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
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
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 Counseling
- Buy Tarot for...
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 Instagram
- Host 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 Booksh...
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 Consent
- Karen’s interview with Betty Martin
- Buy 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 Be...
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 guide
- Karen Yates - somatic sex educator and energy healer
- Body Electric School
- Betty Martin - Wheel of Consent
- Karen’s interview with Betty Martin
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.
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Check out Entwined by Alex Alberto (and mentioned by Molly) on Bookshop, too!
On this episode:
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 worker
Links mentioned in the episode:
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.
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See video here.
Guests:
- Goddess Erica—Tantric doul...
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 counselor
- Elmo Painter-Edingto...
Podcasters Adrienne Gunn and Elizabeth Gomez talk with Karen about teenage celebrity crushes and how they informed their adult sexual life in this entertaining yet insightful episode.
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Get tickets for our Saturday, Dec 9 show in Chicago!
In this episode:
- Adrienne Gunn - humorist and podcaster
- Elizabeth Gomez - writer and podcaster
- Karen Yates - sex educator,...
Our sexperts share their wisdom on why relationships lose their spark and what to do about it. From the Wild & Sublime fifth anniversary live show. [Note: audio issues in first few minutes of panel conversation.]
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In this episode:
- Tazima Parris - sex coach and pleasure mentor
- Tom Doctor - sex and relationship therapist
- Helen Wyatt - sex and relationship therapist
- Karen Yates...
From the Wild & Sublime fifth anniversary live show: our sexperts field audience q’s on anal, sex ed, and being “too much”; standup Archy Jamjun brings the laughs, and host Karen Yates gives her Sermon on sex intentions.
We're part of the Lincoln Lodge Podcast Network.
In this episode:
- Archy Jamjun - standup comedian
- Tazima Parris - sex coach and pleasure mentor
- Tom Doctor - sex and relationship therapist
- Helen...
Standup comedian Adam Burke (Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!) discusses his open relationship, UK v. US dating, and helps Karen with her dating app in this hilarious episode.
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In this episode:
- Adam Burke - standup comedian
- Karen Yates - sex educator, performer, energy worker
References or more info:
NY comedian Raanan Hershberg (The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, Comedy Central) discusses pegging, sobriety and sex, dating someone with herpes…and Vladimir Putin. Raanan and Karen also chat about the hottest movie: Blue Is the Warmest Color vs Out of Sight.
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Get tickets for the Oct 7 fifth anniversary show in Chicago!
In this episode:
Chicago comedian and producer Sonal Aggarwal discusses growing up in an Indian family and the parental pressure to marry. Sonal and Karen discuss dating: How kinky are folks on the apps exactly? Who’s picking up the tab? Plus how being a massage therapist is an added benefit with partners.
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Chicago-based comedian and writer Gena Gephart talks about her gross-out humor, her podcast, selling panties, and one follower’s extreme fetish. Karen responds with her Sermon on the Pubic Mound. CW: Contains graphic description of bodily fluids in fetish play.
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Get tickets for the Oct 7 fifth anniversary show in Chicago!
In thi...
Voted by the Chicago Reader as “Best Standup of the Year for 2022” in Chicago, standup Deanna Ortiz talks about her day job doing social media in the adult entertainment industry, the philosophy of sleeping over after sex, her podcast “Crushes," and dating on the apps v. in the wild.
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New format! In Season 5 we're having sex with comedians. Standup and storyteller Archy Jamjun talks with Karen about polyamory, the Grindr hookup app, his Thai grandfather's "arrangement," frottage, Archy's LGBTQ+ storytelling series, and racism in the gay community.
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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. Recorded at Hungry Brain in Chicago.
Live show sponsor: Rowan Tree Counseling
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW! October 7, 2023, at Constellation in Chic...
The first half of our Pride Edition show features a panel on how to live authentically and fearlessly as a LGBTQ+ person in these challenging times, plus a comedy set with Chicago standup musician Manny Petty. Guest host Matthew Amador. Recorded at Hungry Brain in Chicago.
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