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Want to up your sexy skills? Plan a visit to Kinky Kollege! Bruce, the event director, explains the broad selection of classes, culture of consent, and sexual community spirit at this inclusive twice-yearly event. 

In this episode:

• Kinky Kollege - learn more about the event
• Expanding Your Sexual Horizons - article by Bruce on our website

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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"My long-term partner stopped wanting sex a few years ago. I bring it up from time to time, but nothing happens... Suggestions?" Our panel of sexperts tackles this tough question from a supporter as part of our exclusive monthly Q&A for Patreon members. Plus, Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound on vulnerability and change.

In this episode:

• Brandon Hunter-Haydon - psychotherapist & intimacy coach
• Tazima Parris - sex coach & pleasure mentor
• Jason Best - sex-positive therapist & founder of Best Therapies

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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Emily Nagoski? Esther Perel? Find authors name-checked in this episode and more on our Bookshop affiliate page! Help independent booksellers and W&S!

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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
• Get more Wild & Sublime on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

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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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
• Get more Wild & Sublime on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

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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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 "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" 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! Join the juicy party!

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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!

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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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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!

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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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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! Learn more about the course

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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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How do we discover what turns us on? Does the erotic come from taboo, longing, surprise? How can we get more of it to juice our relationships and fantasies? Panelists offer tips to cultivate more eroticism in our lives. Plus host Karen Yates' Sermon on the Pubic Mound on sex positivity.

In this episode:

• Jera Brown - sex writer
•  Mksthingshappin - kink and relationship coach
• Elmo Painter - sex-positive psychotherapist
• Erotic Creativity podcast episode
• Anything That Moves podcast episode
• July 2019 live show

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Books in this episode:

• Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns - Philip Miller
• Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay - Anne Carson
• The Erotic Mind - Jack Morin

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