132 episodes

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!

Wild & Sublime Karen Yates

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 19 Ratings

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!

    Being Black and kinky with filmmaker David Weathersby

    Being Black and kinky with filmmaker David Weathersby

    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 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 available on our website.
    Support the show
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
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    • 38 min
    Using Tarot for Sex and Relationships

    Using Tarot for Sex and Relationships

    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 CounselingBuy Tarot for Change and the Queer Tarot deck on Bookshop, our affiliate partner. Need a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on BookshopGet 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 available on our website.
    Support the show
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
    Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the Show.
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!

    • 46 min
    “Entwined”—expansive polyamory with author Alex Alberto

    “Entwined”—expansive polyamory with author Alex Alberto

    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 InstagramHost 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 Bookshop!Relationship anarchyRelationship anarchy tee and tote in our shop!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 available on our website.
    Support the show
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
    Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the Show.
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!

    • 45 min
    Communication in bed—what's going on??

    Communication in bed—what's going on??

    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 ConsentKaren’s interview with Betty MartinBuy 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 Instagram and Facebook!
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
    Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the Show.
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!

    • 8 min
    Men, trauma, and sex with JoJo Bear [rebroadcast]

    Men, trauma, and sex with JoJo Bear [rebroadcast]

    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 guideKaren Yates - somatic sex educator and energy healerBody Electric SchoolBetty Martin - Wheel of ConsentKaren’s interview with Betty MartinNeed a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on Bookshop!
    Interested in working with Karen Yates and exploring the power of healing with sound? Go to karen-yates.com to contact her for an appointment and learn more.
    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 available on our website.
    Support the show
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
    Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the Show.
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!

    • 45 min
    "More: a Memoir of Open Marriage" with author Molly Roden Winter

    "More: a Memoir of Open Marriage" with author Molly Roden Winter

    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:
    Molly Roden Winter - author.  On Instagram 
    Karen Yates - host, somatic sex educator, intuitive, energy worker
    I’m looking for…
    A Wild & Sublime giftEpisodes on specific topicsThis episode’s transcriptBooks on relationships & sexualityCheck out the Wild & Sublime resource page
    Get tix for our live May 4 show and podcast recording in Chicago--the Jealousy show! Lineup and ticket link here.
    Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the Show.
    Follow Wild & Sublime on Instagram and Facebook!

    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Nat V.. ,

The power in pleasure

Karen beautifully weaves all the nuances of pleasure together in this podcast. So loving, caring, conSENSUAL, and powerful. What a great place to dive into an exploration of pleasure.

JIllinois_00 ,

Edited

Edited review.

TinkerBillMad ,

“Sublime” is right on the nose.

Discovered this podcast via a friend. As a pleasure activist, erotinaut, therapist, student of love, and curious seeker of Truth, Authenticity and Vulnerability, I have to say this podcast is beautifully insightful, gentle, refreshing in its matter-of-factness towards matters of the heart *and* other body parts, and just plain elegant in its approach. Karen Yates is, well, sublime and so graceful as she brings herself fully to the journey, both illuminating and illuminated. Highly recommended!

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