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
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
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
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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...
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 Amador
- Sex and relationship therapist Ari Kimble
- Sex-positive therapist James Cha...
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 affilia...
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.
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:
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.
We're part of the Lincoln Lodge podcast network.
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.
We're part of the Lincoln Lodge Podcast Network.
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.]
We're part of the Lincoln Lodge Podcast Network.
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...
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