Wild & Sublime
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!
Episodes
Therapist and author Dr Lyne Piché talks with Karen about ADHD and tools individuals and couples can use to promote more intimacy and better sex lives. They discuss her new ADHD workbook in this far-ranging and lively conversation.
Our seventh anniversary show is in Chicago, October 12, 6pm at Lincoln Lodge. Get tickets! Main show sponsor Rowan Tree Counseling.
On the show:
- Psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Lyne Piché
- Host and ce...
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.
Plus! Don't miss our Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, 6pm, SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW in Chicago. Get tix and more info here! Main show sponsor: Rowan Tree Counseling.
In this episode:
Want to try some kinky stuff with your partner, but have no idea where to begin? Panelists offer tips for those curious about experimenting with power play, sensation play, and beyond.
Plus! Don't miss our Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, 6pm, SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW in Chicago. Get tix and more info here!
In this episode:
- Cassie Porter - Somatic sex educator & sexological bodyworker
- Jason Best - Kink-aware therapist & founder ...
From our June 2025 live Chicago show, Archy Jamjun, R.C. Riley, Amy Sumpter and Joe Mellen bring the laughs. Plus audiences answer the q, "What's your go-to fantasy?"
Joe Mellen, storyteller
Amy Sumpter, comic and rapper
R.C. Riley, writer and performer
Archy Jamjun, storyteller and comic
Karen Yates, certified somatic sex educator and energy worker
Show Sponsor: Rowan Tree Counseling
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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!
We are part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network!
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!
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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:
- B and Lee Honey”s storytelling event at GD2
- Storyteller Mistress BlaqueIvory
- Storyteller Alan Colorado
- Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates
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