strategies to regulate you during conflicts.

In this episode:

• Kate Loree - Sex-positive psychotherapist
• Open Deeply and other sex-positive book recs
• Open Deeply podcast - hosted by Kate Loree and Sunny Meg...

In this final episode of our Polyamory in Depth season, Karen chats with David Carlson, campaign coordinator for OPEN, about how to begin legislating at the local level for nondiscrimination ordinances protecting polyamorous folks and those in diverse family structures.

In this episode:

• OPEN - The Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy
• OPEN’s campaign coordinator David Carson 
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Kare...

Relationship Anarchy rejects rules and expectations in how we relate to each other. It’s mentioned more and more in the media, but what is it exactly? In this lively conversation, therapist Nicole Thompson explains that while RA can turn our relationships on their heads, it can also bring freedom. 

In this episode:

• Therapist and podcaster Nicole Thompson 
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 
• Relationship Anarchy Manif...

Do you dream of living in a polyamorous pod? Do you have non-nesting partners? Kids? You might need to do your homework first. As part of our Polyamory In Depth season, author Laura Boyle (Monogamy? In this Economy?) talks through assumptions and expectations about polyam homelife.

 In this episode:

• Author and relationship coach Laura Boyle 
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 
• Monogamy? In this Economy? – buy on Book...

When relationships transition from monogamous to open, or ENM agreements change, trouble may arise. As part of our Polyamory In Depth season, author and therapist Jessica Fern (Polywise; Polysecure) discusses how to navigate choppy waters.

In this episode:

• Author and therapist Jessica Fern 
• Sex educator, coach, and energy worker Karen Yates 
• Polywise and Polysecure– buy them on Bookshop and support Wild & Sublime

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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!

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Buy More through Bookshop. Help independent booksellers and Wild & Sublime! https://bookshop.org/shop/w...

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 frolicking
• Storyteller Ashley Meyer shares a kinky goodbye
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 

Our live show was sponsored by uberlube and Rowan Tree Counseling!

Get Say I...

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.

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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 Parris
• Therapist for all things queer and kinky Jake Penrod from  Live Oak
• ENM/kink coach Sarah Sloane 
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 

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...

• B and Lee Honey”s storytelling event at GD2
• Storyteller Mistress BlaqueIvory
• Storyteller Alan Colorado
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 

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 Feast
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 
• Naked –buy on Bookshop and support Wild & Sublime and independent booksellers

Get Say It Better i...

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!

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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 Taormino
• Host, sex educat...