Erotic Awakening

Psychology & Relationships

About

Welcome to the Erotic Awakening Podcast! Since 2009, we've brought you this informative and entertaining exploration of all things erotic. From sacred sexuality to fetishes, Power Exchange and polyamory, BDSM to erotic spirituality, non standard relationships to alternative love styles, as well as simply fun kink.Over the years we've grown to be a community supported and focused podcast for people like us – those who seek an alternative expression for intimacy, authentic growth and well being.

Episodes

  • EA758 - ShadowWork in the Kink Community w/Lee Harrington and Primal Arts

    Erotic Awakening Podcast episode 758 features an interview with Lee Harrington discussing Shadow Work within the kink community. The episode also touches on the Primal Arts Festival.

  • EA757 - Sexual Orientations (pt. 2), Reiki & Sacred Touch in the Dungeon and POTQ2

    In episode 757 of Erotic Awakening, Dawn reviews sexual orientation terminology including Ecosexual, Orchidsexual, Graysexual, Autosexual, Fraysexual, Fictosexual, and Sadosexual. She also shares her personal experiences with Reiki and Sac…

  • EA756 - Sexual Orientations, Unicorn Hunting, and New Mexico Leather & Kink Fair Review

    This episode covers sexual orientation terminology including pansexual and sapiosexual, provides safety tips for "unicorn hunting," and reviews the New Mexico Leather and Kink Fair.

  • EA755 - Kink Dispenser with Pirate Cook, Omegaverse and Pillion Movie Review

    In episode 755 of Erotic Awakening, host Dawn interviews Pirate Cook about his role as a kink dispenser. The discussion includes the concept of "Omegaverse" and a review of the movie Pillion.

  • EA754 - Blood Play Risk Profiles w/Dear Caroline and What Happened to Talina Zar

    In episode 754 of Erotic Awakening, Dawn interviews Dear Caroline about blood play and risk profiles. The episode also touches on the story of Talina Zar and remembers other members of the community who have died.

  • EA753 - Bratting w/HypnoStory & Panda, and Introverts at EVEE

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 753, Dawn interviews HypnoStory and Panda on Bratting…. ……plus, Introverts showed up for her Introvert class with EVEE! Peopling can be a challenge for introverts, but 40 introverts and ex…

  • EA752 - Consent w Sir Panda, Flagging/Hanky Code and Naughty Revival Feedback

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 752, Dawn interviews Sir Panda on Consent in the Kink World…. ……plus, she reviews a bit about sharing flagging/hanky code with a family member. And her emotional response to the presenter…

  • EA751 - BDSM & Attachment Styles w/Sir Panda, Erotic Energy and Intrigue

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 751, Dawn interviews Sir Panda on BDSM and Attachment styles …. ……plus, she shares about a new thing she did with Erotic Energy in NW Ohio, her experience of how she set up her support net…

  • EA750 - Prepping for Weekend Events and Pillion a New DomCom

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 750, is this your first event or your 50th? Or your 400th? Dawn shares some tips and tricks on how to make your weekend event super special …. ……plus, she fan girls over the new movie, Pil…

  • EA749 - 17 Years of the Erotic Awakening Podcast

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 749 Dawn drools over the Erotic Awakening podcast and how it celebrates 17 years of shows!!! …. ……plus, she shares about tentacles that were sent to her……virtually….. Links mentioned on th…

  • EA748 - Memory Play and Agency in Hypnosis w/Hypnostory and Panda, & BDSM Terminology

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 748 Dawn chats with Hypnostory and Panda about Memory Play, but it also drifted into talking about agency in Hypnosis…..great conversation…. ……plus, she reviews some bdsm terms like "after…

  • EA747 - Solo Play w/ Dear Caroline, BDSM terminology & Dawn's virtual classes

    *Trigger Warning for this episode....self harm mentioned during solo top interview. This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 747, Dawn chats with Dear Caroline about solo play….aka playing without a partner .... ……plus, she revie…

  • EA746 - Boot Worship as Grounding, Polyamory Terminology (pt. 3) & Finding Community

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 746, Dawn shares her thoughts on using Boot Worship as a form of grounding and calming energy .... ……plus, she reviews some polyamory/poly/polyam terms like monkey branching, unicorn quad,…

  • EA745 - Quills w/Dear Caroline, Polyamory Terminology pt. 2 & Resources

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 745, Dawn chats with Dear Caroline from Needle Playground on the subject of Quills .... ……plus, she reviews some polyamory/poly/polyam terms like fluid bonded, compersion, anchor, comet ….…

  • EA744 - 2025 Review, Polyamory Terminology & Goals

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 744, Dawn reviews some changes that happened in 2025,, .. ……plus, she reviews some polyamory/poly/polyam terms like kitchen table polyamory….and then mentions the goal channels/room on the…

  • 743 - Columbus Leather Education with Sir Squishy, Volunteers, & Kinky Tavern

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 743, Dawn and Sir Squishy chat about his project in Columbus, OH….the Leather Life Educational Series, .. ……plus, her thoughts on the need for volunteers at events and her interview with t…

  • EA742 - Naughty Revival, Lean into Yes & Kink Education

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 742, Dawn shares her experience at naughty revival and leaning into the 'yes' to have more experiences…. ……plus, her thoughts on online kink education. Links mentioned on the show: Naughty…

  • EA741 - Healing Dungeon, Priestess Topping and Authentically Kinky

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 741, Dawn explains how are new classes are going to lean into the 'Healing Dungeon' series, simply because she is a Priestess Top and wants to concentrate on that sort of theme with her fu…

  • EA740 - Gratitude and Meeting All the Peoples

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 740, Dawn shares on all she is grateful for and asks what listeners of the show have gratitude for….. ……plus, all the people that she has spent time with over the last couple of weeks whil…

  • EA739 - Self-Collaring w_Ruby and National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 739, Dawn and Ruby chat about Ruby's recent self-collaring ……plus, about the importance of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom…. Links mentioned on the show: NCSF https://ncsfreedom.…

  • EA738 - Resources for Submissives, Polyamory Events and BlowJobs

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 738, Dawn shares her knowledge about resources for submissives …. ……plus, shares a link to polyamory events for 2026 and blowjobs…all the blowjobs…. Links mentioned on the show: Alan's Pol…

  • EA737 - Getting Started in the BDSM, Grief, and AI Scripts

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 737, Dawn answers a question about how to get started in BDSM and all the options that are available …. ……plus, shares a bit about grief and the pros and cons of using AI to create your BD…

  • EA736 - Blindfolds, Bondage Fairies and a Zing in Transylvania

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 736, Dawn shares info about a basic toy, blindfolds and reasons people like to use them …. ……plus, have you heard of 'Bondage Fairies' and what are your thoughts on only feeling the zing o…

  • EA735 - Naughty Bucket List and Slave Heart

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 735, Dawn shares about the concept of and some personal examples of a Naughty Bucket List …. ……plus,some self-reflection about 'slave heart'? Links mentioned on the show: MSDB's 24th Annua…

  • EA734 - Leather Archives & Museum and Solo Polyamory vs. Single & Poly

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 734, Dawn shares about the Leather Archives & Museum that she has mentioned on previous shows…. ……plus, is Dawn solo polyamours or single and poly? Links mentioned on the show: Leather Arc…

  • EA733 - Dawn Awakening

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 733, Dawn explains why the show was on hiatus for a couple of months….. ……plus, Dawn_Awakening's giggle is now a new fetish on Fetlife and she makes an appearance on Court TV for a murder+…

  • EA732 - Recap EA025 Mistress Simone

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn share a show from their beginning days of the podcast where they interview Mistress Simone from Chicago/St. Louis….. ……plus, they mention a poly blog as well as share what they are up…

  • EA731 - Forced Praise Kink and RITL

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Doctor Bubbles and Kit Kat Ann on Forced Praise Kink…… ……plus, they mention a podcast listener that contacted them after reading The Polyamory Toolkit and asked about Poly fr…

  • EA730 - Disability and Relationship Dynamic Negotiations, ScissorTail Shoutouts and Self-Confident BDSMers

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Lucian and Celina Raven on Disability and Relationship Dynamic Negotiations ……. ……plus, they give some Scissortail shoutouts and share some thoughts on how they believe being…

  • EA729 -  Lee Harrington on Self-Harm versus Masochism, ScissorTail and Shallowing

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Lee Harrington at Scissortail in Tulsa on Self-Harm vs. Masochism, Scissortail, & Shallowing. This show has a content warning - this show includes mention of suicidal ideatio…

  • EA728 - Retrospective and More!

    #pastpodcasts #domsub #powerexchange #polyamory #sacredsexuality #eroticawakening #scarletsanctuary #cope #columbusspace #eroticawakeningpodcast #kinkeducation This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn are looking for a topic…

  • EA727 - BDSM in General, Enthusiastic Consent, and Dickord

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn check out reddit and answer some general BDSM questions ….. ……plus, they share a nugget they learned at a class at Kinky Kollege about enthusiastic consent that helps dawn figure out h…

  • EA726 - Polyamory Cold Feet, Blindfolds, & Kinky Kollege

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn have a question from a podcast listener about cold feet in polyamory….. ……plus, they share a little of their thoughts on blindfolds and share a little about their time presenting at Ki…

  • EA725 - Advanced Polyamory - Balancing MRE and NRE

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn share the edited version of a class they taught for an online group last week….. Advanced Polyamory - Balancing NRE and MRE ……plus, they share a little about their time at Kinky Kolleg…

  • EA724 - BDSM Over 50 and Intrigue

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn share their thoughts on BDSM after 50 ……plus, their time at Intrigue in Indianapolis. Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ Scissortail Lea…

  • EA723 - Celebrating 24 Years Collared

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn celebrate 24 years collared ……plus, they share a bit about what their future holds. Links mentioned on the show: Lead Follow Love www.leadfollowlove.com Living M/s www.eroticawakening.…

  • EA722 - 16 Years of Podcasting, 2024 Review, Part 2

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn celebrate 16 years of podcasting and review some of the changes that have happened with them over the last year (part 2)…… ……plus, they share a bit about what their future holds. Links…

  • EA721 - 16 Years of Podcasting and a Review of 2024

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn celebrate 16 years of podcasting and review some of the changes that have happened with them over the last year…… ……plus, they share a bit about what their future holds. Links mentione…

  • EA720 - Deep Archive Grab - Episode 140 w/Raven Kaldera

    We know not everyone has time to go back and listen to all the podcasts over the last 15+ years. So, we reached deep into the archives and pulled this one out by its ears. We hope you enjoy it! *************************** Sep 14, 2011 On t…

  • EA719 - Better Blow Jobs, CURE, and Flirt Cards

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn discuss their thoughts on how to give a better blowjob, using the list from Bad Girls Bible….. ……plus, they share their experience at CURE, answer a question from a listener about how…

  • EA718 - Knots & Nobs & Poly Newsletter

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Rena (Master R) about the launch of their kickstarter for their new game 'Knots and Nobs" ….. ……plus, they share about Alan M's long-time Polyamory newsletter, Polyamory in t…

  • EA717 - Collaring Ceremony, CURE, & Breast Torture

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn answer a question from a listener on what is entailed with a collaring ceremony….. ……plus, they share about dawn's bruised boobs and only a few more tickets need to be sold to turn the…

  • EA716 - Naughty Revival Review, Classes & Dirty Talk

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn give a review on Naughty Revival,. ……plus, they share some info about their classes and have a comment from a listener about dirty talk…and foreshadow next week's topic…. Links mention…

  • EA715 - HuCows, What to Expect at an Event and Exhibitionism

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn discuss HUCOWS with Hucow__Daisy and her Bull, Master_Karl ….. And review what to expect at a weekend kink event…. ……plus, they share their thoughts on the kink of Exhibitionism … … Li…

  • EA714 - Top/Dom/Master and Dirty Talk

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, the show is presented by Nothosaur Toys…..while @dananddawn discuss one of the questions they were given to answer during their presentation at APEX in Phoenix….'How does one transition from top t…

  • EA713 - Bottom/sub/slave and Take Down/Capture

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, the show is presented by Nothosaur Toys…..while @dananddawn discuss one of the questions they were given to answer during their presentation at APEX in Phoenix….'How does one transition from botto…

  • EA712 - New Toy Unboxing, Phoenix and Favorite Implement

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn have parked in Phoenix for the winter and unbox a delivery from Nothosaur Toys, as well as chat about their favorite implement, ……plus, whether the kink community is really a 'communit…

  • EA711 - Archive show EA200 - We Ain't No Rock Stars

    This week we pull an old episode out of the mothballs to share with you.....since we are on the road and no time to record. But, we'll be in Phoenix next week and time will free up....hopefully :) This episode is from August of 2012!! We'v…

  • EA710 - Becoming a Service Submissive w/Luna, the Wartenburg Wheel and the Lego Pride Army

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn chat with Luna from The Submissive Guide about her new workbook "Becoming a Service Submissive" … ……plus, they talk about sensation play with a wartenburg wheel and the Lego Pride Army…

  • EA709 - Compersion and Naughty Revival

    This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn chat about compersion, that idea of experiencing joy from your partner's joy with their other partners…. ……plus, they chat with Timothy from Naughty Revival about their upcoming event…