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Wild & Sublime

Karen Yates

Health & Fitness

Society & Culture

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 166

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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🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
13/07/2026
#78
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
06/07/2026
#75
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
20/04/2026
#94
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
19/04/2026
#51
🇫🇷 France - sexuality
01/03/2026
#86
🇫🇷 France - sexuality
28/02/2026
#75
🇫🇷 France - sexuality
27/02/2026
#56
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
11/02/2026
#81
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
12/07/2025
#97
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
15/03/2025
#94

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Pride: more love, more openess

Season 6 · Episode 19

Saturday, September 14, 2024 • Duration 01:01:03

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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 Nero
Panel with Channyn Lynn Parker, CEO of Brave Space Alliance; Luke Romesberg, Director of Youth Housing from Center on Halsted, Chicago; Jordan Dunmead from Live Oak
Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates

The June 2024 show was sponsored by Rowan Tree Counseling, a therapy practice that is anti-racist | queer-allied | poly-affirming | sex-positive. Available in Illinois!

Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Download here!

The Afterglow, our Patreon membership group, brings you regular bonus content, early alerts, and goodies! Our newest $10/mo member benefit: 10% off all W&S merch! Or show your love for Wild & Sublime any time: Leave a tip!

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Sexy summer entertainment!

Season 6 · Episode 18

Thursday, August 8, 2024 • Duration 38:03

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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 GD2
Storyteller Mistress BlaqueIvory
Storyteller Alan Colorado
Host, 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 Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Download here!

The Afterglow, our Patreon membership group, brings you regular bonus content, early alerts, and goodies! Our newest $10/mo member benefit: 10% off all W&S merch! Or show your love for Wild & Sublime any time: Leave a tip!

Be Wild & Sublime out in the world! Check out our new tees and accessories for maximum visibility. Peep our Limited Collection and let your inner relationship anarchist run free… Prefer to read the convo? Full episode transcripts are.Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Communication in bed—what's going on??

Season 6 · Episode 9

Thursday, March 7, 2024 • Duration 08:32

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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 Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Download here!

The Afterglow, our Patreon membership group, brings you early alerts and goodies! Our newest $10/mo member benefit: 10% off all W&S merch! Or show your love for Wild & Sublime any time: Leave a tip!

Be Wild & Sublime out in the world! Check out our new tees and accessories for maximum visibility. Peep our Limited Collection and let your inner relationship anarchist run free…

Prefer to read the convo? Full episode transcripts are available on our website.

Support the show

Follow Wild & Sublime on and!

Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Are Your Meds Messing with Your Sex Life?

Season 2 · Episode 22

Thursday, May 13, 2021 • Duration 44:21

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How many meds — from specialized to common — come with sexual side effects? You’d be surprised. Will your doctor tell you this, and if not, how can you ask? A sex educator and a cancer survivor talk through what docs often don’t tell you, or don’t know how to talk about, and what you can do.

In this episode:

Ren Grabert - sex educator
Sex, Drugs, & Side Effects - Ren’s May 20 webinar at CSPH
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Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Learn more about Biofield Tuning.

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Have you been to the Afterglow? Our members club on Patreon supports the show and brings sexy surprises your way. With an Afterglow membership, you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party! Starts at $5/month.

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May I Touch You? with Shawn Coleman

Season 2 · Episode 21

Thursday, May 6, 2021 • Duration 20:23

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Want to cuddle? Platonic touch practitioner and coach Shawn Coleman talks about making safe spaces to practice nonsexual touch, owning your “no,” and learning to ask for the kind of physical contact you want.

In this episode:

Shawn Coleman - platonic touch practitioner & coach
October 2018 - our first live show
October 2019 - our first birthday show
Shawn’s YouTube channel
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Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Learn more about Biofield Tuning.

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From Pro Domme to Psychotherapist

Season 2 · Episode 20

Thursday, April 29, 2021 • Duration 48:51

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What can kink teach us about community, energy work, and trauma? In this erotic biography episode, somatic psychotherapist Elmo Painter talks about her history as a professional dominatrix, and how working with the body and energy then directly informs her therapeutic practice today. Karen shares about her own energy work in sound healing and her background in Tantra.

Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Go here to learn more about Biofield Tuning.

In this episode:

Elmo Painter - somatic psychotherapist
More about Somatic Experiencing
Cléo Dubois - BDSM/kink educator (NSFW)
July 2019 live show
More Elmo on the W&A pod: Anything That Moves, Get Into Your Body, What Turns You On?
Exit to Eden - movie trailer

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April bonus for Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s video course, with 16 videos and eight pleasure practices. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! With an Afterglow membership, you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more!

Fat & Sexy with Carina Shero and Jezebelly

Season 2 · Episode 19

Thursday, April 22, 2021 • Duration 21:44

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What would happen if you gave yourself permission to celebrate your body, no matter its size or shape? Burlesque artists Carina Shero and Jezebelly of the Femme FATales discuss burlesque performance, being fat and fabulous, the censorship impact of FOSTA-SESTA, and intersectionality through period costumes.

In this episode:

Carina Shero - Fat community maker, model & performer
Jezebelly aka Iridessence - Burlesque performer, producer & model
Bare Necessities live show - Nov 2019

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April bonus for our Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) will receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" video course. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! With an Afterglow membership you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party!

Add to your sexual library -- you never know what you might discover. Find books mentioned on the pod on our affiliate Bookshop page. Help independent booksellers and W&S!

Are Great Expectations Killing Your Relationships?

Season 2 · Episode 18

Thursday, April 15, 2021 • Duration 19:44

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Do you swipe left so much you give yourself tendonitis as you look for the perfect person? Or do you date a lot, but no one meets your needs? Sexperts discuss relationship expectations and how to get better at dating. Plus a Sermon on the Pubic Mound on resentments.

In this episode:

Tazima Parris - Sex coach & pleasure mentor
Matthew Amador - Psychotherapist for love, sex, and gender rebels
Peter Navarro - sex-positive therapist specializing in embodiment
Feb. 2020 live show

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How Much Porn Is Too Much?

Season 2 · Episode 17

Thursday, April 8, 2021 • Duration 44:51

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Has your porn use ever felt like a problem? Where’s the line between “often” and “addiction”? Learn to differentiate between the two in this ep as Karen speaks with a sex therapist and a somatic sex educator. They talk about shame, pathologized behaviors, and compassion toward ourselves when we feel out of control.

In this episode:

Corinne Diachuk - Yoga therapist & somatic sex educator
Helen Wyatt - Relationship & sex therapist
Erotic Creativity podcast episode
Joseph Kramer's Porn Yoga

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What to Say During Kinky Play

Season 2 · Episode 16

Thursday, April 1, 2021 • Duration 23:03

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A listener asks, “It's hard for me to communicate during a kink scene … Suggestions?” Our sexperts discuss kink communication — before, during, and after. Plus, a steamy story from the Pride Parade that’s sure to make you sweat.

In this episode:

Mksthingshappin - kink and relationship coach
Diane Long - self-defense instructor & somatic bodyworker
Matthew Amador - sex-positive psychotherapist
Deb R. Lewis - storyteller
December 2018 live show

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