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
141 episodes
Thee Debauchery Ball with Khari B.
Where are all the cool people at? Event producer and spoken word musician Khari B. discusses his legendary twenty-year event, Thee Debauchery Ball, a kinky house music party in Chicago for melanated people. Karen and he discuss Black sexuality,...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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37:32
Redefining sex for more pleasure and excitement
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:
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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46:00
Pride: more love, more openess
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, an...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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1:01:03
Sexy summer entertainment!
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 t...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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38:03
“Naked” truth with memoirist Fancy Feast
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 se...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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55:39
Zachary Zane is a BOYSLUT! [Rebroadcast]
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-f...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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57:02
Tristan Taormino—sex-positive trailblazer
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, be...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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1:08:10
Overcoming jealousy and envy in relationships
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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39:26
"Sex When You Don't Feel Like It" with Cyndi Darnell [rebroadcast]
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 an...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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45:03
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:...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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38:09
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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46:40
“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:
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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44:57
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 -
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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8:32
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.
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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44:57
"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 n...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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44:10
Sex resolutions 2024 and how to get there
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
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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22:11
Consensual nonmonogamy - is it for you?
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 tak...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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47:46
2023 most downloaded! Sexual trauma, somatic healing
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 y...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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56:01
Teen idols with Gunn and Gomez
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. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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46:18
How to spice up a long-term relationship: October live show
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 o...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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28:48
Sex Q&As, comedy, and more: Oct 2023 live show
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 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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34:20
Sex with Comedians: Adam Burke
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. We're part of the Lincoln Lodge Podcast Network.
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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54:44
Sex with Comedians: Raanan Hershberg
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: Bl...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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44:08
Sex with Comedians: Sonal Aggarwal
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 massag...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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42:27
Sex with Comedians: Gena Gephart
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 bo...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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31:02