

Erotic Awakening
Dan & dawn
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.
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
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Jul 21, 2025 • 18min
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 to…….in July of 2009! 16 years ago, what were they up to? Links mentioned on the show: Mistress Simone (fet) https://fetlife.com/Chicago-Mistress Mistress Simone (website) https://chicago-mistress.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn *************************** Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

Jul 11, 2025 • 36min
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 friendly twelve step meetings ….which lead them into chatting about RITL, Recover in the Lifestyle. *there is also a content warning on this episode → Content warning— this show includes mention of suicidal ideation, suicidal action, and self-injurious behaviors. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if needed Links mentioned on the show: RITL (Recover in the Lifestyle) www.ritl.org Doctor Bubbles/Kit Kat Ann https://fetlife.com/DoctorBubbles Midwest Kink and Leather https://mwlka.fun/ Naughty Revival https://naughtyrevival.com/ MSDB's 24th Annual Bizarre Bazaar https://fetlife.com/events/1723842 Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

Jun 26, 2025 • 38min
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 part of the BDSM community helped with growing their self-confidence. Links mentioned on the show: Lucian and Celina fet = lucianandcelina, daddyanddoll3@gmail.com “How We Feel” App https://howwefeel.org/ “Waffle” App https://www.wafflejournal.com/ Scissortail https://scissortaillc.com/ Midwest Kink and Leather https://mwlka.fun/ Naughty Revival https://naughtyrevival.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

Jun 19, 2025 • 34min
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 ideation, suicidal action, and self-injurious behaviors. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if needed. ……plus, they chat about Scissortail itself and a new ‘trend’ that isn’t new for some of us, Shallowing. Links mentioned on the show: Lee Harrington www.passionandsoul.com Scissortail https://scissortaillc.com/ Midwest Kink and Leather https://mwlka.fun/ Naughty Revival https://naughtyrevival.com/ Shallowing https://www.theknot.com/content/what-is-shallowing Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

May 29, 2025 • 17min
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 for the show and instead get lost down a rabbit hole of past shows and chat about about some random ones…..….. ……plus, Episode 374 that doesn’t have shownotes on the website. EA374 - Not the W. Well, dawn listened to the show again to figure out what the title meant. It meant that we weren’t going to talk about the letter ‘W’ and what fetish that could be. We planned to do that the following week. Instead, we talk about COPE, Scarlet Sanctuary, Master Sheri’s wedding, Moving into our Unicorn Poly house with Karen, Opening the Columbus Space and how our kids will be meeting our poly partners and bat at the house warming party…….plus, they mention Chip the Tentacle Guy ! . Links mentioned on the show: Scissortail https://scissortaillc.com/ Midwest Kink and Leather https://mwlka.fun/ Naughty Revival https://naughtyrevival.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

Apr 26, 2025 • 25min
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 her resistance to it and they share a bit about their discord channel offerings ….plus ….cartoon porn! . Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ Reddit www.reddit.com Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn Newsletter - www.eroticawakening.com

Apr 11, 2025 • 28min
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 Kinky Kollege in Chicago.. Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn www.eroticawakening.com

Apr 4, 2025 • 48min
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 Kollege in Chicago. Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter (and get your shoutout on the podcast) on our website! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn www.eroticawakening.com

Mar 14, 2025 • 18min
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 Leather Conference https://scissortaillc.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn www.eroticawakening.com

Mar 8, 2025 • 15min
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.com/books Intrigue (Indianapolis, IN) https://imasindy.com/Intrigue/ Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ Scissortail Leather Conference https://scissortaillc.com/ Enjoy!!! Dan and dawn Discounts on our books, free eBooks, weekly exclusive content, and support Dan & dawn https://www.patreon.com/eroticawakening ***************************************** Find us on YouTube, Discord, Facebook, TikTok; check out our Podcast, our books, calendar, and sign up for our Monthly Newsletter! Fetlife - @dananddawn Instagram - @eroticawakening X - @dananddawn Youtube - @eroticawakeningpodcast TikTok - @eadananddawn www.eroticawakening.com