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Kink 101: What is a munch? Plus Alan Colorado needs our pervy help!

Newbie kinksters can learn all about the kinky social event known as the munch. And storyteller Alan Colorado needs the wisdom of the audience to expand his sexual repertoire. From our Seventh Anniversary show October 12, 2025. 

The October live show’s main show sponsor was Rowan Tree Counseling. 

On the episode:

FetLife 

Galleria Domain 2 (GD2) 

LRA 

Host Karen Yates  karen-yates.com

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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. 

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Our sexperts will chat about “Living Out Your Fantasies–solo or partnered.” Burlesque and more. Biggest polycule of the night gets a prize!

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In this episode:

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

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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 - Surrogate partner and intimacy coach 

More resources:

• Embrace Surrogate Partner Therapy Resource Group 
• Surrogate Partner Collective
• International Professional Surrogates Association

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Has your identity shifted? Do you want to… tell anyone about it? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!).

In this episode:

• Matthew Amador - Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender rebels
• Elmo Painter - Somatic psychotherapist
• Brandon Hunter-Haydon - Psychotherapist and intimacy coach

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Panelists answer listener questions about polyamorous relationships: Living together during COVID (then not), solo poly dating, and rules vs. boundaries with partners. 

In this episode:

• Erica Washington - Clinical and Holistic Mental Health Therapist
• Peter Navarro - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor & Dance/Movement Therapist
• Jason Best - Sex positive therapist & founder of Best Therapies
• The Ethical Slut? Opening Up? Books mentioned in the episode are available on our Bookshop page!

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Panelists respond to a nervous listener whose partner wants to be dominated in bed.

In this episode:

• Goddess Erica - Sexual empowerment coach
• Ren Grabert - Sex educator
• Brandon Hunter-Haydon - Psychotherapist & intimacy coach
• A worksheet to talk to partners about sex - Autostraddle
• Make Love Not Porn
• Buy Midori’s “Wild Side of Sex” on our Bookshop page
• Buy BDSM education book “Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns” on our Bookshop page

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“Do I enjoy sex with friends, and risk losing the friendship? Or do I find strangers, and keep my friends separate?” Panelists weigh in on mixing sex into established platonic relationships, and a storyteller remembers the terror and thrill of going topless onstage.

In this episode:

• Matthew Amador - Psychotherapist for love, sex & gender rebels
• Brandon Hunter-Haydon - Psychotherapist & intimacy coach
• Elmo Painter - Somatic psychotherapist
• 2nd Story Chicago

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Karen interviews sex writer JoEllen Notte on sex and depression: how to talk to your doc about sexual side effects of antidepressants, ways to approach a partner experiencing depression, and new approaches to sexuality.

In this episode:

• Sex & Depression - JoEllen Notte’s writings
• Buy The Monster Under the Bed
• Books mentioned on the podcast

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Sex + art! Throughout history the two have gone together. We look at Miami’s Wilzig Erotic Art Museum, a major collection of sex art and artifacts, and talk to its director of education about the museum’s vibrant presence in the South Beach community.

In this episode:

• Naomi Wilzig Erotic Art Museum
• Leather Archives & Museum
• Hamburg’s Erotic Art Museum
• Kinsey Institute
• George Daniell Museum

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Many people are radically re-examining their relationship values — both in dating and with long-term partners — after a year and a half of pandemic living. Panelists discuss newfound pickiness on dating apps, being honest with yourself, and finding your center in a time of crisis.

In this episode:

• Tazima Parris - Sex coach & pleasure mentor
• Brandon Hunter-Haydon - Psychotherapist & intimacy coach
• Jera Brown - Sex and relationship writer & fetish provider
• They said WHAT? Full episode transcripts are available on our website. 

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