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, Pillion, a gay domcom with Alexander Skarsgard. Race Bannon gets the honor (or is it the other way around) to interview a couple of key persons of the movie at opening night in San Fransisco!

Links mentioned on the show:

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

NM Leather & Kink Fair https://fetlife.com/events/2026/04/11/nm-leather-kink-fair-sat-apr-11-2026-puaxxg

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Bay Area Reporter https://www.ebar.com/story/163217/

Race Bannon https://bannon.substack.com/

Transcript

1:13 Prepping for a weekend event

2:49 Best in Show

4:43 Know the rules

8:04 Registration

8:51 What to wear

12:37 Make your hotel room a soft landing spot

14:06 People

16:26 Classes

18:34 Negotiate before playing

18:47 Vetting

19:36 Self-care

19:58 Naps

21:29 Food

24:09 Toys

24:32 Aftercare

26:35 Upcoming presenting and vending

28:08 Pillion

29:38 Race Bannon

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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750 - #bdsmevent #bdsmmovie #domcom #pillion @racebannon #leather #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

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 the show:

Erotic Awakening search page https://eroticawakening.libsyn.com/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

NM Leather & Kink Fair https://fetlife.com/events/2026/04/11/nm-leather-kink-fair-sat-apr-11-2026-puaxxg

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Youtube/EroticAwakening https://www.youtube.com/@EroticAwakeningPodcast

Transcript

1:10 17 Years

1:36 Handing out EA business cards

2:37 Interviewed Dear Caroline today for future show

3:27 Finding specific podcast topics

5:31 Random shows

10:09 CoAmory

13:34 Where to find me

15:02 Tentacles

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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749 - #17yearanniversary #748shows #kinkvirtual #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

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 "aftercare, negotiation, collaring and free-use".

Links mentioned on the show:

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

NM Leather & Kink Fair https://fetlife.com/events/2026/04/11/nm-leather-kink-fair-sat-apr-11-2026-puaxxg

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Transcript

1:38 Interview with Hypnostory and Panda

3:12 What is Memory Play?

4:17 Example of Memory Play

12:05 Hypnosis is teamwork

12:51 Using distraction to help with forgetting

15:04 Bottoming for hypnosis is not passive

17:58 Neural Pathways

19:40 Utilization in hypnosis

20:58 Dawn realizes hypnosis has skills like guided meditations

22:14 Hypnosis in Kink

24:53 Resistance and Agency

28:40 Removing suggestion

33:39 Vampire and Thrall style relationship

37:38 Consent Violation

40:25  Class is on February 15th at 3:00 PM Eastern Time - online - Remembering to Forget, exploring Memory Play

41:58 Where to find online hypnosis community

46:19 aftercare

46:50 negotiation

47:18 collaring

47:49 free use

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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748 - #bdsmterminology #bdsmterms #aftercare #bdsmnegotiations #freeuse #bdsmtng #kinkvirtual #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

*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 reviews some bdsm terms like "top, bottom, switch, TNG, & vanilla", and shares the titles of the virtual classes she'll be teaching this month.

Links mentioned on the show:

Needle Playground https://needleplayground.com/

Leather Life Education Series https://leatherlife.org/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

Indy Rope Expo https://www.indyropeexpo.com/

NM Leather & Kink Fair https://fetlife.com/events/2026/04/11/nm-leather-kink-fair-sat-apr-11-2026-puaxxg

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Dawn's online classes https://www.eroticawakening.com/

Or

Dawn_Awakening (on fet) https://fetlife.com/Dawn_Awakening

Transcript

1:39 Interview with Dear Caroline on solo play

6:08 "I am my own sharps top"

7:23 Meditative head space

9:29 TW: Self Harm vs Solo Play

17:44 needleplayground.com

20:54 Where Dawn can be found in person

22:53 BDSM terms - top, bottom, switch, TNG, vanilla

26:46 Dawn's Feb. virtual class offerings

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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747 - #bdsmterminology #bdsmterms #bdsmtop #bdsmbottom #bdsmswitch #bdsmtng #kinkvirtual #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

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, cow poking and poly saturation….and then mentions where she will be and what it's like to be in small town USA with no community

Links mentioned on the show:

Leather Life Education Series https://leatherlife.org/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

Indy Rope Expo https://www.indyropeexpo.com/

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Transcript

9:32 If you don't have a partner to do Boot Worship with

12:11 Upcoming events

14:45 Monkey Branching

15:14 Unicorn quad

15:51 Cowpoking

16:22 Poly Saturation

16:57 Small town with no community

18:13 Dawn is an introvert

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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746 - #polyamoryterminology #polyterms #polyam #monkeybranching #unicornquad #fcowpoking #cowgirling #polysaturation #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

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 ….and then mentions where she will be and shares a resource that she just became aware of!

Links mentioned on the show:

Needle Playground https://needleplayground.com/

Leather Life Education Series https://leatherlife.org/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

Indy Rope Expo https://www.indyropeexpo.com/

Primal Arts Fest https://fetlife.com/events/1911410

Polyamory in the News https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/

Twisted Windows https://www.twistedwindows.com/

Transcript

1:54 Interview Dear Caroline on Quills

4:07 Types of porcupine

4:42 Quill barbs

5:11 Quill cleaning

12:44 How Caroline got started in Quills

17:05 Needle Playground

19:41 Where Dawn will be in 2026

21:48 Polyamory Terminology

22:41 Fluid Bonded

24:59 Comet Relationship

25:46 Compersion

26:47 Anchor

27:55 Breaking of Bread w/Friends

29:06 Resource - Twisted Windows

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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745 - #polyamoryterminology #polyam #anchorrelationship #cometrelationship #fluidbonded #compersion #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars @twistedwindows #bdsmresources

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 EA discord server. BTW, you don't have to be a patron to join the discord server and chat with other listeners!!!

Links mentioned on the show:

Leather Life Education Series https://leatherlife.org/

KIC https://kicevents.com/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

Indy Rope Expo https://www.indyropeexpo.com/

Transcript

1:20 Why patron is the first part of the show

2:01 2025 Review

3:13 Hot Hot Yuma

4:19 D/d split

4:40 Dawn hits the road

5:08 Chicago stop

5:34 Healing Dungeon Series

7:08 Madison, Milwaukee, Elgin

8:46 Kicked Ass at Naughty Revival

10:02 KIC and Tools for Anxiety

11:10 Delaware

12:33 What's next?

15:53 Where I'll be next

18:01 Poly terminology

19:24 Kitchen Table Polyamory

20:57 Parallel Polyamory

22:35 Garden Party Polyamory

23:35 Solo Polyamory

24:48 Relationship Anarchy

26:18 Goals for 2026

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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744 - #polyamoryterminology #polyam #kitchentablepoly #solopoly #gardenpartypoly #relationshipanarchy #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars

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 the hosts of The Kinky Tavern podcast.

Links mentioned on the show:

Leather Life Education Series https://leatherlife.org/

KIC https://kicevents.com/

Intrigue https://fetlife.com/events/1725996

Indy Rope Expo https://www.indyropeexpo.com/

Kinky Tavern Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0jekpnffU0Njq2fCHHFrq6

Transcript

1:16 Leather Education

1:44 Interview with Sir Squishy from Columbus, OH

5:31 Traditional Leather Gear and Fit

15:28 Elders and Old Guard

16:47 Leather Archives & Museum

18:11 Leather pup culture

19:39 Women in Leather panel

22:44 Dawn back in Columbus?

26:50 Cigar Play class

28:15 Where Dawn will be in 2026

29:40 Volunteers needed at events

31:11 Why Volunteer at events

33:39 Community on the Delmarva Peninsula?

35:11 Kinky Tavern Podcast Interview

Enjoy!!!

Dawn

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743 - #powerexchange #polyamory #livingms #polyamorytoolkit #kinkeducation #leathereducation #onlineeducation #podcast #eroticawakeningpodcast #bdsm #domsub #submission #heartsandcollars #womeninleather #leatherwomen #leatherarchives #leather #kinkytavern